On January 10, 2013 CBC Radio’s “The Current” with Ana Maria Tremonte spoke to Jane Meadus, lawyer with the Adcocate Centre for the Elderly (ACE) about the challenges faced by many elderly patients upon their discharge from acute care. Often, elderly patients require a level of care they cannot afford to access from home or retirement homes. An additional hurdle to economic ongoing care is the the shortage of long term care beds in Ontario. In the result, many Ontario families find themselves struggling with difficult and costly decisions about the ongoing care of elderly loved ones.
Ms. Meadus directs listeners to a number of helpful papers prepared by ACE and available on the ACE website.
The Current also aired clips from Pat Campbell, CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association; Susan Eng, Vice President of Advocacy for the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP); Dr. Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Provincial Lead, Ontario’s Seniors Care Strategy and author of the Province’s new Report, “Living Longer, Living Well”; and to Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long Term Care.
The program aired on January 10, 2013 but you can still hear this 24 minute episode the CBC’s “The Current” website via the link below.
“Canada’s hospitals strained caring for elderly patients with no where to go”