/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10888/all en /newsroom/sylvie-lambert Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:27 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 310441 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-sandwiched-generation-caregivers-canada-356556 <p>Who provides unpaid care in Canada's care economy? In 2022, 13.4 million Canadians aged 15 years and older (42%)—over  two in five people in this age group—provided unpaid care in the previous 12 months to children younger than 15 years old or to youth aged 15 years and older and adults with a long-term condition or disability. Of these unpaid caregivers, 13% provided care to both of these care-dependent groups, meaning that 1.8 million Canadians older than 15 years were "sandwiched" between multiple care responsibilities.</p> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:27:56 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310401 at /newsroom