I suppose if I had that answer, I could rule the world. One thing that's been very interesting to me is that I have heard—it would be something for the committee to look into—that in the country of Denmark, they have not opened any new hospitals and have closed some long-term beds. They have put their money and their resources into home care.
I know that home care is not for everyone. I was very interested in the things one of the other witnesses was talking about, that it isn't for everyone. But is for a lot of people. Many people are not getting home care because they aren't supported. They can't get time off from work that's significant enough. There have been some recent changes in the EI laws and regulations, but it's not enough for someone who is dealing with caring for a parent with dementia, for example, which may take five or 10 years to do so.
We have great resources with our families. I have been taking care of people at home for 30 years. The families are more committed on the whole—it's not universal, but on the whole—and more loving toward the patients and their loved ones than anybody you can hire from the outside. They also tend to understand the person and what the needs are. But they need help. They need to have some outside help to come in and give them a break. They need help with their work.
To be honest, I think supporting the people who are already doing the work, and making sure they don't burn out such that the loved one ends up in a nursing home or dumped in an emergency room, would be certainly a good place to start.