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Double-Duty Carers’ Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exploring the Role of Mobility of the Care Economy in Southern Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Double-Duty Carers (DDCs) refer to people who work in the healthcare industry while also providing unpaid care to relatives, friends, or neighbours. The expectations placed on DDCs is expected to grow, and these employees already experience a high caring burden. As such it is important to understand how best to support their health and wellbeing. This paper explores DDCs' wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing an understudied factor: …

Authors

Ravensbergen L; Mehta S; Sethi B; Ward-Griffin C; Williams A

Journal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 21, No. 6,

Publisher

MDPI

DOI

10.3390/ijerph21060730

ISSN

1661-7827