Ms. Tracy Johnson at the Status of Women Committee

On February 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 18th, 2021 / 11:40 a.m.

Director, Health System Analysis and Emerging Issues, Canadian Institute for Health Information

I'll start by saying that it's a combination of things.

Improving home care services overall across Canada would enable us to care for the carers, as you say, in a better way. Right now, some of the other things they lack, as we talked about before, are things like adult day programs, respite programs, meal delivery or community support.

First and foremost, access to the system and what's available to them is different across all of the provinces. A better understanding of what is available when people need it would be really helpful to care for the carers.

Then, when they need—

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