Canadian Health Care for Elderly

Canadian Health Care for Elderly



Canadian health care for elderly

Introduction

The study is related to the health care for elderly, which particularly focuses on the Canada. Who are the elderly and what factors depends on their health? How and why their health needs differ from those of other age groups? In this paper, we discuss some consequences of the answers to these questions and others on health policy and the particular orientation that must be taken to address the concerns of an aging population in this area. We emphasize efforts across Canada to provide services and assess how they respond effectively to the needs of older people, whose number is increasing.

In the 80s, applying the expanded notions of health and aging aware that, in combination with other social changes, creates special requirements, governments across Canada have recognized the need to coordinate healthy public policies to address the challenges posed by rapid social change and irreversible. These policies for the elderly must take into account not only the usual health issues, but also social and economic strategies that promote greater equity for the aging population.

In Canada, the Lalonde Report of 1974 was the first in which were recommended objectives or strategies in health. For seniors, it was envisaged that the focus is not on curing diseases, but on the care necessitated by chronic diseases. The overall approach was twofold: Mr. Lalonde proposed, firstly, that the risks to physical and mental health groups (such as the elderly) perceived as the most vulnerable are limited and, secondly, that health care for these groups are improved. Ten years later, the Epp report encircled three major national challenges: correcting injustices, increase prevention and improve people's ability to cope with their situation. The specific needs of the elderly should be met through three mechanisms of health promotion (personal initiatives in health, environmental health and support) that should be implemented with public participation, community health services strengthened and healthy public policy well coordinated. In addition, several provincial commissions, task forces and health boards have proposed measures to achieve goals for the elderly, focusing on financial and human resources as well as the organization and management services health in the context of demographic aging.

Discussion

Who Are The Elderly And What Factors Depends On Their Health?

The concept of "health" has evolved over time as they acquired a better understanding of key factors influencing health status. The World Health Organization has expanded the meaning of the term: "a state of complete physical, mental and social, not merely the absence of disease." This idea was further developed in the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion in 1986; in this Charter, health is seen as a resource of everyday life for which the conditions and resources are fundamental to peace, housing, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, renewable resources, social justice and equity.

As we understood the factors that affect health, there has been much away from the assumption that health status improves at the option of increased health ...