Caregiver Burden and Cardiovascular Disease: Can We Afford to Keep the Health of Caregivers in Canada Invisible?

Nearly one-half (46%) of Canadians have been in caregiving roles to family members or friends; 50% of these caregivers are between the ages of 45 to 65 years, and the majority (54%) are women. 1 Sinha M. Portrait of caregivers 2012. Statistics Canada; September 10, 2013. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/89-652-x/89-652-x2013001-eng.pdf Google Scholar A caregiver is broadly defined as someone who provides informal or unpaid work to a family...