home care

Addressing seniors issues in the 2013 B.C. budget

| February 22, 2013

As mentioned in last week's Speech from the Throne and Tuesday's 2013 provincial budget, B.C.'s population is aging. It's projected the seniors population in B.C. will double over the next 25 years -- meaning more than 30 per cent of our population will be over the age of 65 by 2036.

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Aging in Place: A vision for home care in New Brunswick

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In New Brunswick, the proportion of seniors increased by 15 per cent over the last five years, while the number of children decreased by four per cent. Fifteen years from now, over 25 per cent of the population of New Brunswick will be 65 years of age or older. It's a similar story across the country. With an aging population, it is more important than ever to have public services that will allow seniors to maintain their independence as long as possible.

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A strategy for home and long-term residential care in the 2014 Health Accord

Adrienne Silnicki

| September 18, 2012

Universal health care is in jeopardy. Stephen Harper has been quite clear in the media that he will not meet with all of the premiers to create a 2014 Health Accord. According to Harper, the deal is already done. In December 2011, finance minister Jim Flaherty was flown into a meeting of the provincial finance ministers. He left a sheet of paper on their desks during the lunch hour which outlined the amount of money the provinces would receive in federal health transfers from 2014-2024. The paper outlined Harper government's plan to decrease the current six per cent escalating transfer by tying it to GDP. This will reduce the transfer by $36 billion from 2017 to 2024. Provinces simply cannot afford this loss.

Medicare's 50th anniversary sets important context for Nova Scotia legislative review

Ian Johnson

| July 12, 2012

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This July marks the 50th anniversary of medicare in Canada. On June 29, Nova Scotia's Minister of Health and Wellness released for public input proposed new legislation to replace the outdated Health Services and Insurance Act. Are these two events related? Probably not, but I think they should be.

A prescription for health-care reform: Think integration and collaboration

Iglika Ivanova

| January 17, 2012

Yesterday morning the CCPA released a new report (co-authored by yours truly) that looks at the thorny issue of health-care reform in B.C. (and Canada) and identifies some practical, evidence-based strategies that have been successful in improving quality of care and controlling costs in other jurisdictions.

Already damaged home care system at risk in Ontario

April 9, 2010 |

Ontario's home care system, already damaged by McGuinty's continuation of Mike Harris' contracting out policy, will sustain further harm if the province lifts its ban on competitive bidding.