Long Term Care Insurance: Is our savings sufficient for care coverage?
With increasing awareness of the Baby Boomer retirement, the insurance industry is heavily focusing on long-term care insurance plans for aging consumers. Although Ministry of Health puts forward a significant amount of budget towards care for seniors, one can no longer depend on it solely or on private health insurance because it does not cover extended nursing home stays, assisted living centres or regular home care visits.
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Choosing the Right Place To Call Home
This feature article from the Ontario Residential Care Association provides information of use to all Canadians. While provincial legislation may differ, the basic information on selecting a residence is the same. Links to other provincial associations are provided at the end of the article.
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Discharge Planning - The Facts
Discharge planning is a process that includes identification, assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation. Social workers engaged in discharge planning coordinate discharges for patients by collaborating with the patient, family, health care team and community resources.
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Hospice Care in Ontario
Palliative Care or Hospice Care provides services at home or in a home-like setting to persons with life-threatening and terminal illnesses and their families. The aim is to help people live as comfortably and as fully as possible. The focus is on caring, not curing and on life, not death.
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