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The site has a finder to locate
Seniors Active Living Centres, which
offer a range of social, learning and
recreation programs for seniors
across Ontario.
Home First Initiative
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A provincial government program that
provides support to both caregivers and
patients so they can return home after
a hospitalization, rather than waiting in
hospital to move to a long-term care
or retirement home. The Home First
program is available through Local
Health Integration Networks’ Home
and Community Care to all adults with
OHIP coverage.
Recommended
Reading Resource!
Ontario’s Action
Plan for Seniors
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find it at
www.ontario.ca
The Canadian Home Care Association
trade group found the program
reduced the amount of time seniors
spend in hospital.
Quality of Life for a Lifetime
By addressing the health care needs of
Ontario’s seniors now, we are addressing
our own needs for the future. The
experience for older adults should
include the prevention and management
of episodic and chronic MSK issues
associated with age-related illness and
disease. The benefits include minimizing
and managing risk, promoting healthy
aging and encouraging social participation
and activity. 4
When chiropractors and other primary
care providers work together, a health
strategy can develop that will ensure our
seniors the effective, integrated health
care and supportive community care
they need to enjoy the best quality of
life possible.
References
1 Statistics Canada. (2016). Seniors.
Retrieved from https://https://
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-
402-x/2012000/chap/seniors-aines/
seniors-aines-eng.htm
2 Donato, G. (2018, October 30). Aging:
how to stay active when it hurts to do
so. Globe and Mail. Retrieved from
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/
life/adv/article-aging-how-to-stay-
active-when-it-hurts-to-do-so/
3 Public Health Agency of Canada.
(2010). The chief public health
officer’s report on the state of
public health in Canada, 2010:
Growing older—adding life to years.
Ottawa: Retrieved from http://
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cphorsphc-
respcacsp/2010/fr-rc/pdf/cpho_
report_2010_e.pdf
4 Canadian Medical Association.
(2015). A policy framework to guide a
national senior’s strategy for Canada.
Retrieved from https://www.cma.ca/
Assets/assets-library/document/en/
about-us/gc2015/policy-framework-
to-guide-seniors_en.pdf
Additional source
Statistics Canada. Population
projections for Canada, provinces and
territories 2009 to 2036. 91-520-X.
Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 2010 June.
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