SOC246H1 Lecture 10: SOC246 - Lecture 10.docx
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As people age they often need help with things. Most commonly a persons partner (women more likely to be the one proving car, husbands more in favor of institutional setting) second most common is a child (daughters more likely) Caregiver squeeze? (less caregivers in near future: longer lifespans, smaller family sizes, more dual-income and household divorces. Health care system in candaa, multiple provincial and territorial systems. Canadian health act of 1984: universality, public administration, comprehensiveness, portability, and accessibility: only apply to hospital, physician, and surgical dental. Covered in some provinces only if you are low income. Some provinces give reemburments proportional to costs (eastern canada) Institutional long-term care (gaps in healthcare) services that can take place in different situations that direct there focuses towards chronic illnesses: nursing homes. Move people into institutions but try and make it feel like home. Greenhouse model: relatively small facilities, look exactly like houses (but bigger with private apartment suites)
