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A home health aide (HHA) provides in-home care for patients who need assistance with daily living beyond what family or friends can provide. Patients include those who have a physical or mental disability, are recovering from an injury or surgery, have a chronic illness, or are advanced in age.
Like in the United States, welfare in Canada colloquially refers to direct payments to low-income individuals only, and not to healthcare and education spending. [2] It is rarely used in Canada as the name of any specific program, however, because of its negative connotations. (In French, it is commonly known as le bien-être social or l'aide ...
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names. Abitibi; Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches) Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec) Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region ...
The majority of the $350 million is allocated to Quebec under the Canada–Quebec Accord, at $196 million per year, [3] even though immigration to Quebec represented only 16.5% of all immigration to Canada in 2005. [4] The $350 million is budgeted to increase by an additional $90 million by 2009. [5]
At first, the Tunisian government tried to establish relations and get help from both Canadian government and Quebec, but it turned out to be impossible. [1] Since May 1966, Canada has an embassy in Tunis, the first Canadian embassy in North Africa. [2] Since September 1969, Tunisia has an embassy in Ottawa and a consulate in Montreal.
Hôpital, CLSC et centre d'hébergement d'Asbestos (Asbestos, Quebec) Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins [16] (Cowansville) Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la MRC-de-Coaticook ; Centre de santé et services sociaux de Memphrémagog (Magog, Quebec) Centre de santé et de services sociaux du Granit (Lac-Mégantic, Quebec)
The Hotel-Dieu de Québec (French pronunciation: [otɛl djø də kebɛk]) is a teaching hospital located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and affiliated with Université Laval's medical school. It is part of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ), a network of five teaching hospitals and several specialized institutions.
The region is home to one university: UQAT — the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, which is part of the Quebec public university network. UQAT has its main campus at Rouyn-Noranda, a campus dedicated to the first nations at Val-d'Or and several branches in different cities of the region.