Home Care Ontario calls for more investment in home care
Home Care Ontario just released their pre-budget submission, which makes eight recommendations for home care. Among the recommendations is a plea for an investment of an additional $600 million annually in Ontario’s home care system to deliver more front line patient care. This would mean 9 million more PSW (care aide) visits, 5.1 million more […]
Exploring creative approaches to the delivery of home support
Home health care is playing an increasingly critical role in the continuing care sector. Home care and home support enables seniors to age in place for longer, while providing them with the care they need to live as well as possible. It also supports families who are caring for the seniors in their lives by […]
BCCPA launches quality assurance in home health project
Many people would be surprised to learn that there is very little oversight for private, non-subsidized home health operators in B.C. For seniors and their families who are purchasing services privately, this means that there is limited information on which to base their decisions, and little recourse should they experience poor quality of care. While […]
