Posters, Aging Population
Dying badly in CanadaWe are about to become a country that extends patients the right to a hastened death, but offers no legislative guarantees or assurances that they will be well looked after until they die.
Dying badly in CanadaDoctors are not generally well trained to engage in end of life conversations, meaning that goals of care often remain unclear; and patients may not receive the care they want, nor the opportunity to live out their final days in the place they would want to die.
Will senior care in Canada break the bank?We have to integrate homecare within a more flexible funding system so that people can be kept at home if they choose — and receive the care they need.
Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcareBest practices not only enhance healthcare efficiency, they result in substantial economic savings too – a minimum of 15 percent according to most analyses.
Dying badly in CanadaIgnorance and lack of skill in attending to the needs of dying patients are still tragically common in Canada.
Will senior care break the bank?“Our aging population is going to contribute to an increase in healthcare costs, but it is not going to be the major driver of healthcare spending.” Michael Grignon, Professor, Departments of Economics and Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University Listen …
Will senior care break the bank?Our aging population is not a tsunami, but a slow moving demographic shift. We have time to prepare but we need to get started
Dying badly in CanadaCanadians now have a right to medically hastened heath, but no right to quality palliative care.
Putting healthcare on the federal election agendaSadly, little, if any, progress has been made in the intervening 12 plus years since Romanow — and certainly not in the area of accountability, a sticking point for many Canadians.
Infographic – Ambulance fees are an obstacle on the road to careOur aging population is going to contribute to an increase in healthcare costs, but it is not going to be the major driver of healthcare spending.
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