Actually, when we ask the elderly people with chronic diseases this question, they all hope to be at home, just like all of us. So we think there is a way to put in place a model in communities, regardless of which model we choose. The idea is to make sure that we are going to be able to address people's needs in terms of home care and all the other services that can be provided in the community.
As for models, I started to slowly implement this new model in Quebec. Let me give you an example. Why can't there be nursing clinics in the various parts of a city? I am thinking of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the district I live in and I am very familiar with. There are a lot of elderly people there. When you have a chronic disease, medication monitoring is often more important than a purely medical follow-up. So if there were nursing clinics in the community, we could follow up on the medication. The elderly person establishes a relationship of trust with the people who are close in the community. That might make it possible for the elderly to stay in their own homes in the community, at a very reasonable cost. To my knowledge, there is nothing like this anywhere else.
There is a similar model in Ontario. That is why we are in close contact with our colleagues in Ontario. We would like to see how we could adapt that model to Quebec. But I haven't had a large audience in Quebec yet.