Home care
Quebec City hospital uses mobile clinic to treat seniors at home
June 12, 2019
Treating senior patients at home, where they feel most comfortable: it’s such a simple idea, but making it happen in Quebec City required both inspiration and follow-through.
Read moreThe State of Caregivers Across the Globe
December 3, 2018
Supporting caregivers and the vital role they play in home care across Canada was the focus of a conference held recently in Toronto by the Canadian Home Care Association and its affiliate Carers Canada.
Read moreHow can Canada support informal caregivers?
A new white paper, Why Canada Needs to Better Care for Its Working Caregivers, produced by the National Institute of Ageing (NIA) at Ryerson University, examines the financial, social and personal health burdens borne by caregivers in Canada.
Read moreHome for the Holidays
December 19, 2017
This year, “Home for the Holidays” has a different meaning for Grandma and Katie.
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Now is the time to fight for Canada's seniors
December 8, 2017
It’s a story that’s become all too common – Canadian seniors can’t get the care they need at home and are forced to leave. As part of a national seniors plan, we are recommending the development of specific principles for home care funding.
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The goal is seniors who are healthy, active and living in the community
June 26, 2017
With the tagline “independence, activity and good health,” the provincial plan promotes wellness and prevention to improve equity, access and quality of care for the elderly.
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Canada’s 40,000 Indigenous seniors face particular challenges
June 21, 2017
Critics say that Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit Canadians over age 65 are paying for the lack of collaborative problem-solving between government departments and agencies.
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Prioritize the creation of alternatives to acute hospital care for Canada’s seniors
June 15, 2017
Canadian seniors would be healthier, and the health care system more effective, if an affordable, supportive housing strategy was in place throughout the country.
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Aging in Place
April 6, 2017
Whatever form it takes—spacious suburban bungalow or urban condo—our homes are more than roofs over our heads. We invest them with memories and emotions.
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Home care key factor as three provinces sign agreements with Ottawa
January 5, 2017
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador have joined with the federal government to sign separate deals on health care transfer payments, and it appears that increased funding for home care was a major selling point for all three.
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Ontario putting $100 million into home care aid
August 3, 2016
Ontario is making a $100-million infusion into its home care system this year that will include break times or respite for overworked caregivers looking after chronically-ill loved ones.
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CMA Pushes Home Care Fund
July 7, 2016
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is proposing the creation of an innovation fund to expand home care services as the best way to invest the $3 billion that the federal government has already pledged for urgently needed improvements in this area.
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Seniors want to age at home
April 18, 2016
Nadine Henningsen, Executive Director at the Canadian Home Care Association, speaking on how important homecare is to seniors.
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Better home care likely the key to better health care for all
February 19, 2016
Every day, physicians see first-hand the inefficiencies of a broken system trying to support our elderly. It’s commonplace for doctors to assign patients to gurneys in the hallway because hospitals are over capacity by mid-morning.
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Champlain CCAC launches New Home Care Innovation Centre
January 12, 2016
The Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) is launching a new Innovation Centre that will help more people stay at home longer, better support caregivers, and improve access to home health care technologies.
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New technologies - helping seniors age at home
June 15, 2015
Most people would agree that given the choice, they would prefer to grow old in the comfort of their own home. Thanks to technological advancements, seniors can live at home longer, while looking after their own health and remaining engaged members of their community.
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