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2010 Reports: - Eroding Public Medicare: BC Update 2010 (September 2010). Prepared by the BCHC, this report is an update of a groundbreaking 2008 national report that documented an explosion of private for-profit health facilities across the country that are jeopardizing the equality and fairness of our health care system.
- The Economic Case for Universal Pharmacare (August 2010). Published by the CCPA and Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économiques, this report lays out the formula for a Pharmacare program that not only covers all Canadians, but could annually save up to $10.7 billon in spending. The report garnered the endorsement of eminent doctors, nurses, economists and researchers.
2009 Reports: - The Best of Care: Getting It Right for Seniors in British Columbia (Part 1). (December 2009). The first part of the BC Office of the Ombudsperson's ongoing systemic investigation on seniors' care that was launched in response to a growing number of complaints and increasing public concerns about the poor care received by seniors and people with disabilities living in residential care facilities in BC.
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Report Towards An Enhanced and More Accessible Home Support System for BC's Seniors (May 2009) lays out three policy recommendations that would strengthen and expand home support in a practical and cost-effective way. It calls for an increase of the provincial home support budget by $100 million per year in order to implement the proposed reforms. Injecting new funding in the home support system is an opportunity to make a sound investment in community care and increase the quality of life of frail seniors, while achieving long-term cost savings for the health system.
- Innovations in Community Care: From Pilot Project to System Change. This paper highlights positive examples of what is working well in home and community care in British Columbia. BC can boast of a number of local, small-scale initiatives that support people with significant health challenges who continue to live in their homes or in residential care. Many of these people are individuals with low income, frail seniors, and/or people living with a mental or physical disability. By helping them function in the community, these innovations take pressure off in-patient hospital and emergency services. Published by the CCPA (April 2009).
2008 Reports:
2007 Reports: 2006 Reports: - CCPA Report: From Support to Isolation (June 2006): This report summary explores the transformation of home support services in BC in the past decade, and the impact on home support workers and their clients, who mainly consist of frail seniors who often live alone and on low income.
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