Including community volunteers into health care system has shown promise in decreasing health care usage by older adults and also in shifting care from hospitals to primary care a recent study has found. The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. We found that older adults who took part in the Health TAPESTRY program changed the way in which they used health care services said lead author Dr Lisa Dolovich. Encouragingly participants had more visits to primary care with fewer (emergency department) and hospital admissions compared to those not in the program she added. The Health TAPESTRY (Health