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	news[0] = "One of the most significant and least desirable outcomes for a community dwelling senior is to be prematurely institutionalized because of the lack of home and community care based health and social support options.";
	news[1] = "Home care supports individuals where they live, work, learn, and play. While the majority home care recipients are over 65 years of age, there is a wide range of caring situations which involve children and adults.";
	news[2] = "Expenditures on publicly funded home care in Ontario as a percent of total health expenditures were at its highest in 1998-99 – 5.48%. Today it represents 4.13%.";
	news[3] = "In Ontario in 2009/10, 603,535 individuals received 28,690,613 visits/hours of care at home funded by the MOHLTC.";
	news[4] = "Not with standing the amount of home care provided, almost one in five seniors in Canada who used a combination of both formal and informal home care report unmet needs.";
	news[5] = "Eligibility for publicly-funded home care is determined through the CCAC.";
	news[6] = "Home care is delivered by service provider agencies that have met high standards of excellence through a rigorous competitive process.";
	news[7] = "Providing the full array of home care services, including access to case management, family physicians, nursing, therapies, community pharmacists and personal support is essential to support good health outcomes.";
	news[8] = "In home care, it is assumed, and in fact expected, that the family and/or friends will provide care to supplement the formal service provision. An estimated 26% of Canadians cared for a family member or close friend with a serious health problem in 2006.";
	news[9] = "OHCA estimates that 150,000 Ontarians purchase an additional 20 million visits/hours of home care services annually in order to remain at home.";
	news[10] = "In a 2010 Ontario study, significant savings to the health system and improvements to quality of life for frail individuals over the age of 75 years were realized by providing home care services. Using the results from the study population, it was extrapolated that $150M per year in savings to the health system could be realized. The cost savings arose from the avoidance of hospital (acute) care, long term care home and assisted living and supportive housing services utilization.";
	news[11] = "CCAC funding inequities lead to inconsistency in access for individuals across the province.";
	news[12] = "The absence of standard service guidelines has resulted in each CCAC developing its own care parameters; and service expectations of providers.";
	news[13] = "A new CCAC service model that recognizes a continuum within case management has been proposed.";
	news[14] = "Any Ontarian that meets the eligibility criteria for publicly funded home care service can receive the service. However, due to the inconsistency of standards and the lack of a needs based funding framework, there is significant disparity as to wait times and the nature of services provided.";
	news[15] = "Growing numbers of community dwelling seniors are 'at risk' for loss of independence because they need more help than is currently available in the health care system to age at home.";
	news[16] = "Service provider innovation is often limited by existing policy and oversight.";
	news[17] = "There have been unexplained changes in a specific home care services resulting in decreased service levels for school aged children in need of health care support; the compromising of the ability of the team to maximize its effectiveness; and/or the recruitment and retention of providers to the home care sector.";
	
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