Jurisdictional: Prince Edward Island

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Current and Future Concerns of Older Parents of Sons and Daughters With Intellectual Disabilities -2009 — Increasingly greater numbers of older parents are providing care at home for their sons and daughters with intellectual disabilities. As attention needs to be paid to the supports needed by such families to assist them with their caregiving activities, it is prudent to identify the types of supports that will be needed when the parents are no longer able to provide care. Working with a cohort of older parent carers in Prince Edward Island, Canada, the authors undertook to examine older carer concerns and planning issues.

Disability Services Review II: Recommendations of the Disability Services Review Committee -2009 — The Disability Services Review Committee ( the “Committee”) was struck in December 2007 to consult the public and the community in support of persons with disabilities, review the range of services currently provided to Islanders living with disabilities, and scan the practices in other jurisdictions to identify best practices and alternate models as opportunities to improve service delivery.

Disability Support Program — The Disability Support Program (DSP) is the first program in Canada to distinguish disability-specific support from income support. The purpose of DSP is to assist with personal planning and to help meet the needs related to an individual's disability.

Multilateral Framework for Labour Market Agreement for Persons With Disabilities Prince Edward Island Sixth Annual Baseline Report 2008-2009 — In the Multilateral Framework for Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services committed to building a strong, inclusive society and securing a high quality of life for all Canadians with disabilities.

Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs Prince Edward Island -2009

Project - Information Gathering Framework - Prince Edward Island