Long-term care for the elderly in Quebec : Long term care for the elderly in Quebec

Because the demand for public long- situation reveals the extent to which the term care had outstripped supply, a cli- province had delegated to the private A breakdown of the costs of long-term mate of “quiet acquiescence” has pre- commercial sector its responsibility to care services for fiscal year 2006 was vailed under which private commercial supply the needy elderly and persons provided by Q [...] Medicaid Services (CMS) with the 64 years of age and older who resided 3. Case management by a multidisci- assurance of the state’s support of in the two CLSC demonstration areas plinary team responsible for compre- the application and its contents. [...] While the SIPA autonomy,A computerized clinical also plays an active role delivery of experiment was temporary and there- chart for coordination between services to the client in his or her area fore was not expanded, the elements of institutions and clinicians in order of professional expertise and also has deinstitutionalization and community to monitor the client, the function of intervening wh [...] In PRIS- of the second PRISMA demonstration MA the unique assessment tool’s program, implementation of the PRIS- • The Coatacook region, a rural area results with respect to clients and a MA system has been facilitated by the with no local hospital computerized clinical chart are shared use of a continuous information sys- • The Granit region, a rural area with a with all partners and services whi [...] These bene- of both institutional and community- to the client’s status and changes in the fits include a decreased frequency of based care for the frail elderly in intervention plan.