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Comparing the resident populations of private and public long-term care facilities over a 15-year period: a study from Quebec, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

GINA BRAVO ,
MARIE-FRANCE DUBOIS ,
NICOLE DUBUC ,
LOUIS DEMERS ,
DANIÈLE BLANCHETTE ,
KAREN PAINTER ,
CATHERINE LESTAGE  and
CINTHIA CORBIN
GINA BRAVO*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada.
MARIE-FRANCE DUBOIS
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada.
NICOLE DUBUC
Affiliation:
Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada. School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
LOUIS DEMERS
Affiliation:
École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), Québec, Canada. Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Canada.
DANIÈLE BLANCHETTE
Affiliation:
Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada. Department of Accounting Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
KAREN PAINTER
Affiliation:
Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada.
CATHERINE LESTAGE
Affiliation:
Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada.
CINTHIA CORBIN
Affiliation:
Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Canada.
*
Address for correspondence: Gina Bravo, Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, 1036 South Belvedere Street, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1H 4C4. E-mail: Gina.Bravo@USherbrooke.ca
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Abstract

In the province of Quebec, Canada, long-term residential care is provided by two types of facility: privately owned facilities in which care is privately financed and delivered and publicly subsidised accredited facilities. There are few comparative data on the residents served by the private and public sectors, and none on whether their respective population has changed over time. Such knowledge would help plan services for older adults who can no longer live at home due to increased disabilities. This study compared (a) the resident populations currently served by private and public facilities and (b) how they have evolved over time. The data come from two cross-sectional studies conducted in 1995–2000 and 2010–2012. In both studies, we randomly selected care settings in which we randomly selected older residents. In total, 451 residents from 145 settings assessed in 1995–2000 were compared to 329 residents from 102 settings assessed in 2010–2012. In both study periods, older adults housed in the private sector had fewer cognitive and functional disabilities than those in public facilities. Between the two study periods, the proportion of residents with severe disabilities decreased in private facilities while it remained over 80 per cent in their public counterparts. Findings indicate that private facilities care today for less-disabled older adults, leaving to public facilities the heavy responsibility of caring for those with more demanding needs. These trends may impact both sectors' ability to deliver proper residential care.

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long-term care facilityownershipolder adultsdisabilityCanada

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Ageing & Society , Volume 35 , Issue 10 , November 2015 , pp. 2039 - 2052
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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