final report Designing a National Seniors Strategy for Canada

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 About the Project
In 2007, the IRPP (Institute for Research on Public Policy) launched a multidisciplinary research program to shed light on
the impact of this demographic trend on a number of public policies and programs.
Since then, the Institute has published 23 studies and papers on issues relating to
pensions and retirement, health care services, drug coverage, caregiving, municipal
services and building age-friendly communities....

• The strategy must be national
•  The strategy must put the individual at the centre
•   The strategy must be comprehensive and integrated
•    The strategy must ensure policy-makers treat aging as a lens through    which all policy decisions are assessed, and not as an isolated policy issu
  
  GOAL 3: Ensure older Canadians have access to person-centred, high-quality, integrated care as close to home as possible, provided by those who have the knowledge and skills to care for them. Although the health care needs of older Canadians have evolved over the years, the system that is supposed to provide for them has not.....
  
  CMA media release