Implementing the Caregiver Benefit Program in Nova Scotia: Supporting Unpaid Caregivers at Home

Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada to implement the Caregiver Benefit Program, an allowance of $400 a month to eligible caregivers if both the caregiver and care receiver qualify for the program. In response to Nova Scotia's aging population -- a population with increasingly complex chr...

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Main Author: Mara Mihailescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: McMaster University Library Press 2021-04-01
Series:Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé
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Online Access:https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/hro-ors/article/view/4212/3859