Caregivers provide care to people who require assistance with daily tasks and activities on a continuing basis and this can be people of all ages and gender, from those who struggle with chronic diseases to physical and mental challenges. Caregiving is sometimes informal and unpaid—provided by family members—or formal and paid, offered in recipients’ homes and care institutions. Despite being the central pillar of long-term care, many caregivers—formal or informal, paid or unpaid—in New Brunswick complain of exhaustion. Too often, caregivers are both poorly appreciated for their services and are paid far too little.
