Organizations
Neurological Health Charities Canada
Neurological Health Charities Canada (NHCC) is a collective of organizations that represent people with chronic, often progressive, neurological and/or neuromuscular diseases, disorders, conditions and injuries (brain disorders) in Canada. The NHCC's role is to provide leadership, evaluating and advancing new opportunities for collaboration specific to advocacy, education and research projects, related to brain health.
Organizations
April 2012
Social Policy
Recent estimates suggest that one in three Canadians will experience a neurological or psychiatric condition in their lifetime. This amounts to more than four million Ontarians—half living with a mental health challenge and the other half living with a chronic neurological disease, disorder or injury (brain condition). The related impact is staggering, not only because the prevalence is so high but also because these conditions affect every aspect of life for entire families. October 2011
Social Policy
It is estimated that over three million Ontarians are currently living with a neurological, psychiatric or developmental brain condition. These conditions are often progressive and effect every age and stage of life. At the same time, they create a significant and often catastrophic impact on the individual with the condition, as well as on their families and caregivers. For all of society, the health, social and economic costs of brain conditions are enormous, yet there has been no cohesive and integrated strategy for addressing these impacts across Ontario to date. May 2010