Now that we’re more than a year into Changing CARE, it’s the ideal time for us to stop and reflect on the collective path we’ve taken so far.
This series of reports focuses on learnings and lessons from Changing CARE.
Our Spotlight on Ontario’s Caregivers report sets out to better understand the experience, profile and needs of family caregivers in Ontario.
In 2015-16, we engaged with family caregivers, and health and community care providers across Ontario through our Caring Experience initiative, to understand the breadth and depth of caregiving in Ontario from both perspectives. Family caregivers told us: They want more formal recognition of, and respect for, their caregiving role, and in some cases, they want More >
When we launched our strategic plan Out of the Shadows and Into the Circle, bringing a new focus to the role of family caregivers in the health care system, we wanted to listen and learn from family caregivers as well as frontline health care providers. To do that effectively, we created The Caring Experience project. The Caring More >
When we launched our strategic plan Out of the Shadows and Into the Circle, bringing a new focus to the role of family caregivers in the health care system, we wanted to listen and learn from family caregivers as well as frontline health care providers. To do that effectively, we created The Caring Experience project. The Caring More >
In April 2015, The Change Foundation launched our 2015-2020 strategic plan. In that document, we knew that the experience of family caregivers is inextricably linked to the experience of the people they are caring for. However, we knew we needed to know more in order to fully understand the breadth and depth of the family More >
Over the last decade, health care in Ontario has increasingly become more community- and home-based. However, even though options exist for individuals to manage their own care at home, a family member or friend is also likely acting as caregiver throughout the health care journey. A Profile of Family Caregivers in Ontario, an in-depth review More >
In March 2015, The Change Foundation formally released Out of the Shadows and Into the Circle, its 2015-2020 strategic plan focused on improving the experiences of family caregivers in the Ontario health care system and their interactions with health providers. The first year of the strategic plan outlined a comprehensive period of research into the More >
The Change Foundation releases new 5-year strategic plan focused on unrecognized “glue” of our system: family caregivers. “Our health care system is dependent on unpaid caregivers. And the reality is that these caregivers are often not recognized or respected for the role they play. At best, there is an inconsistent approach to family caregivers. In many cases, More >
Loud and Clear reflects what the Foundation heard late in 2011 during province-wide consultations with seniors with chronic conditions, and their informal caregivers. “The problem is that no one seems to understand the system. There’s no system map to explain how it works to caregivers or people using it for the first time. You get More >
