Resource Webinar 6
Valuing Care and Family Caregivers
Goals of the Webinar
- To inform the public and stakeholders about the scope of family caregiving work this is not accounted for in the GDP
- To see what we are doing in Alberta
- To discuss the implications for policy change with experts from across Canada
- To have input related to priorities for future change
Speakers and Speaker Slides
- Jane Badets: Senior Advisor Statistics Canada, “What is the Care Economy?”
- Dr. Janet Fast: Professor, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, “Family Caregivers The Economic Value of Care Work
- Dr. Richard Lewanczuk, Senior Medical Director for Health System Integration for Alberta Health Services (AHS), “Supporting Family Caregivers as Alberta Moves to Integrated Care Closer to Home”
- Johnna Lowther. Director of Programs and Services Caregivers Alberta “Supporting Alberta’s Caregivers: Valuing their Care.”