United Way study exposes vulnerability of rural seniors

Improving health care by “looking outside the walls of the hospital” is how Dr. Paul Roumeliotis views a new study by the United Way that examines the needs and vulnerabilities of seniors living in rural areas surrounding Ottawa.
As medical officer of health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, which covers the mostly rural region between Ottawa and the Quebec border, Roumeliotis says the type of social services needed across the sprawling area varies from place to place. He says the