Posters, Aging Population
Re-thinking care for Canada’s aging populationDespite all the hype, the aging population adds a little less than one percent to the cost of healthcare per year.
Re-thinking care for Canada’s aging populationThe major increase in costs for our healthcare system comes from wage increases, the use of new and more expensive technologies and other factors, but not as a result of an aging population.
Re-thinking care for Canada’s aging populationOur health system is designed for a younger population and to treat acute illnesses. Yes we have an aging population that suffers primarily from chronic conditions best treated under a home care model.
How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?The architecture of our health system was created in the 1960s but we’ve had a demographic shift that’s been reversed since. Our health system needs to reflect our changing population and their needs
How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?You can’t wave a magic wand and have everything in the health system suddenly delivered by homecare without there being explicit consideration of how to deploy this homecare workforce
How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?Our health system has been designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals – rather than having the patient at the centre
New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty insteadThe Health Minister should craft a new federal arrangement for health funding based on age — but should go one step further and include the more precise and evidence-based concept of “frailty”.”
New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty insteadOur health system is scrambling to meet the needs of older individuals with multiple, simultaneous and often inter-related health and social issues that threaten their independence — the essence of frailty.
New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty insteadFrailty is a better determinant of health outcomes and healthcare utilization than age alone
Will senior care break the bank?Approximately 20 percent of Canadians are one day going to need some form of high cost, long-term care. We need to have a publicly funded plan in place.
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