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Closing the gaps: Advancing emergency preparedness, response and recovery for older adults

Date
2020-12-15
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Health systems, system funding and performance
and official endorsement of this work. 5 ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS CARERS CANADA PROCHES AIDANTS au CANADA 6CLOSING THE GAPS: ADVANCING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FOR OLDER ADULTS Long Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba L’Association de soins continus et à

CMA pre-budget submission

Date
2020-08-07
Topics
Physician practice, compensation, forms
Health information and e-health
Health care and patient safety
Health systems, system funding and performance
. RECOMMENDATION 3 That the government act on our collective learned lessons regarding our approach to seniors care and create a national demographic top-up to the Canada Health Transfer and establish a Seniors Care Benefit. RECOMMENDATION 4 That the government recognize the unique risks and financial

Palliative care

Last Reviewed
2020-02-29
Date
2015-10-03
Topics
Ethics and medical professionalism
physicians require basic skills in palliative care.  Palliative consultants and physicians who frequently care for patients with chronic illnesses and/or frail seniors require enhanced skills.  Palliative medicine specialists and palliative medicine educators require expert skills. More broadly
Policy Type
Policy document
Last Reviewed
2020-02-29
Date
2015-10-03
Topics
Ethics and medical professionalism
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Advancing inclusion and quality of life for seniors

Date
2017-10-26
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Health systems, system funding and performance
............................................................................................... 11 2 – Advancing Inclusion and Quality of Life for Seniors President’s Message Members of the committee: Canadians are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. The number of seniors expected to need help or care in the next 30 years will double, placing an unprecedented

CMA letter to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bill C-295, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (neglect of vulnerable adults)

Date
2023-05-25
Topics
Ethics and medical professionalism
Criminal Code to create an offence for long-term care facilities, their owners and their managers that fail to provide the necessaries of life to residents of the facilities. As we all witnessed during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many elderly persons living in residential care

The future of care for Canada’s older adults

Date
2021-06-23
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
their choice and chosen trajectory in aging. If the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces, makes that 180 degree shift and supports home and community care, it would reduce the strain on the system and save an estimated $794 million per year. Seniors Care Benefit: Greatly
Policy Type
Parliamentary submission
Date
2021-06-23
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Our Focus
Aging
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Health and health care for an aging population

Last Reviewed
2018-03-03
Date
2013-12-07
Topics
Health care and patient safety
Health systems, system funding and performance
specific actions that could be taken to further these three goals. Its recommendations complement those made in other CMA policies, including those on “Funding the Continuum of Care” (2009), Optimal Prescribing (2010) and Medication Use and Seniors (Update 2011). 1 Public
Policy Type
Policy document
Last Reviewed
2018-03-03
Date
2013-12-07
Replaces
PD00-03 - Principles for medical care of older persons
Topics
Health care and patient safety
Health systems, system funding and performance
Our Focus
Aging
Workforce planning
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Improving long-term care for people in Canada

Date
2020-06-01
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
of Seniors Employment and Social Development Canada Subject: Improving Long-term Care for People in Canada Dear Minister Hajdu and Minister Schulte, We are writing to you with recommendations for responding to the staggering effects COVID-19 has had on our health-care
Policy Type
Parliamentary submission
Date
2020-06-01
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Our Focus
Aging
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Improving seniors care in an era of surplus. 2014-2015 pre-budget brief

Date
2014-08-06
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Une population en santé et une profession médicale dynamique Improving Seniors Care in an Era of Surplus Canadian Medical Association: 2014-2015 pre-budget consultation submission to the House of
Policy Type
Parliamentary submission
Date
2014-08-06
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Our Focus
Aging
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Meeting the demographic challenge: Investments in seniors care

Date
2018-08-03
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
CMA submission: MEETING THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE: INVESTMENTS IN SENIORS CARE Pre-budget submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance August 3, 2018
Policy Type
Parliamentary submission
Date
2018-08-03
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Our Focus
Aging
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National standards for long-term care: The art of the possible?

Date
2020-12-08
Topics
Population health, health equity, public health
Health systems, system funding and performance
. 23, 2020. “The Government will also: • Work with the provinces and territories to set new, national standards for long-term care so that seniors get the best support possible; • And take additional action to help people stay in their homes longer.”7 Before a teleconference with the

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