Vada Benoit

How does our healthcare system in Canada meet the needs of older adults?

This topic is about finding out if our health care system in Canada meets the needs of our

older adults, from physical health to mental health I want to figure out what it is that we are

doing to benefit this age group. This topic is of interest and importance to me because I have a

lot of older adults in my life that depend on the health care system including my mother and my

grandmother. I would like to research to see exactly how our Canadian health care system is

providing help to meet the needs of the older adults in Canada. I want to see how well our

healthcare system is doing with providing the proper care mentally and physically. I would like

to look at the current stats on this topic to educate myself and others more.

Search strategy:

Used UNB library online for search engine

Searched up: Health care system older adults Canada

Used filters: peer reviewed, posted in last 5 years, articles/chapters.

 Work cited

Chase, J. (2020). Caring for frail older adults during covid-19: integrating public health ethics

into clinical practice. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(8), 1666–1670.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16666

Gordon, S., Kidd, M., Maeder, A., Baker, N., Marin, T., & Grimmer, K. (2019). Health deficits

in community dwelling adults aged 40 to 75 years. Bmc Geriatrics, 19(1), 1–8.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1152-9

Lamoureux-Lamarche, C., Berbiche, D., & Vasiliadis, H.-M. (2022). Health care system and

patient costs associated with receipt of minimally adequate treatment for depression and anxiety

disorders in older adults. Bmc Psychiatry, 22(1), 175–175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-

03759-9

Cranley, L. (2021). Meaningful engagement of older adults in long-term care: a call for action.

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 53(2), 91–93.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0844562120932328

Lapointe-Shaw, L., Jones, A., Ivers, N. M., Rahim, A., Babe, G., Stall, N. M., Sinha, S. K., &

Costa, A. P. (2022). Homebound status among older adult home care recipients in ontario,

canada. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(2), 568–578.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17501