Canada's health care system needs to care more about caregivers

Tracy et al argue that there is a pressing need for health care to be redesigned to make it less burdensome for those it exists to serve, namely patients and caregivers. Our hospitals need to treat family caregivers as partners in care, not as visitors. And physicians, in collaboration with interprofessional teams, need to identify and engage family caregivers better to foster greater caregiver confidence and capacity.