ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture : 1A06 Day 6.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Sandra Preston

Document Summary

Case managers assess your health needs and decide if you can/should receive various services. There are limits to services in terms of number of hours per week you can receive. Adopted in 2009 to try and deal with the backlog of patients waiting for long-term care beds in hospitals. If you come into hospital from home you should return to home to wait for a long-term care bed. Puts pressure on families, communities and the home care system. Previously called nursing home or homes for the aged. Separately operated retirement homes, lodging home care: homes for physically disabled and/or developmentally delayed, care of elderly by family in the home. The average age of a ltc resident is over 80.