Merci. I'm going to respond in English.

You raised three points. You asked about family caregivers, collaborative initiatives, and housing. Let's start with caregivers.

We know that, in the recent Mental Health Commission data indicators report, it was reported that 16% of caregivers report distress caring for someone receiving publicly funded home care. We know that number jumps for people caring for someone with depression, end of life, dementia, and aggressive behaviours. It increases exponentially. I do think we need to talk about not only caring for a senior regarding mental health, but we need to also think about the mental health of family caregivers. I think it's very important, and I will get into more of that in the written brief.

That being said, we know there's the emotional toll. We also know working caregivers really are struggling to juggle both work and care, and we're pleased with the federal government, through the Employment and Social Development Canada, for bringing in the employers for caregivers plan and working with businesses to bring this to the forefront, recognizing cost to bottom line, recruitment, turnover, and the like. I think it is a very important population that we need to address.

You talked about collaborative initiatives we've developed. We have our guidelines around stigma, which I think is really key. We developed anti-stigma training for providers, including a video, with the support of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and the video was recently released. I will highlight two initiatives in our network. The Canadian Mental Health Association in Ontario adapted and piloted and evaluated a community-based mental health promotion program called Living Life to the Full. It found significant clinical improvement in mood, well-being, and quality-of-life indicators for this program, and we think it shows some real promising practice to protect and promote the mental wellness of seniors.

The other one is the Fountain of Health program, in Nova Scotia, which looks at seniors' mental health promotion along five domains: mental health, physical activity, positive thinking, and I forget the other two, but it's a great community-based initiative. So those would be three.

With regard to housing, care in home is critical, I think, and sometimes seniors cannot live independently in their own home. Where do they need to go if they're living with both physical and mental health problems? Long-term care is, again, a struggle to get into, and the statistics that Dr. Cohen mentioned are key. We see a much higher acuity and complexity in long-term care. So what are other options? Assisted living, retirement homes, and home care are options to support seniors living independently in their own homes.

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