Cancer, diabetes and back pain are just some of the most common chronic conditions facing Canadians. For patients, knowing how and where to get help can be a mystery. There’s a new type of health care worker who just might save patients some aggravation and the system a lot of money.
For Canadians with complicated health issues, it can be overwhelming to remember which doctor they’re seeing, which medications they need, and what’s coming next in care plans.
Adults aged 65+ make up 15.6 per cent of Toronto’s population and this number is expected to grow to 21.2 per cent by 2041. This means that there are now more seniors in Toronto than children under the age of 15.
When Lana Wood-Hayden of Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S., answered the phone on Aug. 13, she heard her husband, Ronald Hayden, croak out two words:
The health care system in B.C. is crumbling. It’s in terrible shape in other parts of the country as well, just as more and more boomers are heading into a retirement in which they are likely to need the services of health care professionals
After bouncing around doctors’ offices in an effort to treat her debilitating back pain, Maureen had become discouraged with the lack of progress. She had seen multiple specialists yet nothing seemed to provide relief, and she began to feel disillusioned as she struggled to navigate the health care system.