We recognize that this is a challenge. To the extent we can, when we work with a veteran in order to get them into a long-term care facility, our preference is to find the veteran a facility close to home and a facility for both men and women. However, depending on the level of care of that veteran--let's say the level of care is at the higher end--we focus on what the veteran needs in order to deal with his physical care or his health care. That may mean, at times, that the only long-term care facility that can provide that level of care does not allow spouses, for example. So each case is a case in itself.
I want to thank you for your comments on the two individuals in Halifax. I feel very privileged, as head of the department, to have such a committed group of professionals who really do put central to their own daily lives the care and the needs of the veterans. In terms of our front-line staff, I have more staff than one could think of whose own needs are put second fiddle to whatever they can do to meet the veterans' needs. It's a great privilege to serve, frankly, as the head of a department that has such committed people.
Again, as in your example, we are doing, and I'm very confident that our staff is doing, everything we can to accommodate the wishes and needs of the veterans. At times, though, you have to make a decision on whether or not to allow a long-term care facility that doesn't quite provide the level of care required but does allow the spouse.