Human Resources committee  It is a challenge where there isn't a signal. There are ways around it, in that you can actually do the remote monitoring and then the information can be transferred when it is in range of a signal. Communication can be an issue where there isn't any wireless signal. It can be a

Human Resources committee  We are working and doing bits of it. It's in the milieu of the lack of a long-term plan, as I mentioned. We need a long-term plan in order to tie those two together. There are a number of initiatives taking place, and I think they're all valuable. There's great work being done, b

Human Resources committee  It's complicated. It's a matter of partnerships. It's a matter of actually developing these plans at the federal, provincial, municipal, and neighbourhood levels and having that cascade in place. It's identifying all the resources and putting those plans in place with all the sta

Human Resources committee  There are a number of opportunities. For example, I know one would be remote patient monitoring. That would actually just be for, as an example, a senior with a cardiac condition. You could take their blood pressure regularly during the day. There are a number of devices that wou

Human Resources committee  We're still seeing a number of small initiatives taking place that are not entirely aligned with a long-term strategy. I have seen new initiatives, but unfortunately not all of them point in the right direction.

Human Resources committee  There are different demands now. We have a much higher demand for health care generally, and for home care specifically, than we had in the past. I think a lot of the investment we are seeing is unfortunately coming a little too late. We know that, but of course it's welcome.

Human Resources committee  It should have happened a long time ago. We should have done some demographic planning. We should have had a look and had a long-term strategy in place. There is one thing I was going to mention when the previous question was being answered. What we need is a long-term strategy t

Human Resources committee  There's no problem with the concept. Everyone accepts that it's something that has to be done. It really comes back to looking at the way in which we fund the health care system and making sure we're increasing funding to the home care environment. We have a very hospital-centric

Human Resources committee  It's 3% to 4% of the budget.

Human Resources committee  Yes. Acute care is very expensive care. It's something we need to have as the last resort.

Human Resources committee  There needs to be a focus, first of all, on making it an attractive option for people, because that's one of the big issues we have. People are not attracted to it. It's not a glamourous role, and it doesn't pay well. It's a matter of making sure that people can sustain themselve

Human Resources committee  The Canadian Home Care Association is busy working on this. I think one has to ask, first of all, what people can expect. I really think getting expectations is critical. People must know what is going to be the government's responsibility and what is going to be their responsib

Human Resources committee  Again, we must make sure we have those curricula in place. We've seen a drop-off in that, so it needs to be looked at from a college point of view. Then we need to recognize people by way of increasing remuneration for various training. What we're seeing is people come on to the

Human Resources committee  Very definitely, because you want to plant the seed early. You want to raise the profile of what is being done.

Human Resources committee  We make sure we're addressing their needs. In many cases, when we are providing services to these communities, it involves an enormous amount of travel. It means that we need to remunerate for travel. That's something that is not being well done, I don't think, for rates for pers