Advice should be given to experienced and well-trained professionals, who can help children handle the trauma they have experienced, to understand the rights and needs of the different age groups.

The findings of the Devereaux et al. analysis also contrast with those a Canadian study published in 1999 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which compared the quality of care in licensed and unlicensed homes for the aged in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.[74] For example, this study found the quality of care provided to elderly residents by large unlicensed (private for-profit) long-term care facilities to be comparable to that of large licensed (private not for profit) facilities.[75] In addition, the study found that the majority of both licensed and unlicensed long-term care facilities (no matter what their size) were deliv ...[+++]ering care of relatively good quality.

Consequently, if the number of people requiring long-term care increases, and in a context of rising employment rates for women (the primary informal care providers), professional care services for the elderly will have to be developed.

The provision of care for the elderly people in the community is not an easy option that will painlessly save costs as well as meet the preferences of elderly people.There are two overriding issues: a) Have sufficient resources been identified and committed to meet the growth in the need for the care of frail elderly people in the community? b) Has the capacity of the community to bear this additional responsibility been addressed and, where necessary, is it being strengthened.< $FOECD, 1994, " New Orientation for Social Policy" , in Sustainable Health Care for Canada, op. cit. 97.>

They also state the Income Tax Act discriminates against families that make the choice to provide care in the home for preschool children, the disabled, the chronically ill or the aged.

Smoking will be banned in establishments where: - services are provided to the public, whether for a charge or free of charge; - sick or elderly persons are received or treated; - health care is given for prevention or cure; - children or young people or school age are received, housed or treated; - education and vocational training is given; - entertainment takes place; - exhibitions are held.