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All patients should have access to a primary care team with a minimum composition of a family physician and/or nurse practitioner, dietitian, nurse, occupational therapist, pharmacist, physiotherapist and social worker. (Shutterstock)

Access to care: 5 principles for action on primary health‑care teams

Catherine Donnelly, Queen's University, Ontario; Jennifer Lake, University of Toronto; Jordan Miller, Queen's University, Ontario, and Rachelle Ashcroft, University of Toronto

A newly created Primary Care Action Team has a lofty goal: to ensure all Ontarians have access to primary health care within five years. Here are five principals to consider to help achieve it.
Members of the Oasis Senior Supportive Living Program pole walking in their community.

Beyond long‑term care: The benefits of seniors’ communities that evolve on their own

Catherine Donnelly, Queen's University, Ontario; Paul Nguyen, Queen's University, Ontario; Simone Parniak, Queen's University, Ontario, and Vincent DePaul, Queen's University, Ontario

Naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs, are unplanned communities that have a high proportion of older residents. They may be critical to finding housing solutions for aging Canadians.

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