Home Care Services Helped the Recipient Stay at Home

Percentage of households where at least one member received home care services in the past 12 months and reported that services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

A higher number is desirable for this indicator. Lower values may indicate the need for more effective home care services to help recipients stay at home for as long as possible.

Data updated:
Data availability: to (calendar years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory
Calculation

This indicator is calculated as the percentage of households receiving home care services in the past 12 months that reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Denominator

Total number of households receiving home care services, excluding households where the reason for home care was not related to staying in the home.

Numerator

Total number of households receiving home care services where respondents reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

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Name

Home Care Services Helped the Recipient Stay at Home

Short/Other Names

Not applicable

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of households where at least one household member received home care services in the past 12 months and reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Rationale

This indicator captures the effectiveness of home care services at helping the recipient stay at home for as long as possible. Home care can be supplemented by other services that aim to support unpaid caregivers, who are often family members and other loved ones. 

It can help indicate where more effective home care services and community supports could potentially delay or prevent admission to long-term care.

Interpretation

A higher number is desirable for this indicator. Lower values may indicate the need for more effective home care services to help recipients stay at home for as long as possible.

HSP Framework Dimension

Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services

Areas of Need

Getting Better

Targets/Benchmarks

Not applicable

Available Data Years

to

Geographic Coverage

  • All provinces

Reporting Level/Disaggregation

  • National
  • Province/Territory

Indicator Results

Web tool:
Your Health System: In Brief

Update Frequency

Every year

Latest Results Update Date

Description

This indicator is calculated as the percentage of households receiving home care services in the past 12 months that reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Type of Measurement

Percentage or proportion

Denominator

Description:

Total number of households receiving home care services, excluding households where the reason for home care was not related to staying in the home.

Inclusions:

  • Home care recipients who still lived in the home when the survey was administered; reflects care and services received in the 12 months previous to the survey
  • Both privately and publicly funded home care
     

Exclusions:

  • Households where the reason for home care was not related to staying in the home 
  • Households on reserves or in other Indigenous settlements 
  • Institutionalized populations
  • Households where the respondent was unsure whether or not the home care services were helpful
  • Households where the respondent refused to respond

Numerator

Description:

Total number of households receiving home care services where respondents reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Inclusions:

Households reporting that home care services were very helpful in allowing the recipients to stay at home.

Exclusions:

None

Method of Adjustment

Not applicable

Adjustment Applied

None

Geographic Assignment

Place of residence

Data Sources

  • CCHS, Statistics Canada

Caveats and Limitations

For the purposes of this indicator, both privately and publicly funded home care services are included. This includes services received because of a health condition or a limitation in daily activities. It excludes informal help from family, friends or neighbours. Home care services that are unrelated to staying at home are also excluded.

The indicator does not capture people who previously received home care but are no longer at home. This could result in more favourable responses, since those for whom home care was not helpful to stay at home may now be living elsewhere.

Trending Issues

Not applicable

Comments

This indicator belongs to the Shared Health Priorities portfolio measuring access to mental health and substance use services and to home and community care.

More information on this indicator is available in the 2021 companion report on the Shared Health Priorities page.
 

References

Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey — Annual Component (CCHS). Accessed September 2023.

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