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Factors Associated with Residential Long-Term Care Wait-List Placement in North West Ontario*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2017

Audrey Laporte ,
Adrian Rohit Dass ,
Kerry Kuluski ,
Allie Peckham ,
Whitney Berta ,
Janet Lum  and
A. Paul Williams
Audrey Laporte*
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation and Canadian Centre for Health Economics, University of Toronto
Adrian Rohit Dass
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation and Canadian Centre for Health Economics, University of Toronto
Kerry Kuluski
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Allie Peckham
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Whitney Berta
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Janet Lum
Affiliation:
Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University
A. Paul Williams
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
*
†La correspondance et les demandes de tire-à-part doivent être adressées à : / Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to: Audrey Laporte, Ph.D. Associate Professor Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto 155 College Street, 4th floor Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6 <audrey.laporte@utoronto.ca>
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Abstract

This article is based on a study that investigated factors associated with long-term care wait list placement in Ontario, Canada. We based the study’s analysis on Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) data for 2014 in the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). Our analysis quantified the contribution of three factors on the likelihood of wait list placement: (1) care recipient, (2) informal caregiver, and (3) formal system. We find that all three factors are significantly related to wait list placement. The results of this analysis could have implications for policies aimed at reducing the number of wait-listed individuals in the community.

Résumé

Cet article examine les facteurs associés à l’inscription sur une liste d’attente pour une place en établissements de soins de longue durée en Ontario (Canada). L’analyse a été réalisée à partir de données collectées avec l’Instrument d’évaluation des résidents - Services à domicile (RAI-HC) dans le Réseau local d’intégration des services de santé du Nord-Ouest (RLISS) en 2014. Notre analyse quantifie l’influence de facteurs associés aux bénéficiaires de soins, aux aidants naturels et aux établissements de soins sur la probabilité d’inscription sur une liste d’attente. Nous observons que ces trois facteurs sont significativement reliés à l’inscription sur une telle liste. Les résultats de cette analyse pourraient avoir une incidence sur les politiques visant à réduire le nombre d’individus vivant dans la communauté qui sont inscrits sur une liste d’attente pour des établissements de soins de longue durée.

Keywords

aginginformal carecaregiversinstitutional long-term careaging at homehome carevieillissementsoins informelssoignantssoins de longue durée institutionnalisésvieillir chez soisoins à domicile
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 286 - 305
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This study was supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Health System Performance Research Network (HSPRN, Grant # 06034). The views expressed in this article are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders.

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