Let me begin and then invite Josette to respond.
This is why we need so very badly to have a well-resourced public health nursing system. It is proactive visits by public health nurses that can help caregivers cope with the very real strain of caring for vulnerable elderly in their homes. They can provide resources, they can link to day care centres, and they can promote the wellness of the seniors themselves so that they stay better able to cope in those environments. We need to look at proactive approaches. As for training themselves, that is another thing that public health nurses can do quite well.
I can only bring you the example of my own grandmother. Certainly we had family involvement, but she benefited greatly from regular visits from a public health nurse. Those public health nurse programs have been seriously eroded across our country. The kinds of proactive visits I'm talking about are primary targets for reduction when budgets are an issue.
So I believe it's a combination of both.
There are other strategies in place to also look at supporting our caregivers, most of whom are working in a volunteer capacity as caregivers while balancing many stresses in their day-to-day lives and who can use all the support we can give.