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Give the Gift of Support: Helping Family Caregivers This Holiday Season
For most families, the holiday season is shown as a time of joy, celebration, and togetherness. However, for Canada’s 8 million family caregivers, the holidays can be tough. They’re often stressed and exhausted, with the holidays adding to this, along...
The Gaps In Respite Care for Family Caregivers in Canada
Family caregivers living with a care recipient struggle to find time to care for themselves. They often skip their medical appointments, miss out on social opportunities, and exercise less due to their care obligations. That’s why respite care is so...
Language Barriers in Caregiving: Challenges and Solutions for Non-English/French Speaking Caregivers
Among Canada’s eight million family caregivers, there’s a particularly vulnerable group whose struggles often go unnoticed: allophone caregivers who must navigate the healthcare system without fluency in English or French. These caregivers deal with the usual challenges of providing unpaid...
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While the Petro‑Canada CareMakers Foundation is unable to provide financial assistance to individuals, there are a number of provincial organizations available to support you with resources and tools. Please see below, for one in your province, or alternatively call 211 to find an organization in your local area that may be able to offer you support:
- Alberta: Caregivers Alberta
- British Columbia: Family Caregivers of BC
- Manitoba: Canadian Virtual Hospice
- New Brunswick: Caregivers’ Guide - Government of New Brunswick
- Northwest Territories: The NWT Caregivers Guide
- Nova Scotia: Caregivers Nova Scotia
- Ontario: Ontario Caregiver Organization
- Quebec: L’Appui pour les proches aidants
- Saskatchewan: The Saskatoon Caregiver Information and Support Centre
Our Board of Directors is made up of members from Petro‑Canada, Suncor and external experts. We intend to add to this complement over time, to include greater diversity of experience, geographic representation, expertise and lived caregiver experience.