Two ‘at-risk’ groups are the focus of this thematic committee:
• caregivers ‘at risk’ of sustained economic costs
• aging adults ‘at risk’ of social exclusion
Governments and service providers have finite means, so they must target those most likely to experience disadvantage and develop appropriate strategies to reduce risk. Decisions about allocation of scarce resources require in-depth knowledge about the populations of concern.
Failure to target effectively has many implications: at-risk adults and those who care for them will continue to fare poorly; conditions in the labour market and workplace will continue to deteriorate; the health and continuing care, social service, and income security systems will be over-burdened. The cumulative result will be serious downstream consequences for at-risk adults, Canada’s economy, and society as a whole.
Policy Brief No. 3, April 2011
Employment consequences of family/friend caregiving in Canada
Policy Brief No. 2, January 2011
Gender differences in family/friend caregiving in Canada
Policy workshop
Caregiving and Employment: Moving Policy and Practice Forward
Visit and presentations by international scholars
In April 2010, the Committee invited international scholars:
- Sue Yeandle, Director of the Centre for International Research on Care Labour and Equalities at the University of Leeds, participated in employer forum on the relationship between the demands of caregivers and their labour market outcomes in the United Kingdom in Toronto and in Edmonton.
- Carol Bryce Buchanan from the Families and Work Institute in New York made a presentation in the same employer forum in Toronto .
Conference Presentations
2010 Socio-Economic Conference
The Costs of Caregiving
Monetizing Caregivers' Lost Wages
Donna Dosman, University of Alberta and Statistics Canada; Janet Fast, University of Alberta; Geoff Rowe, Statistics Canada
Child Care: Preferences and Opportunity Costs
Roderic Beaujot, Zenaida Ravanera, and Ching Du, University of Western Ontario
Social Participation
Participants’ Perspectives on the Use of Elder Mediation (EM) As a Support to Enhance Social Participation and Inclusion among Families Coping with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Judy McCann Beranger, Elder Mediation Canada, Newfoundland; Judy-Lynn Richards, University of Prince Edward Island
Poster Session
Arianna Waye and Janet Fast, University of Alberta
4th Population, Work, Family Policy Research Collaboration
Caregivers and Economic Risks
“I wish that I could just get a break”: the costs of caring for adults with a disability, Janet Fast, Norah Keating and Alison Yacyshyn, University of Alberta
The cost of unpaid elder care in Canada, Marcus Hollander, University of Victoria
Monetizing lost wages of eldercare providers, Donna Dosman and Janet Fast, University of Alberta
Family Networks, Population Aging and Risk of Social Exclusion
Preventing social exclusion of the oldest-old: The importance of policies that support seniors social activities of daily living and their social inclusion, Susan Sverdrup-Philips, University of Western Ontario; Judy-Lynn Richards, University of Prince Edward Island and UWO; Heather Spiegel, Heather Maddocks, University of Western Ontario
Rural Canadian seniors’: Access to social and support networks, Lori Weeks, University of Prince Edward Island; Robin Stadnyk, Dalhousie University; Norah Keating, & Jennifer Swindle, University of Alberta,
The changing family networks of elderly in the next 25 years –How Europe is different from Canada, Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal; Joëlle Gaymu, Institut national d’études démographiques; Samuel Vézina, Marc-Antoine Busque, Universite de Montreal; Yann Décarie, Université de Sherbrooke; Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University,
3rd Population, Work, Family Policy Research Collaboration
Perspectives on Formal and Family/Friend Care
Understanding Aging and Disability Perspectives on Home Care: Uncovering Facts and Values in Public Policy Narratives and Discourse, Phillip G. Clark, University of Rhode Island
A Comparative Analysis of Costs to Government for Home Care and Long term Residential Care Services, Standardized for Client Care Needs, Marcus Hollander , Hollander Analytics, and Neena Chappell, University of Victoria,
Equity Matters: Doing Fairness in the Context of Family Caregiving, Bonnie Lashewicz, Grant MacEwan College, Gerald F. Manning, University of Guelph, Margaret Hall, University of British Columbia, and Norah Keating, University of Alberta
Caregiving rewards and transformations in families with children and adults with intellectual disabilities: Routes to understanding ‘invisible contributions’?, Gordon Grant, Sheffield Hallam University
Caregivers: Projecting Availability and Assessing Consequences
Caregivers and Retirement Congruency: Findings from a Mixed Method Study,Áine Humble, Mount Saint Vincent University, Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University, Greg Auton, Acadia University
Who Will Care for the Canadian Elderly in 2017 and Beyond?, Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University, Samuel Vézina, Universite de Montreal, Marc-Antoine Busque, Universite de Montreal, Yann Décarie, Université de Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke, and Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal
The Interplay of Risk Factors Associated with Negative Outcomes among Family Caregivers: A Synthesis of the Literature, Donna S. Lero, University of Guelph, Norah Keating University of Alberta, Janet Fast, University of Alberta, Gillian Joseph, University of Guelph, Linda Cook, Grant MacEwan College
On Cluster Substantive Committees
On Faculty and Student Exchanges
Links:
Canadian Research Data Centres Network (CRDCN)
Quebec inter-Univesity Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS)
Hidden Costs/Invisible Contributions
Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy
Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities