Status of Women committee  Thank you for that. I appreciate your comments, particularly about caregiving and caregiving for your grandmother, because I think it speaks to that personal connection and understanding. To your question about the racialized communities of women who are providing caregiving, y

Status of Women committee  To add to that, for home and community care and respite care during COVID, particularly for caregivers of people living with dementia, we have been receiving an increased number of extremely distressed caregivers because they no longer have a break. They no longer have respite ca

Status of Women committee  I would add to that as well. I very much agree with the last witness that shifting our perspective of caregiving as value-adding and value-generating to the economy is crucial to how we would then be able to shape policies. From the dementia perspective, we currently have a nat

Status of Women committee  If I could add to that as well, we are conducting a national survey with caregivers to address exactly that same issue and to understand what has changed pre- and post-pandemic. We are also conducting a national research scoping project to look at the administrative data and the

Status of Women committee  It's no problem. Just to wrap that point up, it was that personal support workers were working at their local LCBOs because they had more stability and better compensation. Even for paid caregivers, such as personal support workers, this is an issue. For home and community care,

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much for bringing that up. I think Canada has the opportunity to be a leader, from a policy and legislative perspective, when it comes to caregiving and really driving change. In my previous role—I was with the World Health Organization on the glob

Status of Women committee  I do want first address your earlier point and commend the government on making that investment and committing to bringing forward these national standards that are so essential in long-term care. Within long-term care, where the majority, again, of personal support workers who a

Status of Women committee  Yes, I can. Thank you for bringing that up. I think you make a very good point. There are two pieces to it. The first is, you're absolutely right from a workplace perspective, caregiving—informal and formal—has a significant impact on women, but the question for me comes back ag

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and good afternoon to members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The Alzheimer Society of Canada appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the committee's important study on unpaid work. Today I will address how the critical role of unpa