HOME CARE ONTARIO

Home Care Ontario also supports the role and value of family-funded home care provider organizations delivering care in addition to the publicly-funded and administered system. In Ontario, members of Home Care Ontario, which are accredited or in the process of seeking accreditation status, offer home care services beyond publicly-funded levels in order to respond to the growing needs of individual Ontarians. It is currently estimated that 20 million hours of home care service are family-funded per year... In Ontario, service provider organizations are responsible for providing nursing care, home support services, personal care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, infusion pharmacy, social work, dietetics, speech language therapy and medical equipment and supplies in the home to individuals of all ages. An estimated 54 million hours of publicly and family-funded home care service is provided annually across the province.

Primary location: Hamilton