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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 | | Author(s) | Gina Bravo, Marie-France Dubois, Nicole Dubuc |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 35, no 10, November 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, November 2015 |
| Pages | pp 2039-2052 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Private care homes ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | 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, the authors randomly selected care settings in which they 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% 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 affect both sectors' ability to deliver proper residential care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151009200 A |
| Classmark | KX: KW: KWH: 48: 3J: 7S |
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