Seniors
Seniors
Seniors
$2B over 5 years to care for seniors and caregivers
$963.5M to step up home support services
$705M to provide housing adapted to seniors’ needs for a quality living environment
$202.7M to continue government initiatives for seniors and caregivers
$124.6M to provide free access to shingles vaccination
Increase the number of pharmacists and technicians in hospitals;
$565.4M to support the most vulnerable people
Details
- $963.5M to step up home support services:
- Provide services to 34,000 more people between 2023 and 2028;
- Increase home support services by about 13.8 million hours between 2023 and 2028;
- Reduce the number of people waiting for a first home support service by nearly 9,000 (from 19,000 to 10,000 between 2023 and 2028).
- $705M to provide housing adapted to seniors’ needs for a quality living environment:
- $405M to ensure the long-term sustainability of services in private seniors’ residences (RPAs);
- $316M to maintain services for seniors, notably to improve the direct allowance mechanism for clients with diminishing autonomy in RPAs;
- $200M to improve the direct allowance mechanism for clients with diminishing autonomy in RPAs;
- $94.7M to revise the intervention framework for small residences;
- $21.3M to expand the salary transition program for care staff in RPAs;
- $89M to extend by two years the financial assistance program for installing sprinklers in RPAs;
- $316M to maintain services for seniors, notably to improve the direct allowance mechanism for clients with diminishing autonomy in RPAs;
- $200M to continue rolling out seniors’ homes and alternative homes;
- $100M to continue harmonizing public and private CHSLDs.
- $405M to ensure the long-term sustainability of services in private seniors’ residences (RPAs);
- $202.7M to continue government initiatives for seniors and caregivers:
- $106M to consolidate measures promoting active aging among seniors;
- $75.5M to strengthen the fight against elder abuse and promote the well-treatment of seniors;
- $21.2M to enhance support for caregivers.
- $124.6M to provide free access to shingles vaccination;
- $565.4M to support the most vulnerable people;
- $194M to enhance support for community organizations working in health and social services;
- $211.2M to increase mental health, homelessness and addiction services;
- $50M to create new respite spaces for parents of children with disabilities;
- $110.2M to strengthen care and services for youth in difficulty.