Our new paper presents recommendations on building a better home care system for the future
Bring Health Home is a joint initiative of four of Ontario’s largest and leading home care organizations: SE Health, VON Canada, Bayshore HealthCare and Closing the Gap Healthcare. Our group believes that there is a tremendous opportunity to unlock the vast potential of the sector to ensure that Ontarians are offered the opportunity to age at home, with appropriate supports. This is not only what the public wants, but what our system needs to deal with the rapidly escalating demand for care associated with an aging population.
While it takes years to build new LTC homes or open new hospital units, home care service levels can be scaled up almost immediately and cost effectively. In addition, rising interest rates are making investments in capital builds even more challenging than before. We present a series of recommendations that are designed to stabilize and build capacity in the existing home care system, while simultaneously and progressively shifting to a better overall model for the future.