Chartwell Retirement Residences, Revera, and Extendicare were the senior housing managers with the highest number of units in Canada in 2022. Chartwell Retirement Residences specializes in retirement residences (facilities providing independent living for seniors) and in that year, managed ****** retirement and ***** long-term care units. Extendicare, on the other hand, operates only long-term care residences, which cater to seniors with more complex healthcare needs.

As of 2021, there were a total of ***** long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada. Most of them were found in Ontario, followed by Quebec and British Columbia. These LTC homes can have a number of different names throughout the nation such as nursing homes, continuing care facilities, and residential care homes among others. They're funded entirely or partially by the government and offer 24-hour nursing care, personal care, and other therapeutic and support services.

Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Natural Resources Canada, is presenting selected Census data to help inform Canadians on the public health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic and to be used for modelling analysis. The data provided here show the counts of the population in nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens by broad age groups (0 to 79 years and 80 years and over) and sex, from the 2016 Census. Nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens are facilities for elderly residents that provide accommodations with health care services or personal support or assisted living care. Health care services include professional health monitoring and skilled nursing care and supervision 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people who are not independent in most activities of daily living. Support or assisted living care services include meals, housekeeping, laundry, medication supervision, assistance in bathing or dressing, etc., for people who are independent in most activities of daily living. Included are nursing homes, residences for senior citizens, and facilities that are a mix of both a nursing home and a residence for senior citizens. Excluded are facilities licensed as hospitals, and facilities that do not provide any services (which are considered private dwellings).

The report covers Retirement Home Companies in Canada and the market is segmented by Province (Alberta, Nova Scotia, Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario, and Rest of Canada). The report offers market size and forecast in value (USD billion) for all the above segments.

As of 2021, long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada had mixed ownerships. The LTC homes in the three territories were all publicly funded, as were the majority of homes in Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. On the other hand, most LTC homes in Ontario were owned privately and most were for-profit organizations. LTC homes can have a number of different names throughout the nation such as nursing homes, continuing care facilities, and residential care homes among others. They're funded entirely or partially by the government and offer 24-hour nursing care, personal care, and other therapeutic and support services.

Canada’s nursing care facilities have been defined by a sustained surge in demand, driven by the country’s aging population. Seniors now account for nearly one in five Canadians and almost half of all provincial health spending, placing considerable pressure to expand long-term care facilities. Longer life expectancies, alongside the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions that come with age, have prompted an expansion of new beds across the country. With government at the federal and provincial levels steadily increasing funding for nursing care, industry revenue is expected to climb at a CAGR of 2.6% to reach $10.6 billion in 2025, with revenue growing 2.8% in 2025 alone. The steady increase in government spending on expanding nursing care has been most prevalent in Ontario, where provincial authorities have committed $6.4 billion to build and upgrade 58,000 beds by 2028. Ontario has prioritized large-scale investment, channelling a significant share of public funds to for-profit chains. Initiatives like this have prompted significant consolidation across the industry, as large operators have leveraged public funding to acquire assets, expand their geographic reach and streamline operations. The economies of scale achieved by for-profit chains via consolidation have prompted a rise in profitability across the industry, with profit forecast to reach 12.2% of revenue in 2025. Looking ahead, the continued aging of the population will drive a persistent need for long-term care, worsening the labour shortages already faced by the industry. The Canadian government will remain a major driver of long-term care expansion through multi-year investments, including initiatives to stem the workforce gap. The federal government has already responded with targeted investments, including programs to help internationally educated health professionals enter the workforce. In the coming years, technology adoption is poised to become increasingly central to helping facilities bridge gaps in staff capacity. Given ongoing demographic shifts, the industry is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 2.8%, reaching $12.2 billion by 2030.

Background: Long-term care facilities had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in Canada; thus, it was essential to understand the effectiveness of vaccines and the risk factors for outbreaks in the elderly residents of long-term care and retirement homes. Aims of the CITF-funded study: This study aimed to 1) understand the association between outbreaks and features of long-term care and retirement homes; 2) determine the recurrence rate of outbreaks in homes that have been previously exposed; 3) describe residents’ immune response to infection and vaccination; and 4) estimate vaccine effectiveness in residents. Methods: This cohort study recruited residents from participating long-term care and retirement home across Ontario through invitations from research coordinators. Study visits occurred at participants’ first dose and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and then 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9, and 12 months post- second dose. For those who got a third dose, follow up was done 3 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after their third dose. Staff, essential visitors, and resident participants were followed up every week or per visit for saliva surveillance active COVID infection . A DBS whole blood sample was given at enrolment and at each follow up for serology testing. Contributed dataset contents: The datasets include 1261 participants who completed baseline surveys between January 2021 and July 2023. 90% of participants gave one or more blood samples between April 2021 and April 2023 for analysis. A total of 6078 samples were collected. Variables include data in the following areas of information: demographics (date of birth, sex, race-ethnicity, indigeneity), general health (weight and height, smoking, flu vaccination, chronic conditions), SARS-CoV-2 outcomes (positive test results, hospitalizations), SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, and serology (IgA, IgG, and IgM against SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) and spike (S) protein).

"Seasonal influenza, a respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in individuals who are at the extremes of age, pregnant, immune compromised, or have chronic underlying disease. Morbidity and hospitalization rates for influenza among healthy children less than 2 years of age are similar to those among adults over 65 years of age. As with most acute viral respiratory infections, seasonal influenza occurs annually in the winter months, and healthcare-associated outbreaks may follow or parallel outbreaks in the community, which usually last from 6 to 8 weeks. Outbreaks are often characterized by abrupt onset and rapid transmission. Most reported outbreaks of influenza have occurred in long-term care facilities. However, outbreaks have also been reported on pediatric, medical, and geriatric wards, and in adult and neonatal intensive care units. The most important reservoirs of the influenza virus are infected persons. Infection may be introduced into a healthcare facility by patients, personnel or visitors. The period of communicability is generally 3-7 days from clinical onset. Prolonged shedding may occur in immune compromised individuals. Transmission is by large droplet spread and by contact. The influenza virus can survive for several hours on environmental surfaces "

"Seasonal influenza, a respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in individuals who are at the extremes of age, pregnant, immune compromised, or have chronic underlying disease. Morbidity and hospitalization rates for influenza among healthy children less than 2 years of age are similar to those among adults over 65 years of age. As with most acute viral respiratory infections, seasonal influenza occurs annually in the winter months, and healthcare-associated outbreaks may follow or parallel outbreaks in the community, which usually last from 6 to 8 weeks. Outbreaks are often characterized by abrupt onset and rapid transmission. Most reported outbreaks of influenza have occurred in long-term care facilities. However, outbreaks have also been reported on pediatric, medical, and geriatric wards, and in adult and neonatal intensive care units. The most important reservoirs of the influenza virus are infected persons. Infection may be introduced into a healthcare facility by patients, personnel or visitors. The period of communicability is generally 3-7 days from clinical onset. Prolonged shedding may occur in immune compromised individuals. Transmission is by large droplet spread and by contact. The influenza virus can survive for several hours on environmental surfaces "

This statement contains NACI’s independent advice and recommendations, which are based upon the best current available scientific knowledge. This document is being disseminated for information purposes. People administering the vaccine should also be aware of the contents of the relevant product monograph. Recommendations for use and other information set out herein may differ from that set out in the product monographs of the Canadian manufacturers of the vaccines. Manufacturer(s) have sought approval of the vaccines and provided evidence as to its safety and efficacy only when it is used in accordance with the product monographs. NACI members and liaison members conduct themselves within the context of PHAC’s Policy on Conflict of Interest, including yearly declaration of potential conflict of interest.

Status of COVID-19 cases in Ontario This dataset compiles daily snapshots of publicly reported data on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in Ontario. Learn how the Government of Ontario is helping to keep Ontarians safe during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak. Effective April 13, 2023, this dataset will be discontinued. The public can continue to access the data within this dataset in the following locations updated weekly on the Ontario Data Catalogue: * Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group * Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario * Ontario COVID-19 testing metrics by Public Health Unit (PHU) * Ontario COVID-19 testing percent positive by age group * COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU, by Ontario Health (OH) region * Cumulative deaths (new methodology) * Deaths Involving COVID-19 by Fatality Type For information on Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data, please visit: Long-Term Care Home COVID-19 Data. Data includes: * reporting date * daily tests completed * total tests completed * test outcomes * total case outcomes (resolutions and deaths) * current tests under investigation * current hospitalizations * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) due to COVID-related critical Illness * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) no longer testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators due to COVID-related critical illness * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators testing positive for COVID-19 * current patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on ventilators no longer testing positive for COVID-19 * Long-Term Care (LTC) resident and worker COVID-19 case and death totals * Variants of Concern case totals * number of new deaths reported (occurred in the last month) * number of historical deaths reported (occurred more than one month ago) * change in number of cases from previous day by Public Health Unit (PHU). This dataset is subject to change. Please review the daily epidemiologic summaries for information on variables, methodology, and technical considerations. ##Cumulative Deaths **Effective November 14, 2024 this page will no longer be updated. Information about COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses is available on Public Health Ontario’s interactive respiratory virus tool: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-Analysis/Infectious-Disease/Respiratory-Virus-Tool ** The methodology used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed to exclude deaths not caused by COVID. This impacts data captured in the columns “Deaths”, “Deaths_Data_Cleaning” and “newly_reported_deaths” starting with data for March 11, 2022. A new column has been added to the file “Deaths_New_Methodology” which represents the methodological change. The method used to count COVID-19 deaths has changed, effective December 1, 2022. Prior to December 1, 2022, deaths were counted based on the date the death was updated in the public health unit’s system. Going forward, deaths are counted on the date they occurred. On November 30, 2023 the count of COVID-19 deaths was updated to include missing historical deaths from January 15, 2020 to March 31, 2023. A small number of COVID deaths (less than 20) do not have recorded death date and will be excluded from this file. CCM is a dynamic disease reporting system which allows ongoing update to data previously entered. As a result, data extracted from CCM represents a snapshot at the time of extraction and may differ from previous or subsequent results. Public Health Units continually clean up COVID-19 data, correcting for missing or overcounted cases and deaths. These corrections can result in data spikes and current totals being different from previously reported cases and deaths. Observed trends over time should be interpreted with caution for the most recent period due to reporting and/or data entry lags. ##Related dataset(s) * Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario

This statement contains NACI’s independent advice and recommendations, which are based upon the best current available scientific knowledge. This document is being disseminated for information purposes. People administering the vaccine should also be aware of the contents of the relevant product monograph. Recommendations for use and other information set out herein may differ from that set out in the product monographs of the Canadian manufacturers of the vaccines. Manufacturer(s) have sought approval of the vaccines and provided evidence as to its safety and efficacy only when it is used in accordance with the product monographs. NACI members and liaison members conduct themselves within the context of PHAC’s Policy on Conflict of Interest, including yearly declaration of potential conflict of interest.

According to two surveys in 2022 and 2023, the**************y of Canadian adults aged 45 years and older would prefer home care over moving to a long-term care (LTC) facility. This statistic shows the percentage of older adults in Canada who would prefer in-home care to moving to a LTC facility in 2022 and 2023.

Pressure ulcers and dehydration are common conditions among residents of long-term care facilities that result in negative health effects. They have been associated with signs of neglect and increased 30-day mortality among LTC residents. However, they are both preventable and with proper care can be effectively managed and treated. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine factors associated with pressure ulcers and dehydration among long-term care residents in the province of Ontario, Canada. Results indicated that close to one-fifth of residents were dehydrated (17.3%) or had a pressure ulcer (18.9%) during the study period. Advanced age was significantly associated with the presence of pressure ulcers and dehydration for both men and women. However, men were more likely to present with a pressure ulcer while women were more likely to exhibit symptoms of dehydration. Study findings also demonstrate the presence of both conditions being higher in municipal and not-for-profit homes compared to for-profit homes. The significant differences observed in relation to home ownership which require further investigation to identify the most relevant factors in explaining these differences. Overall, pressure ulcers and dehydration are preventable conditions that warrant attention from policymakers to ensure quality of care and resident safety are prioritized.

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