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Table 21
Types of help received among seniors who received paid care in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012 Table 21
Types of help received among seniors who received paid care in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012

Table 21
Types of help received among seniors who received paid care in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of help received among seniors who received paid care in the last 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of help from professionals (appearing as row headers), Total – 65 years and over, 65 to 74 years, 75 to 84 years, 85 years and over, Women and Men, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of help from professionals	Total – 65 years and over		65 to 74 years		75 to 84 years		85 years and over
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	percentage
Transportation	24	16^Note *	24	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	24	12^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	24	23^{Note E: Use with caution}
Household chores (e.g., meal preparation, cleaning)	54	34^Note *	38	24^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	57	30^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	64	52
House maintenance or outdoor work	27	28	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	20^{Note E: Use with caution}	30	32^{Note E: Use with caution}	27	34^{Note E: Use with caution}
Personal care (e.g., bathing, dressing)	46	25^Note *	26	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	44	23^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	61	39^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Medical treatments (e.g., taking medications)	47	53	55	60	41	46	47	53
Scheduling or coordinating care-related tasks (e.g., making appointments)	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Banking, bill paying, or managing finances	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other	26	19^Note *	37	21^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	23	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	12^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from women, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving, 2012.

Date modified:: 2016-03-30