Long-term care: Reports and releases

This analysis provides information on the long-term care experience in 16 OECD countries during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic.

Explore new analysis on the long-term care experience in 16 OECD countries during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic.

This report describes how the indicators were selected, why they are important to Canadians and to our health systems, and what progress has been made to date on their development. 

The number of Canadian seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is rising steadily, and so is the  burden on caregivers and health care systems. 

Few seniors living with dementia in Canada receive palliative care and end-of-life services, despite having higher mortality than other seniors. 

Seniors with dementia from lower-income neighbourhoods in Canada are more likely to visit hospitals for falls than those from more affluent areas.

The growing number of seniors living with dementia is leaving some primary care doctors feeling less well-prepared to manage dementia care in the community.

Seniors living with dementia spend more time in the emergency department and have higher rates of hospitalization than other Canadians 65 and older, CIHI analysis shows.

In long-term care, seniors with dementia are at higher risk of being physically restrained and given potentially inappropriate antipsychotic drugs than other seniors. However, policy changes and educational supports have helped spur a decrease in this…

About 61% of seniors with dementia in Canada live at home — and they require support while staying there.