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How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?

October 17, 2016

As the population ages, experts say that the current institutional model of care needs to change to better support aging patients.

Reforming healthcare funding to address the needs of our aging population Reforming healthcare funding to address the needs of our aging population
By Réjean Hébert

Funding home care and long-term care is fast becoming the main challenge of our outdated medicare system — a system developed in the mid-twentieth century for a young population that mostly required acute care from hospitals and physicians.

What kind of health workforce will be needed to serve our aging population?
By Gregory Huyer and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

We know that Canada’s population is aging. Among the many statistics that have been reported is how in 2015, the proportion of Canadian seniors surpassed that of youth under 15 for the first time. The gap will continue to widen over the next 20 years.

Time to re-think health care policy for the elderly
By Neena Chappell and Marcus J. Hollander

As the Canadian population continues to age, there is a need to revisit conventional thinking regarding the provision of health care services for seniors to ensure that the system is sustainable for all Canadians. There are a number of misperceptions in current thinking.

Will senior care in Canada break the bank? Will senior care in Canada break the bank?
By Neena Chappell

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.

The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada
By Nicole F. Bernier

The phenomenon is not exactly marginal: according to a recently released government report, one in every three workers in Canada is assisting a chronically disabled person — many of them seniors — with transportation, household maintenance or day-to-day tasks.

Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada
By Neena Chappell

Often what seniors need to stay in their homes longer are services that provide social care rather than medical care. We are not very good at funding these services even though they are cheaper to provide.

Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada
By Neena Chappell

Old people — just like all the rest of us — don’t want to end up in an institution. We want to stay in our home when we need care.

Will senior care in Canada break the bank?

April 19, 2015

Will the cost of senior care in Canada one day break the bank? Probably not, contrary to common perceptions.

Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada

January 29, 2015

Most people hope to be able to age in their own home. But seniors and their families don’t always have that choice. Four health care policy experts, Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Dr. Neena Chappell and Dr. Michel Grignon, believe it is time to rethink the philosophy behind long term care in Canada.


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