Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Continuing Care Retirement Communities In The United States, Quality Assurance, Family Caregivers
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Aging lecture 10 notes evaluation and improvement of the continuing care system in canada. In general, elders have a relatively high level of happiness. Review of key features of the system of continuing care in canada: Ideal-reality gap: the discrepancy between what is stated in the policy objectives and what is occurring in practice, program and policy evaluation is essential! Benefits of home care use: ability to remain at home, reduced costs associated with institutional options, decreased mortality. Evidence-based research: over 40,000 canadians are on waiting lists for nursing homes, due in part to a lack of home and community-based care. In fact, in 2015/16, over 430,000 adult canadians were estimated to have unmet home care needs: more preventive measures and efforts are needed! Aging lecture 10 notes evaluation and improvement of the continuing care system in canada: mobilization of research analysis and finding.