Home care: Indicators

This indicator provides the percentage of long-stay home care clients whose unpaid caregivers experience distress in a 1-year period.

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…

This indicator measures the median number of days patients spend in an inpatient acute care hospital bed when they don’t need acute care before they are discharged to home care.

This indicator gives the percentage of newly admitted long-term care residents who have a clinical profile similar to that of clients cared for at home with formal supports in place.

This indicator provides the median number of calendar days that clients waited for their first home care service. A low number is desirable for this indicator