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Family Caregiving

Status: 
Completed
Project Contact: 
Krista James
- Tel: 604-822-0564

Overview

To assist our research the BC Law Institute recently conducted a survey of the family caregivers of BC. This has now been completed. Thank you for your contributions!

To view the completed Study Paper, click here.


Project Overview

Funded by the Law Foundation of B.C., the Family Caregiving Research Project will review the current legal framework governing leave, accommodation and other entitlements available to employees who are providing care for family members, elderly parents and grandparents and disabled adult children, addressing the care needs of adults living with mental health issues, physical and developmental disabilities and long terms illnesses, as well as the corresponding challenge of their caregivers to balance work and domestic responsibilities. The project will involve an inter-jurisdictional analysis of family care leave provisions including human rights law, labour law, employment law, constitutional law, taxation law and pensions and benefits entitlements, and the work will culminate in a published B.C. Law Institute study paper containing directions for law reform.

Who are BC's Caregivers?

Although BCLI has gathered little social data on this issue, our preliminary investigations suggest that while the laws in this area may be gender and culture neutral, the family care landscape likely is not; rather, gender, language, culture, ability, age and other social group memberships may impact on both access to services and the need or responsibility of an individual to assume care responsibilities. For example, a significant portion of the caregiving labour performed in Canada is provided by women.

An advisory committee of professionals with expertise in employment law, human rights and caregiving will be informing the work of this project.

We want to hear from you

We are interested in your views on this topic, especially if you are currently providing care to a family member or receiving care from a loved one. Keep your eyes on this webpage for updates on how you can get involved in this project. In the meantime, please send any comments to us at familycare@bcli.org.

Consultative Documents

Consultation: Results of the Family Caregiving survey

Published: 4 May 2010
The BC Family Caregiver Survey is now complete.

Consultation: The Family Caregiving survey

Published: 4 May 2010
View the original survey questionnaire in English.

Backgrounders

Family Caregiving

Published: 24 March 2009
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Study Papers

Study Paper on Family Caregiving

Published: 14 April 2010
Review the Family Caregiving Study Paper here. It is also possible to download a PDF of the entire paper, or one or more of the chapters individually.  To download an individual chapter, use the Table of Contents to navigate to the desired chapter.  At the beginning of the chapter, beneath the title, you will find the option "Download a PDF...

Media Releases

Media Release (2010-06-24)
CCEL Announces Online Launch of Family Caregiving Study Paper

Other

Appendix K - The Family Caregiving Legal Research Project, Presentation by Krista James

Published: 2 May 2010
This document is available in Microsoft Powerppoint (.ppt) format.

Appendix L - Care/ Work Powerpoint Presentation

Published: 1 May 2010
This document is available in Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt) format.

Appendix J - The Family Caregiving Legal Research Project, Article by Krista James

Published: 3 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix I - Law Reform to Address Family Responsibilities Discrimination, Presentation by Krista James and Kacey Krenn

Published: 4 May 2010
This document is available in Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt) format.

Appendix A - Family Caregiving Leave Legislation in Canada

Published: 12 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix B - International Comparative Table

Published: 11 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix C - Country Profiles

Published: 10 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix D - Comparison of Value of Payments to Caregivers - Methodology

Published: 9 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix E - BC Family Caregiver Survey - Summary of Findings

Published: 8 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix F - BC Family Caregiver Survey (English version)

Published: 7 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix G - Annotated Bibliography of Select Material

Published: 6 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

Appendix H - Family Responsibilities Discrimination

Published: 5 May 2010
This document is available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.