| Title | Factors Associated with Residential Long-Term Care Wait-List Placement in North West Ontario |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Laporte A., A. Dass R, Kuluski K., Peckham A., Berta W., Lum J., Williams A.P |
| Journal | Canadian journal on aging: La revue canadienne du vieillissement |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 286-305 |
| Keywords | *hospital admission, *residential home, Aged, Caregiver, cognitive defect/ep [Epidemiology], daily life activity, Female, health care policy, home care, Human, Male, Ontario, risk factor, statistics and numerical data, very elderly |
| 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. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S071498081700023X |
