Grant: Project Grant

Ensuring that Métis older adults (>65 years) receive culturally responsive care and that their caregivers have the resources available to provide such care is important to ensure that older adults are supported to age in their communities, if desired, in Canada. Improving health care in the community can improve the quality of life of Métis older adults, reduce transitions to nursing homes and is cost-effective. To understand what kind of care and support Métis communities require, we need to understand the experiences of care, and the met and unmet needs of Métis older adults' and their caregivers'. Our research aim is to create an understanding of the care needs of Métis older adults in the community with community members. We will hold gatherings and interviews with Métis Métis older adults and their caregivers (i.e., family, friends, or neighbours) to understand their views on community and continuing care services. Researchers with perspectives from both Western and Métis worldviews will complete the analysis. We will develop a survey with community members to identify factors that influence Métis community members' ability to remain at home. This study will be critical to inform recommendations for promising changes to community and continuing care programming for Métis persons, such as existing home health services, program eligibility criteria and home health care funding allocations for future evaluation. Findings will guide future research.