Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class
Canadian researchers and policymakers have paid limited attention to the health care needs of Aboriginal seniors. This lack of attention is problematic, as the situation of Aboriginal seniors – including both status and non-status First Nations, Métis and Inuit – is particularly bleak. Using Winnipe...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:a717e5051c3e4539a30868d546e8e671 2023-05-15T16:16:08+02:00 Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class Loleen Berdahl Bonita Beulah Beatty 2011-05-01 https://doaj.org/article/a717e5051c3e4539a30868d546e8e671 en eng University of Western Ontario 1916-5781 https://doaj.org/article/a717e5051c3e4539a30868d546e8e671 undefined International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 10 (2011) Aboriginal seniors urban Canada socio demo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple 2023-01-22T18:30:45Z Canadian researchers and policymakers have paid limited attention to the health care needs of Aboriginal seniors. This lack of attention is problematic, as the situation of Aboriginal seniors – including both status and non-status First Nations, Métis and Inuit – is particularly bleak. Using Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon as examples, this paper analyses the health care challenges facing Aboriginal seniors in urban Canada. We ask, what policy approaches are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal seniors so that they can have good quality living reflective of their needs and culture? We suggest that, in thinking throughpresent and future health services for urban Aboriginal seniors, policymakers should consider four key factors: socioeconomic conditions; underutilization of urban health services; jurisdiction; and elder abuse. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit Unknown Canada Regina ENVELOPE(154.846,154.846,64.939,64.939) |
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Canadian researchers and policymakers have paid limited attention to the health care needs of Aboriginal seniors. This lack of attention is problematic, as the situation of Aboriginal seniors – including both status and non-status First Nations, Métis and Inuit – is particularly bleak. Using Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon as examples, this paper analyses the health care challenges facing Aboriginal seniors in urban Canada. We ask, what policy approaches are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal seniors so that they can have good quality living reflective of their needs and culture? We suggest that, in thinking throughpresent and future health services for urban Aboriginal seniors, policymakers should consider four key factors: socioeconomic conditions; underutilization of urban health services; jurisdiction; and elder abuse. |
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Loleen Berdahl Bonita Beulah Beatty |
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Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class |
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Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class |
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Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class |
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Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class |
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Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class |
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health care and aboriginal seniors in urban canada: helping a neglected class |
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University of Western Ontario |
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