Thank you, Mr. Chair. We recently signed another five-year agreement for home support funding with Health Canada which is where a lot of the funding for our program comes from. It did allow us to do a little bit of enhancement. First we always work with authorities to assess the pressures, where there are pressures, where there’s the most need for increased staff or increased training. Some of our authorities are doing some very innovative work with communities to find different ways or more, at least, culturally responsive ways to deliver their home care services. In the Sahtu and in the Tlicho they’re doing some unique things. We do provide, as I noted, training and foot care, palliative care, respite care. We’re working with the NWT Disabilities Council to do some pilot projects on providing respite care in small communities. They work with our home support workers to identify the families that are in need. There is a lot going on, but as the Member noted, it’s an area of increasing pressure. There will be increasing demand. We are constantly looking at how to make the best use of our budget. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Delancey on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 17th, 2015
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