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20 Annex 2: List of CLHIA's Recommendations to Improve the Sustainability, Accessibility and Quality of Long-term Care in Canada 1. Structural Reform to Address the Funding Shortfall • The CLHIA recommends the federal and provincial and territorial governments set a target to eliminate the backlog of Canadians in acute care hospital bed waiting for long-term care facilities and a target of transitioning 20 per cent of those in long-term care facilities to a more appropriate home care setting over the next decade in order to generate savings which can then be reinvested into the long-term care system. 2. Encourage Canadians to Save for Long-term Care • The CLHIA recommends that governments introduce a tax credit against the long-term care insurance policy premiums of qualified long-term care insurance. • The CLHIA recommends that federal, provincial and territorial governments in collaboration with key stakeholders develop an awareness campaign to educate Canadians on the responsibility they will have for funding their own long-term care needs as well as the existing options available to them. This could be rolled out in conjunction with a subsidy offered by governments to promote self-funding of long-term care. 3. Patient Centered Approach to Long-term Care • The CLHIA recommends that a patient centered approach form the core of Canada's approach to long-term care service delivery. Any funding of long-term care should be directed to individuals rather than funding institutions directly. • The CLHIA recommends that Canadians be empowered to make choices under a patient centered care approach, including whether to obtain care at home or in an institution setting. 4. Long-term Care as a Continuum • To the extent that governments are involved in the funding of long-term care facilities, the CLHIA recommends that future funding be prioritized to organizations that offer the full range of long-term care services themselves, or that can demonstrate that they effectively and efficiently integrate with organizations across the continuum of care. • The CLHIA recommends that patient advocates be created that can act as a point of contact for those seeking long-term care and to help them more effectively navigate the system.