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  • 1. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 2. Canada's Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2023002
    Description: This report presents a conceptual framework of Canada’s care economy. This framework is based on a review of Canadian and international research on the topic as well as consultations with key stakeholders and experts. The report summarizes relevant research on the care economy, delineates the scope and boundaries for the Canadian context, and proposes key definitions of paid and unpaid care work.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 3. Women working in paid care occupations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202200100001
    Description:

    The care economy, which includes paid and unpaid care for children, seniors, and people with disabilities, is a fundamental component of societies. In Canada, and around the world, demographic and socioeconomic transformations, notably the aging population, are increasing the demand for care workers. This study uses data from the 2016 Census of Population and from the Labour Force Survey to examine the personal and job characteristics of workers in paid care occupations by gender. It also examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the employment of workers in this sector, compared to workers in all other occupations.

    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 4. The experiences and needs of older caregivers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100007
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving to examine the experiences of caregivers aged 65 and older, including the types of caregiving activities and number of hours spent caregiving. In addition, the paper focuses on the rewards and stress experienced by older caregivers.

    Release date: 2020-11-24
  • 5. Social isolation and mortality among Canadian seniors
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000300003
    Description:

    This study examines an objective and a subjective measure of social isolation and their associations with mortality for Canadian seniors aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2020-06-17
  • 6. Life satisfaction among Canadian seniors Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201800154977
    Description:

    This study uses the 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home to provide a recent assessment of the life satisfaction of seniors in Canada. It includes information on overall life satisfaction, as well as information on nine domains of life satisfaction: standard of living; health; current achievement in life; personal relationships; feeling part of the community; time available to do desired things; and quality of local environment. The paper also explores the factors associated with life satisfaction, and examines several measures of resilience among Canadian seniors.

    Release date: 2018-08-02
  • 7. Transitions to long-term and residential care among older Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800554966
    Description:

    The aging of the Canadian population has increased attention on the future need for nursing home beds. Although current projections rely primarily on age and sex, other factors also contribute to the need for long-term care. This study seeks to identify additional factors to age and sex that contribute to Canadians transitioning from living at home to living in a seniors' residence or nursing home. The data are from a record linkage project that combined three cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2011 Census of Population.

    Release date: 2018-05-16
  • 8. Senior care: Differences by type of housing Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114142
    Description:

    This article provides information on the care provided by caregivers to seniors with a long-term health condition, a disability or problems related to aging. It focuses on how the intensity and nature of the care vary depending on seniors’ type of housing. Four types of housing are examined: care facilities, supportive housing, private households separate from the caregiver, and private households shared with the caregiver.

    Release date: 2015-02-25
  • 9. Seniors' use of and unmet needs for home care, 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411760
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging to provide a profile of community-dwelling seniors receiving home care and describe the types of care they receive from formal and informal sources. Seniors' unmet needs for professional home care are also examined.

    Release date: 2012-12-19
  • 10. Social participation and the health and well-being of Canadian seniors Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411720
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Data from the 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging were used to examine the relationship between frequent social participation and self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction in a sample of people aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2012-10-17
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  • 1. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 2. Canada's Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2023002
    Description: This report presents a conceptual framework of Canada’s care economy. This framework is based on a review of Canadian and international research on the topic as well as consultations with key stakeholders and experts. The report summarizes relevant research on the care economy, delineates the scope and boundaries for the Canadian context, and proposes key definitions of paid and unpaid care work.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 3. Women working in paid care occupations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202200100001
    Description:

    The care economy, which includes paid and unpaid care for children, seniors, and people with disabilities, is a fundamental component of societies. In Canada, and around the world, demographic and socioeconomic transformations, notably the aging population, are increasing the demand for care workers. This study uses data from the 2016 Census of Population and from the Labour Force Survey to examine the personal and job characteristics of workers in paid care occupations by gender. It also examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the employment of workers in this sector, compared to workers in all other occupations.

    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 4. The experiences and needs of older caregivers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100007
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving to examine the experiences of caregivers aged 65 and older, including the types of caregiving activities and number of hours spent caregiving. In addition, the paper focuses on the rewards and stress experienced by older caregivers.

    Release date: 2020-11-24
  • 5. Social isolation and mortality among Canadian seniors
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000300003
    Description:

    This study examines an objective and a subjective measure of social isolation and their associations with mortality for Canadian seniors aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2020-06-17
  • 6. Life satisfaction among Canadian seniors Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201800154977
    Description:

    This study uses the 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home to provide a recent assessment of the life satisfaction of seniors in Canada. It includes information on overall life satisfaction, as well as information on nine domains of life satisfaction: standard of living; health; current achievement in life; personal relationships; feeling part of the community; time available to do desired things; and quality of local environment. The paper also explores the factors associated with life satisfaction, and examines several measures of resilience among Canadian seniors.

    Release date: 2018-08-02
  • 7. Transitions to long-term and residential care among older Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800554966
    Description:

    The aging of the Canadian population has increased attention on the future need for nursing home beds. Although current projections rely primarily on age and sex, other factors also contribute to the need for long-term care. This study seeks to identify additional factors to age and sex that contribute to Canadians transitioning from living at home to living in a seniors' residence or nursing home. The data are from a record linkage project that combined three cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2011 Census of Population.

    Release date: 2018-05-16
  • 8. Senior care: Differences by type of housing Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114142
    Description:

    This article provides information on the care provided by caregivers to seniors with a long-term health condition, a disability or problems related to aging. It focuses on how the intensity and nature of the care vary depending on seniors’ type of housing. Four types of housing are examined: care facilities, supportive housing, private households separate from the caregiver, and private households shared with the caregiver.

    Release date: 2015-02-25
  • 9. Seniors' use of and unmet needs for home care, 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411760
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging to provide a profile of community-dwelling seniors receiving home care and describe the types of care they receive from formal and informal sources. Seniors' unmet needs for professional home care are also examined.

    Release date: 2012-12-19
  • 10. Social participation and the health and well-being of Canadian seniors Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411720
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Data from the 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging were used to examine the relationship between frequent social participation and self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction in a sample of people aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2012-10-17
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