Our elders

Ensuring Elders and Seniors can remain in their homes and home communities allows them to keep their independence and place within the community, and gives us the ability to provide a personal and sensitive level of care to our Elders. [...] In the next 25 “Best health, Best Care, and communities for as years it is expected that for a Better future.” long as possible and to the number of individuals have access to home 65 years and older will and community services increase significantly. [...] Most Elders prefer increase so too will the Aging to receive health care burden placed on the services and personal health and social services • Home and Community supports in their homes system and informal Care Services or in community-based caregivers. [...] Aging in place of choice is defined by the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada The Continuing Care Review put forth as “the ability of individuals to choose to recommendations for strengthening live in their own communities for as long the GNWT’s continuing care programs as possible, and to have access to home and services5. [...] The table indicates that a broad range of o For individuals 75 years and services and supports are available in older, 70% of total hospitalization the eight Health and Social Services costs are spent on the following Authorities (HSSAs) and that a number ailments: circulatory conditions of individuals 60 years and older are (heart attacks, stroke), injuries not accessing available programming.