The Northwest Local Health Integration Network wants to expand its Home First program for seniors in the region.
The program is aimed at trying to get people, now in a hospital bed, back home.
CEO Laura Kokochinski says it's part of a broader provincial initiative.
"That we're moving in that direction," says Kokochinski, "that people will not wait any longer in an acute hospital where there's lots of bacteria and virus floating around and people can actually get sometimes sicker while waiting in a hospital. So it's to take them back to their home environment where they'll wait."
Kokochinski says enhancing home care services and putting in supportive housing also helps build toward the Home First philosophy.
The program is aimed at trying to get people, now in a hospital bed, back home.
CEO Laura Kokochinski says it's part of a broader provincial initiative.
"That we're moving in that direction," says Kokochinski, "that people will not wait any longer in an acute hospital where there's lots of bacteria and virus floating around and people can actually get sometimes sicker while waiting in a hospital. So it's to take them back to their home environment where they'll wait."
Kokochinski says enhancing home care services and putting in supportive housing also helps build toward the Home First philosophy.
