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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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/7342 2023-05-15T16:16:07+02:00 Health Care and Aboriginal Seniors in Urban Canada: Helping a Neglected Class Beatty, Bonita Beulah Berdahl, Loleen 2011-05-16 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7342 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7342/5986 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7342 Copyright (c) 2011 Bonita Beulah Beatty, Loleen Berdahl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being 1916-5781 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2011 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:37Z 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 through present 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 Western Libraries OJS Canada Regina ENVELOPE(154.846,154.846,64.939,64.939) International Indigenous Policy Journal 2 1 |
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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 through present 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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Beatty, Bonita Beulah Berdahl, Loleen 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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health care and aboriginal seniors in urban canada: helping a neglected class |
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Western University |
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Copyright (c) 2011 Bonita Beulah Beatty, Loleen Berdahl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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