Home support is an important element of the broader home and community care system, which unfortunately tends to get overlooked in many health care discussions. Home support serves an important dual purpose: it improves the quality of life of vulnerable citizens by allowing them to continue living independently in their own homes and it enables [...]
Entries Tagged as 'home and community care'
A Framework for Enhancing Home Support in BC
May 4th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Health care
Tags: baby boomers·health care costs·home and community care·home support·seniors
Seniors' care concerns should be taken seriously in this election
May 1st, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Health care
Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed “an election hotspot” by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms government after May’s election will have to deal with the pressures that the aging population would put on the already strained system of seniors’ care in BC. Fundamentally, providing an [...]
Tags: accountability·health care costs·home and community care·hospital·Jeremy Tate·Liberals·Marcy Cohen·NDP·platform·residential care·seniors
