La Position Du Ccnta Sur La Taxe Sur Les Produits Et Services

The Council reviews the needs and problems of seniors and recommends remedial action, liaises with other groups interested in aging, encourages public discussion, and publishes and disseminates information on aging. This document describes the NACA's position in brief, and specifies the modification still required for the GST proposal.

Presents the NACA's position in brief, suggestions for action, as well as a full statement of its position. It addresses the question, what is health? It also stresses the importance of independence and health to seniors' quality of life. Finally it determines the size of the senior population needing support, and the nature of community-based services.

Through is recommendations, the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) aims to achieve a more appropriate utilization of health care technology to produce optimum health outcomes, especially for seniors, and to control health care costs. The first section of this report examines the use of assistive technologies to support seniors with disabilities. In Sections 2, 3 and 4, issues related to the assessment, adoption and utilization of technologies in the health care system are reviewed, especially as they affect seniors. Finally, Section 5 considers the computerization of health service delivery as a means to improve the quality of health care for seniors, and indeed, for the entire Canadian population.

The Honourable Minister of Health requested advice on how to establish principles to assist in distinguishing essential from non-essential health care services. Representatives from national and provincial seniors' organizations and from provincial councils attended a one-day workshop organized by the Council to present their views on the principles that should underlie priority-setting in health care. Because seniors remember Canada prior to the development of its public health system, they have an important and unique role to play in any discussions regarding health care reform. NACA's position on determining health care priorities is informed by the views that seniors expressed at the workshop; throughout this report, views expressed at the workshop are quoted to highlight major points. As well, this report benefited substantially from the analyses of health economists and ethicists.

The greater numbers, increased visibility and emerging political assertiveness of seniors have contributed to changing negative attitudes, as has the dissemination of more extensive and more accurate information about aging. Although the war against ageism has not yet been won, many strategic gains have been scored. The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress made to date and to identify how the public awareness of seniors and of aging can further be enhanced.

The Council advises the Minister of National Health and Welfare on issues related to the aging population and seniors' quality of life. This report contains NACA's position and recommendations with regards to informal caregiving. The document defines and describes the role of informal caregivers and discusses the importance of informal caregiving and related issues. Issues include formal and informal networks, needs of caregivers, housing needs, community-based services, monetary costs and costs related to the caregiver's employment.

This report presents the six main categories of life-course events and experiences that have the greatest impact on women's senior years. It first looks at the effect of these experiences on women who were born during the first quarter of this century. Based on information about how these experiences are changing, the report then speculates on how the situation of future cohorts of senior women may differ. These experiences include family life, health, living arrangements, education, employment and economic security. The report also includes a subjective dimension illustrating how women see the impact of experiences on their lives, thanks to the informal consultations carried out by Council members. Recommendations addressed to individual women, society in general, governments, community agencies, educational institutions, employers and researchers conclude the paper.

This report examines a threat to both the overall cost & the fairness of health care in Canada: the highly variable & growing personal expenditures across the country for services not insured by the Canada Health Act. It assesses the health & financial burden to seniors in the areas of home care, medication, long-term residential care, and other health expenses, and describes the wide variations across Canada in the access that seniors have to public coverage and in the level of costs levied for services. The report also proposes a more equitable system, compares different models of health care service financing, explores political & financial feasibility and social justice aspects of the proposal, and makes recommendations for the planned & gradual implementation of a health care system offering a complete range of services.