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Home Care In Ontario - Fact and Figures

Apr 1 to Mar 31  2007/08  2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12  
Individuals Served: 572,950   586,423  603,535 616,952 637,727   
Client Demographic
Age 65+
53%  54%  54% 56% 56%   
Age 19-64 30%   29%  30% 28% 28%   
Age 0-18 17%   16%  16% 16% 16%   
Clients Placed in Long-Term Care Homes: 35,289   39,652  40,759 45,026 N/A   
Full-Time Employees (approx.): 5,072   5,370  5,603 5,701 6,052   
Services
Total Units
26,485,043  27,726,634  29,419,559 29,821,293 32,806,689  
Personal Support/Homemaking Hours: 17,063,415   18,777549  20,358,189 20,965,448 23,349,790   
Total Nursing 7,591,594  7,461,840 7,697,234 7,606,320 8,149,821   
Nursing Visits: 5,892,704 5,981,762 5,962,097 5,799,127 6,172,865   
Shift Nursing Hours: 1,698,887 1,480,078 1,735,137 1,807,193 1,976,956   
Occupational Therapy Visits: 736,134   556,147  506,154 482,051  513,290  
Physiotherapy Visits: 572,725   519,168  483,163 426,690 444,054   
Speech-Language Therapy Visits: 461,484   274,068  251,740 242,998 245,782   
Dietician Services Visits:  59,690   58,584  52,877 45,384 47,954   
Social Work Visits  79,278  70,202 52,402 55,998   

  1. Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/contact/ccac/ccac_mn.html>
  2. OACCAC,CCAC Report of Measurements, retrieved from http://www.ccac-ont.ca/Content.aspx?EnterpriseID=15&LanguageID=1&MenuID=1378
  3. Ibid
  4. Ibid
  5. Ibid
  6. Chappell and Hollander, Synthesis Report: Final Report of the National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care, March 2002
  7. North East LHIN. (2011) HOME First Shifts care of Seniors to HOME. LHINfo Minute, Northeastern Ontario Health Care Update. http://www.nelhin.on.ca/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=11258
  8. Pollara, SSCA Procurement Review Quantitative Survey Results, March 2005, p28
  9. Caplan, Realizing the Potential of Home Care, 2005, p22
  10. OHCA, November 2009. Creating an Ontario Home Care Rebate to Prevent Additional Costs to the Frail and Vulnerable, retrieved from www.homecareontario.ca/public/about/publications-presentations.cfm, December 3, 2009
  11. Caplan, Realizing the Potential of Home Care, 2005, p42
  12. Ibid
  13. Doran, et al., Management and Delivery of Community Nursing Services in Ontario: Impact on the Quality of Care and the Quality of Worklife of Community-Based Nurses, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, 2004
  14. Pollara, Procurement Review Quantitative Survey Results, March 2005, p55
  15. OHCA, Creating an Age-Friendly Ontario, 2007, http://www.homecareontario.ca/public/about/publications-position-papers.cfm
  16. OHCA, Competition sparks Innovation, 2008, http://www.homecareontario.ca/public/about/publications-position-papers.cfm
  17. Compilation of CCAC Measures retrieved from http://www.ccac-ont.ca/Content.aspx?EnterpriseID=15&LanguageID=1&MenuID=138
  18. Radwanski, A. 2011 Publicly funded home care appeals to voters and politicians. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved on July 4, 2011 from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/publicly-funded-home-care-appeals-to-voters-and-politicians/article2085257/