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Supporting Family Carers: Identifying the Role of A Provincial Organization in the Context of Regionalization

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
20 December 2007

Abstract

Family members caring for a frail, depressed, or cognitively impaired senior play an important role in our health care system. However, they require support in this role. Family support groups have emerged as an important means of providing this reinforcement. In British Columbia, the Caregivers Association of BC (CABC) played an active role during the mid-1990s in facilitating the development of a network of support groups across the province. The purpose of this study is to explore, through an intensive community consultation process, how these groups are faring within the context of health care regionalization.

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Beaucoup de personnes âgées dont la santé est fragile, qui sont dépressives ou qui ont subi des pertes cognitives sont prises en charge par des membres de leur famille; ces aidants naturels jouent un rôle important dans notre système de santé. Toutefois, ils ne peuvent pas le faire sans un soutien approprié. Les groupes de soutien aux familles sont devenus, avec le temps, des ressources importantes qui offrent cette aide. En Colombie-Britannique, par exemple, la Caregivers Association of BC (CABC) a joué un rôle actif, au milieu des années 1990, dans la création d'un réseau provincial de groupes de soutien. L'objet de cette étude était d'examiner, au moyen d'un vaste processus de consultation communautaire, comment ces groupes réussissent à s'adapter au contexte de la régionalisation des soins de santé.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 26Number 2September 2007
Pages: 107 - 121

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Version of record online: 20 December 2007

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Joanie Sims-Gould
School of Social Work and Family Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Deborah O'Connor
School of Social Work and Family Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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