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The Continuum of Care: A Case Study of a Senior Service Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Canada

The Continuum of Care: A Case Study of a Senior Service Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Canada
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Author(s): Kwong Yuen Liu (Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Canada), Bonnie H. Y. Wong (Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Canada), Maria Chu (Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Canada)and William Y. W. Leung (Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Canada)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 20
Source title: Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ben Fong (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Artie Ng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)and Peter Yuen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2633-9.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter examines the continuum of care in use at the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The service continuum is a response to the needs of a diverse Chinese Canadian population, where services in the appropriate language and culture are limited. Within the funding context, service coordination for seniors within Ontario can be characterized as fragmented, with over-use of acute care hospitalization and long-term care institutionalization. Community agencies must find a way to adapt to changing systems as the Ontario government moves away from institutionalization and toward community care. This chapter explores challenges that are faced by a socially-minded organization within a medically-minded funding system. It also addresses ways to cope with the constraints.

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