Were doctors available when needed to answer questions and offer care?
It would offer care for seriously ill children whose families need a break as well as hospice care.
At least 3,500 children's centres must be set up by 2010, and schools should offer care from 8am to 6pm.
Social care was meant to offer care in the community, yet nearly half a million people are still institutionalised, some undoubtedly for want of reliable support at home.
Ms. Coombs works with one of 15 programs, called social adult day services, that offer care and engagement for people suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia, or for people with disabilities that make them ineligible for the city's senior centers.
Ultimately the cure for excessive whiplash claims lies with the government, says Aviva, which has set out a five-point plan to slash costs: 1. Offer care instead of cash compensation.
PAGE A34 NEW YORK AMONG BUDGET CASUALTIES Are the Old and Vulnerable As a result of the city's budget crisis, 15 programs that offer care and engagement for people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia are losing their grants.
There will also be more rigorous analysis of applications to offer care services, which Sutcliffe's report says will "make sure providers have the right values and motivations for providing care".
Covering nearly 300,000 patients at 50 GP practices across the city, it is focused on reducing hospital admissions via a series of initiatives designed to offer care that aim to keep patients well and cared for where they live.
In 2004, voters voided one ambitious health care law, the Health Insurance Act, which would have required medium- and large-size employers to offer care to their workers or pay a fee to the state.
Studies have shown that nurses with master's level training offer care in many primary care settings that is as good as and sometimes better than care given by physicians, who generally have far more extensive training.
