Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the stakeholders for coming here with their testimony.
I couldn't agree more with Kathleen and Tanya. That was very moving testimony. I know first-hand how helpful home care is, because my wife has suffered with mental health issues. Since 2005 we've had home care. It's not to the extent it should be, as Tanya mentioned, but it really turned our lives around. I got elected in 2008. I ran in the 2004 election. I wouldn't have been able to do this if it weren't for home care. I am here because of home care. We definitely need to do more for home care.
Lots of our seniors with dementia, lots of people with mental illness, want to stay in their homes. They don't want to be put in long-term care homes. We need to do more. If we put more into home care, it will save us lots of money on health care costs. It's a revolving door. My wife, with her mental health, used to go into the hospital for two weeks: a week home, two weeks in, a week home. Ever since we got home care, she has been home all the time. Do you know how much money it has saved us on the ambulance? She has a nervous breakdown here and there, but that could be contained with the help of home care.
Thank you very much for sharing your personal experiences here. That is my personal experience.
Coming back to the questions, we have people over 65 suffering. The seniors population will double by the year 2030. Do we have any numbers on young people, under 65, who are suffering from early onset?