Human Resources committee  For those home care dollars?

Human Resources committee  Occupational therapy.

Human Resources committee  I don't mean that in jest. I do think we are undervalued.

Human Resources committee  In Canada, we have 14 educational programs. They're at master's level entry. All schools are accredited.

Human Resources committee  The cost factor at the educational level?

Human Resources committee  I'd have to get back to you on the exact numbers per hourly rate.

Human Resources committee  For the most part, it's a two-year master's program plus 1,000 fieldwork hours.

Human Resources committee  Any field, so it's multidisciplinary.

Human Resources committee  One thing I'm hearing across all the witnesses is to take a biopsychosocial approach to health, not just a sickness-medical model. I think if we use that paradigm to help understand the social needs of the seniors aging in place, their psychological needs and their physical needs

Human Resources committee  I think the answer lies in the right care and the right person. It depends if—

Human Resources committee  It's on the spectrum of things. At the preventive level with a senior whose health is not in decline, I think as an occupational therapist, we can project their future needs.

Human Resources committee  That $5 billion earmarked for home care is in the provinces' hands. Can this discussion be done at the federal-provincial-territorial meeting of the health ministers so the money is spent appropriately on home care services to keep seniors out of hospital? Sometimes I know the fe

Human Resources committee  Yes. All the funding into the research and longitudinal studies to help us understand and to really put our resources in where they're going to get the greatest impact is critical.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Right now we're a workforce of about 16,000 across Canada. The employment rate is high at 93%. We do have some shortages as far the workforce is concerned. Fortunately, B.C., your province, is one place where we don't have the demand. The B.C. occupational therapy workforce requi