Thank you. Minister.
Debates of March 6th, 2023
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I'll ask the deputy minister to talk about how that was developed. Thank you.
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Cecchetto
Thank you, Madam Chair. So there was an evaluation done that include conversations and interviews with the clients and their families as well as the service providers.
The other thing that I would just add is one of the other reasons we're extending the program in the coming year in its current existence, and also using some of the other areas to inform this program such as the supported living review, and so over this next year we hope to be able to use the supported living review as well as the evaluation from the paid family caregiver to determine what our next steps are in relation to that program.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Madam Chair. And with that program, is -- do you see a need, I guess, for home care support as well to sort of back up that caregiver position? Thank you.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Yes, thank you. Yes, there would be a partnership required of the nursing staff in home care, along with the paid family caregiver. They would be offering different kinds of services to the clients. Some of them are more medically sophisticated, if I can say, administration of medication, changing dressings, and so on whereas the paid family caregiver would be doing basic necessities of life.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to talk about supported living. In Hay River, we have a facility there and it seems to, you know, work fairly well. And I think most of the people that are living there are pleased with it. Has an assessment -- or is it, I guess has an assessment been done in Hay River as to whether that facility needs expansion? Thank you.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Yes, thank you. I don't think there has been that kind of an assessment of the facility in Hay River. Generally speaking, we had moved away from facility-based care for people who need supported living and instead have them in family groups or near family groups rather than in group homes. So I don't think anything will happen with that facility in Hay River. I mean, there are no plans to change it but I don't see either that we would expand it.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
All right. So Health and Social Services, long term care and continuing care services. Member for Great Slave.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to get a little bit more information as well around, like, the respite fund, noting that it hasn't gone up by very much. I'm just curious as part of the supported living review, are we looking at that amount of money as well? And I do note that it goes to organizations rather than from the department directly to individuals providing respite. But the reason I ask is because it's -- I'm aware of a few situations where people are living with -- are caretakers for children with disabilities and they're not accessing respite. And I'm just wondering, do we have any numbers on whether or not that number is actually adequate or if it's really just a matter that people aren't aware that they can qualify for it? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you. That money is divided between the disabilities council to provide community-based respite services and Inclusion NWT to provide respite services in Yellowknife. So the money is directed to nonprofit organizations with subject matter expertise to expand on. Thank you.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Yes, that's what I said. So my question is has that been analyzed as part of the supportive living and to see if it's enough for people in the territory or whether or not there's actually a greeter need that hasn't been identified because people aren't aware that they can qualify for programs like that? Thank you.
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Cecchetto
Thank you, Madam Chair. So respite services were part of the review for the supportive living. There were seven categories of the actual supportive living review. So things such as the scope of the service, the resources that are required to provide those services, standards of care, oversight, access and equity, the workforce development, and so on. So ultimately at the end of the day, it's not -- the review wasn't necessarily done to determine whether we need to specifically increase respite in and of itself, but it was captured within the part as a concept within the function and the purpose of the review within supportive living.
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