Outcomes from a collaborative project developing and evaluating a community rehabilitation worker program for Northwestern Ontario First Nations

• Main Authors: Helle Møller (Author), Robert Baxter (Author), Alison Denton (Author), Esme French (Author), Mary Ellen Hill (Author), Taryn Klarner (Author), Garth Nothing (Author), Marlene Quequish (Author), Joan Rae (Author), Kirsti Reinikka (Author), Shane Strickland (Author), Denise Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Major inequities exist in levels of health and wellbeing, availability, and access to healthcare services between seniors of Indigenous and non-Indigenous background in Ontario. First Nations elders are 45-55% more frail than the average senior in Ontario. Additionally, needed rehabili...