I'd be happy to jump in on that. I want to be careful that I don't sound too blunt, but I do have a military background. I was told to cut things fairly short.
We need to invest. We need to invest in providing resources to caregivers that don't put more burdens on caregivers. The people I know who are dealing with veterans who have post-traumatic stress, TBI, complex cases of rehab, and mental wellness issues don't have the time, necessarily, to do full-time classroom studies, for example. They may have time to pull up an app, and they may have time to go pull up resources when they have a quiet moment in their day.
It's important those resources be there. I think DND and VAC are both doing a good job of trying to make the dialogue easier to have. We've seen more people coming forward now because we are seeing progress on reducing stigma. For caregivers, it's especially poignant, because at the very moment they're being asked to do more for their loved one, their own mental health suffers. Self-care becomes a very important aspect. Investment in self-care is one of those ways to help sustain the circle of support around that military or veteran family.
A number of initiatives have come out in the States that are promising. We need to make sure that we can vet them adequately, to say, does this have merit in Canada? What are the things that work there? What are things that might be challenges or not working so well? Let's have a critical eye and not necessarily just adopt it because our allies use it. Let's find out how well it works, and then take the best of breed, bring it home, and make it work in a Canadian context.
Is that helpful?