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The Daily
Statistics Canada
Publication Date:
July 27-31, 1998
More than half a million
(523,000) adults, or 2.4% of the population aged 18 and older, received some
care in 1994/95. The majority (64%) were seniors. About 335,000 people aged 65
or older were home care recipients - almost twice the numbers of seniors living
in institutions or nursing home (185,600), but home care is not used exclusively
for seniors. Just over one-third of recipients were under the age of 65.
Needing help with personal care
or with activities such as sure as preparing meals, shopping and housework was
strongly predictive of receiving home care. Nevertheless, more than half of
those who reported needing such assistance were not receiving formal home care.
The New Age or Ageing
Canadian Healthcare Manager
Journal article
2000/08/01
In 1998, about 3.7 million
Canadians, or 12% of the population, were 65 years of age or older. According to
a report from the National Advisory Council on Ageing. That number is projected
to increase to 22.6% by 2041. There is a huge potential for elder care providers
and facilities even through Canadians are living longer and healthier lives,
eventually, most people need some kind of support, be it through home care or an
institutional setting. In this area, the system is already facing shortages.
National Population Health
Survey, Cycle 2-Residents of Healthcare Institutions
The Daily Statistics Canada
June 25, 1999
The apparent stability in the
number of seniors living in healthcare facilities between 1994/1995 and
1996/1997 conceals significant movements made by this population group over the
two-year period, according to data from the national Population Health Survey (NPHS).
Results from the household
component of NPHS revealed that, between 1994/95 and 1996/97 1.7% of the
household population aged 65 and over was institutionalized for long-term care
purposes. Movers to healthcare facilities were older seniors, with 54% of them
aged 80 and over, while only 16% of seniors who remained in private household
were in that age group.
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