PQ wants to prioritize home care

The political formation led by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is certain: the system put in place by François Legault’s Coalition avenir Québec, which relies on the construction of homes for the elderly, will not work.

On the one hand because it is too expensive, but mainly because it will only benefit a small percentage of seniors in the province, PQ said.

The model of nursing homes will take us straight to a walldecided Mr. Plamondon in an interview with The Canadian Press. It does not meet the needs of the population, the cost per person is overwhelming and only a small minority will remain in the home of an elderly person, while the majority see their living conditions as not the height of the word dignity.

Therefore, the PQ calls for at least the abandonment of the seniors ’home project, which it describes as flashyto redirect funds toward improving the living conditions of seniors with loss of autonomy in CHSLDs and toward increasing the supply of home care.

The party assures us that it is even more important to improve the supply of home care, because that’s what people want.

In his plan Live and grow old with dignity, presented on Sunday in Montreal, the PQ therefore promises to invest $ 2.7 billion per year on a recurring basis in home care if it forms the next government by the end of next October’s general election.

Mr. Plamondon estimates that the proportion of public long -term care spending earmarked for home care is abnormally low and he should be at least 50%a target to be reached within five years on his party’s electoral commitment.

No one can be proud of the way we treat our seniors in Quebecbelieves Mr. Plamondon. If we want to change, we need a complete change of course in priorities and in the financial model, because now we are investing in concrete and in image..

Integration of seniors into society

While PQ aims to allow seniors to stay at home longer, it also wants to offer them more opportunities to actively participate in society.

First, it plans to put in some financial incentives to allow workers who want to do so to stay active longer, particularly by allowing the cessation of Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) contributions for older people. 65 upwards. .

In other words, your salary only increases by 6%, because the contribution, goes into your pocketdescribes Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon, who says he wants to make a new one purchasing power allowance $ 1,000 for seniors age 65 and older with incomes less than $ 35,000.

For retirees, PQ wants to make their lives easier by giving them access to more paratransit offers-the lack of service currently eliminating seniors on exit according to Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon-and by entertaining them with a 20 % discount on their cultural outings.

The PQ also promised to launch an independent public inquiry into the CHSLD crisis during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic within 100 days after its election.

The party also wants to create a Ministry of Solitude that will be responsible for developing public policies to combat isolation, loneliness and emotional distress – in addition to appointing an advocate of seniors independent of the health network.

If we want to get rid of divine desires, we guarantee dignitysaid Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon. We will make it an indisputable right. How to get there? An advocate should be put in place to ensure the dignity and living conditions of the elderly. There needs to be legislative changes to provide guarantees.