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  • 1. Differences in the caregiving arrangements of Canadians, 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021004
    Description:

    This infographic presents differences in the caregiving arrangements of Canadians, as captured in Wave 4 (2018) of the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults. Among individuals who acted as caregivers between January 2016 and December 2017, some had provided care each month over the two-year period, while others had provided care for a continuous but shorter period of time, or on and off over the period considered. Moreover, individuals in different arrangements varied in their characteristics and in the intensity of the care they had provided.

    Release date: 2022-01-14
  • 2. The experiences and needs of older caregivers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100007
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving to examine the experiences of caregivers aged 65 and older, including the types of caregiving activities and number of hours spent caregiving. In addition, the paper focuses on the rewards and stress experienced by older caregivers.

    Release date: 2020-11-24
  • 3. StatCan Research Beat - Home care use in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 89-20-00042018001
    Description:

    This video describes home care services in Canada, and discusses who is using them, how they are paid for and whether needs are being met.

    Release date: 2018-12-18
  • 4. Unmet home care needs in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201801100002
    Description:

    Using data from the 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of home care use and unmet home care needs among individuals aged 18 or older living in the community. Unmet needs were examined by type (i.e., home health care and support). For those with home care needs, the degree to which needs were met, partially met or unmet is presented, in addition to information about the barriers to obtaining home care services and the places services were sought.

    Release date: 2018-11-21
  • 5. Home care needs in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018031
    Description:

    Using data from the 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey this infographic provides information on home care use in Canada, including socioeconomic characteristics of households receiving care, unmet needs, as well as information about the payment for and barriers to obtaining home care services.

    Release date: 2018-11-21
  • 6. Formal home care use in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800900001
    Description:

    Data from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2015/2016 are used to estimate the number and percentage of households in which at least one person of any age received formal home care services in Canada during the previous year. A descriptive analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of households receiving formal home care is presented.

    Release date: 2018-09-19
  • 7. Research Highlights on Health and Aging Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-631-X2016001
    Description:

    This presentation highlights some of the major analytical findings related to health and aging research conducted at Statistics Canada over the past five years. The presentation begins with current demographic findings and projections to set the context followed by research highlights which focus on key areas pertinent to aging including chronic conditions, social isolation, home care, neurological disease and transitions to institutional care. Many of the research highlights are drawn from recent Statistics Canada publications, links to the full research articles are provided where available.

    Release date: 2016-07-28
  • 8. Canadians with unmet home care needs Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400114042
    Description:

    This article provides information about Canadians who need assistance at home or home-care services, but who do not receive any (unmet needs) and about those who already receive assistance or home-care services, but could use more services (partly met needs). The article also examines the possible consequences of the lack of assistance or of home care on the well-being and mental health of Canadians.

    Release date: 2014-09-09
  • 9. Receiving care at home Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2014002
    Description:

    Using the 2012 General Social Survey, the report profiles care receiving in Canada, providing an understanding of Canadians who rely on care in the home. Included in this discussion is an examination of the reasons for care, the types of people providing help, and the nature and intensity of care.

    Release date: 2014-06-13
  • 10. Seniors' use of and unmet needs for home care, 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411760
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging to provide a profile of community-dwelling seniors receiving home care and describe the types of care they receive from formal and informal sources. Seniors' unmet needs for professional home care are also examined.

    Release date: 2012-12-19
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  • 1. Comparable Health Indicators - Canada, Provinces and Territories Archived
    Table: 82-401-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Internet publication presents comparable health indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories. Indicators have been jointly selected by provincial and territorial health ministries, and Health Canada. Comparable Health Indicators address primary health care, home care, other programs and services, catastrophic drug coverage and pharmaceutical management, diagnostic and medical equipment, health human resources and healthy Canadians.

    Release date: 2009-05-25
  • 2. Disability Supports in Canada, 2001 - Tables Archived
    Table: 89-581-X
    Description:

    The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children who are limited because of a physical condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered "Yes" to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35,000 adults and 8,000 children living in private or collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. The data were collected in the fall of 2001.

    These tables contain data on the use of and need for supports for adults with disabilities, by sex and age groups, for Canada and the provinces.

    Note: For a detailed analysis, please see the document A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001 (Catalogue no. 89-577-XIE).

    Release date: 2003-03-25
  • 3. Canadian Community Health Survey Optional Content and Related Tables Archived
    Table: 82-577-X
    Description:

    Optional content to the Canadian Community Health Survey was negotiated by some provinces or territories and for some health regions. The data from that content provide information on the following variables: self esteem, mastery, alcohol dependence, sedentary activities, changes made to improve health, decision latitude at work, home care utilization, social support, influenza immunization, bicycle-helmet use, condom use, tobacco alternatives, smoking cessation aids, physical check-up, eye examination, dental visits, breast examinations and breast self-examinations, blood pressure check, suicidal thoughts and attempts, distress, moods, and spirituality.

    Related tables to the Canadian Community Health Survey provide information on the following variables: unmet health-care needs, prostate-specific antigen and former smokers.

    Release date: 2003-03-03
  • 4. National Population Health Survey 1994-1995 Archived
    Public use microdata: 82F0001X
    Description:

    The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) uses the Labour Force Survey sampling frame to draw a sample of approximately 22,000 households. The sample is distributed over four quarterly collection periods. In each household, some limited information is collected from all household members and one person, aged 12 years and over, in each household is randomly selected for a more in-depth interview.

    The questionnaire includes content related to health status, use of health services, determinants of health and a range of demographic and economic information. For example, the health status information includes self-perception of health, a health status index, chronic conditions, and activity restrictions. The use of health services is probed through visits to health care providers, both traditional and non-traditional, and the use of drugs and other medications. Health determinants include smoking, alcohol use, physical activity and in the first survey, emphasis has been placed on the collection of selected psycho-social factors that may influence health, such as stress, self-esteem and social support. The demographic and economic information includes age, sex, education, ethnicity, household income and labour force status.

    Release date: 1995-11-21
  • 5. 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey - Adults Microdata File Archived
    Public use microdata: 89M0013X
    Description:

    This public use microdata file provides unaggregated data on the Aboriginal adult population - those who identify with their Aboriginal origin(s) and those who do not. For persons who identify, it contains almost 700 variables from the 1991 survey, such as, the group with which they identify, language proficiency, disability, chronic health conditions, schooling, work experience and the 1991 Census variables such as, income levels, marital status, fertility. The same census variables are provided for the population who does not identify.

    Release date: 1995-06-30
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  • 1. Differences in the caregiving arrangements of Canadians, 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021004
    Description:

    This infographic presents differences in the caregiving arrangements of Canadians, as captured in Wave 4 (2018) of the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults. Among individuals who acted as caregivers between January 2016 and December 2017, some had provided care each month over the two-year period, while others had provided care for a continuous but shorter period of time, or on and off over the period considered. Moreover, individuals in different arrangements varied in their characteristics and in the intensity of the care they had provided.

    Release date: 2022-01-14
  • 2. The experiences and needs of older caregivers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100007
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving to examine the experiences of caregivers aged 65 and older, including the types of caregiving activities and number of hours spent caregiving. In addition, the paper focuses on the rewards and stress experienced by older caregivers.

    Release date: 2020-11-24
  • 3. StatCan Research Beat - Home care use in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 89-20-00042018001
    Description:

    This video describes home care services in Canada, and discusses who is using them, how they are paid for and whether needs are being met.

    Release date: 2018-12-18
  • 4. Unmet home care needs in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201801100002
    Description:

    Using data from the 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of home care use and unmet home care needs among individuals aged 18 or older living in the community. Unmet needs were examined by type (i.e., home health care and support). For those with home care needs, the degree to which needs were met, partially met or unmet is presented, in addition to information about the barriers to obtaining home care services and the places services were sought.

    Release date: 2018-11-21
  • 5. Home care needs in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018031
    Description:

    Using data from the 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey this infographic provides information on home care use in Canada, including socioeconomic characteristics of households receiving care, unmet needs, as well as information about the payment for and barriers to obtaining home care services.

    Release date: 2018-11-21
  • 6. Formal home care use in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800900001
    Description:

    Data from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2015/2016 are used to estimate the number and percentage of households in which at least one person of any age received formal home care services in Canada during the previous year. A descriptive analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of households receiving formal home care is presented.

    Release date: 2018-09-19
  • 7. Research Highlights on Health and Aging Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-631-X2016001
    Description:

    This presentation highlights some of the major analytical findings related to health and aging research conducted at Statistics Canada over the past five years. The presentation begins with current demographic findings and projections to set the context followed by research highlights which focus on key areas pertinent to aging including chronic conditions, social isolation, home care, neurological disease and transitions to institutional care. Many of the research highlights are drawn from recent Statistics Canada publications, links to the full research articles are provided where available.

    Release date: 2016-07-28
  • 8. Canadians with unmet home care needs Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400114042
    Description:

    This article provides information about Canadians who need assistance at home or home-care services, but who do not receive any (unmet needs) and about those who already receive assistance or home-care services, but could use more services (partly met needs). The article also examines the possible consequences of the lack of assistance or of home care on the well-being and mental health of Canadians.

    Release date: 2014-09-09
  • 9. Receiving care at home Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2014002
    Description:

    Using the 2012 General Social Survey, the report profiles care receiving in Canada, providing an understanding of Canadians who rely on care in the home. Included in this discussion is an examination of the reasons for care, the types of people providing help, and the nature and intensity of care.

    Release date: 2014-06-13
  • 10. Seniors' use of and unmet needs for home care, 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411760
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging to provide a profile of community-dwelling seniors receiving home care and describe the types of care they receive from formal and informal sources. Seniors' unmet needs for professional home care are also examined.

    Release date: 2012-12-19
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