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Caregivers make up 35% of the Canadian working population.
In Ontario alone there are approximately 2.5 Million people providing care to others while balancing work responsibilities
While many find the role fulfilling, the added responsibility of providing care can impact their physical and mental health.
As an employer, implementing caregiver-inclusive policies can go a long way to alleviating the pressure.
The Benefits of Supporting Caregivers Include:
Our Employer Guide was designed to offer you the strategies and templates you need.
Working collaboratively with caregivers, healthcare providers and other organizations, OCO partners with caregivers, health care providers and other organizations to build programs and services that caregivers say they need.
The Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO) values the inherent worth of every person and all our differences, including age, ancestry, disability, gender expression, gender identity, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
The OCO carries out our work while acknowledging the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands that we are on today.
This land is home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.
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