Caregiving and COVID-19: A Critique of Pandemic Privilege

by Austin Mardon

Over 8 million Canadians are providing unpaid, informal care work to elderly or disabled family members and friends, saving the government billions of dollars annually. This work is critical to the functioning of society, yet it has historically been performed silently and without reward. Consequently, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately exacerbated the day-to-day challenges faced by caregivers, leaving them to fall through the cracks while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773691503
• ISBN13: 9781773691503
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Golden Meteorite Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"