Thank you, Mr. Chair, and we will certainly provide that.
The strategy that the Member is talking about is an old strategy, and moving forward we are going to be coming forward with a new strategy. It’s going to be informed by the continuing care report that was released just a couple of days ago to Members. That’s going to help inform the direction we take. We will be coming forward with an Aging in Place Strategy. We’re hoping to have that done by March 31st of this year, so that we can share it with
committee. That will help inform how we move forward to deal with the aging population, the number of the individuals that need different levels of support and what types of things we’re going to need to do over the coming years to help people age in place as much as possible. It won’t be just about staying in homes. It will be about the full continuum from staying at home for as long as you can and is reasonable to moving into maybe independent or assisted living and then to more of a long-term care and extended care into dementia, if necessary. We will be coming forward to have those discussions with committee.
At the same time, I would like to say that in partnership with different departments we have updated the Seniors’ Handbook, which identifies different programs and services available to seniors and elders in the Northwest Territories. That’s been updated as recently as 2012.