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5. Ensure Sufficient Capacity of Long-term Care • The CLHIA recommends that private delivery of long-term care be encouraged and that governments do not regulate price private delivery of services. This will act as an incentive to a vibrant private long-term care market in Canada. • The CLHIA recommends that providers of care be subject to appropriate regulation and that, in particular, adequate resources are put towards the supervision of long-term care providers from a patient quality of care perspective. • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments support education and outreach campaigns promoting geriatric and gerontological health care professions as career choices, and the funding of residency positions in geriatrics. • The CLHIA recommends that compensation for physicians and nurses that specialize in gerontology be reformed in order to be competitive with those that specialize in other areas of medicine. • The CLHIA recommends that governments invest to ensure an appropriate supply of paramedical providers (e.g., physiotherapists) to meet the long-term care of Canadians. • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments provide greater tax relief for Canadians that incur expenses to support the long-term care needs of others through informal care. This could include allowing tax credits for expenses incurred to provide informal care. • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments and stakeholders work collaboratively to provide greater access to and awareness of respite care services for informal caregivers to help manage the important and challenging role they play. Private delivery of these services will help to address shortages being faced. • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments along with stakeholders promote volunteerism, particularly among seniors, to assist those that require long-term care. This could include introducing tax credits for such volunteering. 6. Encourage Health and Wellness Promotion • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments support more health and wellness promotion policies and provide more direct assistance as a means to encourage healthy aging of Canadians. 21

• CLHIA REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE POLICY
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• INTRODUCTION
• STRUCTURAL REFORM TO ADDRESS THE FUNDING SHORTFALL
• Funding Long-term Care Improvements with Savings from Structural Reform
• ENCOURAGING CANADIANS TO SAVE FOR LONG-TERM CARE
• PATIENT CENTERED APPROACH TO LONG-TERM CARE
• RESTRUCTURING OF LONG-TERM CARE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
• ENSURE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY OF LONG-TERM CARE
• Long-term Care Facility Capacity
• Health Care Practitioner Shortage
• Informal Care
• Unlocking the Power of Volunteerism
• ENCOURAGE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROMOTION
• CONCLUSION
• Annex 1: Summary of Assumptions and Methodology for Estimates of Long-term Care Costs
• Annex 2: List of CLHIA's Recommendations to Improve the Accessibility, Quality and Sustainability of Long-term Care in Canada