Issue Brief: Families, Disability, and Wellbeing in Canada

Issue Brief: Families, Disability, and Wellbeing in Canada ISSUE BRIEF Families, Disability, and Wellbeing in Canada Margaret Campbell MAY 2024 ISSUE BRIEF Families, Disability, and Wellbeing in Canada Margaret Campbell ABSTRACT The families of persons with disabilitiesa are crucial sources of care for the disabled family member(s). [...] Since population aging in Canada is set movement has helped to create conditions that allow to continue, and given that disabilities are more people with disabilities to participate more fully in key common with age, a growing share of the population areas of social life, including community and family is expected to live with disabilities in coming decades. [...] different diagnoses and conditions, families with Relational wellbeing refers to the quality of social disabilities are at a greater risk than those without relationships that people have both within and disabilities to experience poorer wellbeing outcomes outside of the family unit. [...] The families of people with severe economic insecurity, and stress that many families disabilities and complex care needs often require with disabilities experience.9, 10 For example, additional and more specialized resources, but they according to Statistics Canada’s 2022 Survey on tend to be some of the most underserved families.17 Disability, almost half of the population with disabilities Thos. [...] Yet, people with of poverty due to care-related costs and the barriers to disabilities and their families commonly experience employment that people with disabilities often face.