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PreBudget Campaign News Release: Home Not Hallways

It is Time to Care for People at Home, not in Hallways.

Home Care Ontario launches new campaign calling on government to invest in millions more hours of home care for Ontarians.

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PreBudget Campaign:
CBC News Story: Home Care Ontario calls on province to fund an additional 16.5 million hours of care over next 3 years

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Ontario advocates say more home care is solution to hallway medicine

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Longwoods Article: Better Care for an Aging Population is a Collective Responsibility

Article written by the Seniors Care Solutions Table: Home Care Ontario, OLTCA, OHA, OCSA, OCFP, Ontario CMHA, AdvantAge and Ontario Caregiver Coalition.

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2024 Annual Report

June 2024

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CBC News: Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget

March 26, 2024
Home Care Ontario, which represents agencies that provide about 28,000 health-care workers who are sent to people's homes, applauded the new funding. "Today's historic investment in the province's home care system is great news for Ontario seniors," said Sue VanderBent, CEO of the organization.

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Toronto Star: Ontario budget pours $2B into home care

March 26, 2024
"This increased funding will help ensure more Ontarians can get the health care they require in the most appropriate setting — at home," said Sue VanderBent, CEO of Home Care Ontario.

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2024 Ontario Budget

March 26, 2024
Government is investing an additional $2 billion over three years to boost this acceleration, support earlier investments to increase compensation for personal support workers, nurses, therapies and other frontline care providers, and to stabilize expanded services.

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Home Care Ontario Honours 40 Home Care Heroes

March 20, 2024
Awards recognize the faces providing outstanding home care to Ontarians.

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Public Opinion Poll: 95% of Ontario Seniors Support Call to Immediately Increase Home Care Funding

March 15, 2024
Almost all believe that attracting more home care staff should be a top priority for government

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CBC News: With Ontario's senior population about to spike, report predicts big demand for home care

February 19, 2024
Number of people age 75+ in the province forecast to rise by 350,000 in next 5 years

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Press Release: Ontario Must Hire 6800 Additional Home Care PSWs by 2028 to Address Aging Population

February 19, 2024
New Research finds seniors growing much faster than rest of Ontario population over next five years; Requiring Massive new Investments in Home Care

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New Research: The Impact of Ontario’s Aging Population on the Home Care Sector

February 19, 2024
Researchers at CHEPA, McMaster found that the number of people aged 75+ in the province is set to rise by 350,000 in just the next 5 years.

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Publications And News Releases

PreBudget Campaign News Release: Home Not Hallways

PreBudget Campaign: CBC News Story: Home Care Ontario calls on province to fund an additional 16.5 million hours of care over next 3 years

Longwoods Article: Better Care for an Aging Population is a Collective Responsibility

2024 Annual Report

CBC News: Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget

Toronto Star: Ontario budget pours $2B into home care

2024 Ontario Budget

Home Care Ontario Honours 40 Home Care Heroes

Public Opinion Poll: 95% of Ontario Seniors Support Call to Immediately Increase Home Care Funding

CBC News: With Ontario's senior population about to spike, report predicts big demand for home care

Press Release: Ontario Must Hire 6800 Additional Home Care PSWs by 2028 to Address Aging Population

New Research: The Impact of Ontario’s Aging Population on the Home Care Sector

Press Release: More Home Care Campaign

How to Support Our Frail Elderly – Suggested Action Plan

2023 Annual Report – Bring Care Home

Use of Rehabilitation Assistants in Home Care

Ontario Government 2023 Budget Announcement

Bring Care Home Campaign

2022 Ontario Government Budget Announcement

MOH Connected Care: Health System Integration Update

Ontario Should Follow Nova Scotia, Invest In Front-Line Home Care Workers

Poll: 97% of Ontario Seniors Want Increased Home Care Funding

Home Care IS Health Care Campaign Launch

Ontario Announces Eight New Ontario Health Teams

MOH Connected Care Update

Statement on the Release of the Patient Ombudsman Report

Annual Report: Driving a Strong and Connected Home Care System

Enabling Palliative Care at Home

Press Release: Absence of Home Care Funding in 2021 Budget Means Less Care at Home

OpEd: Invest in home care to avoid creating a second crisis in senior care, S. VanderBent

Globe and Mail Interview: Concerns grow over staffing crisis in Ontario home care system

CBC News Interview: Ontario's PSW plans include free tuition for sped-up training

News Release: Home Care Staffing Plan Needed to Protect and Improve Care for All Seniors

Home Care Ontario/OCSA: Home Care Infection Prevention and Control Practices (IPAC)

Whitepaper: Staying Home & Staying Healthy: Home Care in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

News Release: Home Care Ontario Commends Government Investments to Help More Ontarians Stay Safe at Home

Annual Report: The Voice of Home Care in Ontario

News Release: Over 90% of Ontario Seniors want to Live at Home as They Age and want Government to Invest to Help Them do it

S. VanderBent: Home is Where the Health Is – Toronto Sun Guest Column

Home Care Study-Poll Research Results

OpEd: Home Care is key to improving care for all seniors, S. VanderBent, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail

News Release: Independent Commission Must Include Focus on How to Better Support Seniors During Pandemics Using Home Care

MOH Press Release re Bill 175

Press Release – Home Care Ontario re Bill 175 Announcement

Ontario Taking Next Steps to Integrate Health Care System

Stronger Care at Home, Better Health Care for all Ontarians – Recommendations to the new OHTs – White Paper

2019 Annual Report

Premier’s Council on Improving Health Care Releases 2nd Report

Physiotherapist Assistants in Home Care

Submissions

Submission to PHIPA

Submission to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

Submission to Health and Supportive Care Providers Regulatory Framework Proposed Regulations

2024 PreBudget Submission

2024-25 Federal PreBudget Submission

Bill C-295 Submission

Modifying and Enhancing the Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit (OSCAH)

Bill C-295 Submission

Maintaining Stability and Growing Personal Support Capacity in Ontario’s Home Care System

Submission to WSIB Communicable Illnesses Policy Consultation

2023 PreBudget Submission - Bring Care Home

2022 PreBudget Submission - COVID-19 Recovery – A Roadmap to Improve Seniors’ Care in Ontario

Submission on Proposed Home and Community Care Regulations

2021 PreBudget Submission – Safe, Strong and Stable – The Future of Ontario’s Home Care System

Fall PreBudget Submission: Staying Home & Staying Health: Home Care in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

Submission on Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act

Home Care Ontario 2019 PreBudget Submission

Home Care Ontario 2018 PreBudget Submission

The Road Home, Home Care Ontario’s 2017 PreBudget Submission

PreBudget Campaign:
CBC News Story: Home Care Ontario calls on province to fund an additional 16.5 million hours of care over next 3 years