Home and community care

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Journal Articles

29/04/2025

Days at home for older adults receiving a remote monitoring intervention compared with usual home care recipients

Salahub C, Austin PC, Bai L, Ivers NM, Jones A, Tadrous M, Tran J, Lapointe-Shaw L. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025; 105611. Epub 2025 Apr 29.

Journal Article

07/04/2025

Changes in local access to mifepristone dispensed by community pharmacies for medication abortion in Ontario: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study

Schummers L, Law M, McGrail K, Darling E, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Gayowsky A, Gozdyra P, Norman WV. CMAJ. 2025; 197 (13) E345-E354.

Journal Article

19/03/2025

Passive remote monitoring technologies’ influence on home care clients’ ability to stay home: multiprovincial randomized controlled trial

Donelle L, Hiebert B, Warner G, Reid M, Reid J, Shariff S, Richard E, Regan S, Weeks L, Ledoux K. JMIR Aging. 2025 Mar 19;8:e69107.

Journal Article

31/12/2024

Informal caregiving: health system cost implications

Shearkhani S, Bai YQ, Kuluski K, Anderson GM, Wodchis WP. West J Nurs Res. 2024; Dec 31 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

30/12/2024

Evaluating harms associated with prolonged antibiotic duration of therapy in community dwelling older adults: a cohort study using instrumental variable analysis

Langford BJ, Brown KA, Lau C, Calzavara A, Krueger C, Leung V, Daneman N, Schwartz KL. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; Dec 30 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

18/12/2024

Transitions to nursing homes among residents of assisted living and community-dwelling home care recipients

Manis DR, Kirkwood D, Fisher S, Li W, Webber C, Tanuseputro P, Stall NM, Watt JA, Hsu AT, Savage RD, Bronskill SE, Costa AP. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024; Dec 18 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

02/12/2024

Effectiveness of the Sub-Acute Care for Frail Elderly (SAFE) Transitional Care Unit on short-term functional independence in frail older patients discharged from hospital

Robert B, Sun AH, Sinden D, Eddeen AB, Murmann M, Hsu AT. Can Geriatr J. 2024; 27(4):418-429.

Journal Article

01/12/2024

A portrait of older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Savage RD, Huynh T, Hahn-Goldberg S, Matai L, Boblitz A, Altaf A, Bronskill SE, Brown KA, Feng P, Lewis-Fung SE, Sheth MS, Yu C, Recknagel J, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024; Dec 1 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

27/11/2024

Comparison of physician-delivered models of virtual and home-based in-person care for adults in the last 90 days of life with cancer and terminal noncancer illness during the COVID-19 pandemic

Akhter R, Stukel TA, Chung H, Bell CM, Detsky AS, Downar J, Isenberg SR, Lapp J, Mokhtarnia M, Stall N, Tanuseputro P, Quinn KL. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0301813.

Journal Article

15/11/2024

SARS-CoV-2 testing, test positivity and vaccination in social housing residents compared with the general population: a retrospective population-based cohort study

Agarwal G, Keshavarz H, Angeles R, Pirrie M, Marzanek F, Nguyen F, Brar J, Paterson JM. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024; Nov 15 [Epub ahead of print].

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08/08/2023

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ICES scientists are appointed to the ICES Research Program which best fits their interests and, as such, become members of a network of health services researchers from across Ontario.

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Home and community care

Journal Articles

Days at home for older adults receiving a remote monitoring intervention compared with usual home care recipients

Changes in local access to mifepristone dispensed by community pharmacies for medication abortion in Ontario: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study

Passive remote monitoring technologies’ influence on home care clients’ ability to stay home: multiprovincial randomized controlled trial

Informal caregiving: health system cost implications

Evaluating harms associated with prolonged antibiotic duration of therapy in community dwelling older adults: a cohort study using instrumental variable analysis

Transitions to nursing homes among residents of assisted living and community-dwelling home care recipients

Effectiveness of the Sub-Acute Care for Frail Elderly (SAFE) Transitional Care Unit on short-term functional independence in frail older patients discharged from hospital

A portrait of older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Comparison of physician-delivered models of virtual and home-based in-person care for adults in the last 90 days of life with cancer and terminal noncancer illness during the COVID-19 pandemic

SARS-CoV-2 testing, test positivity and vaccination in social housing residents compared with the general population: a retrospective population-based cohort study

News Releases

Addressing long-term care’s “dark matter”

Half of all patients dying in Ontario receive some form of palliative care, usually in hospital

In-home palliative care in last month of life reduces overall health costs: multi-province study

Use of antipsychotic drugs in the elderly living in the community up 26% in Ontario

Does home care serve men and women equally?

New study examines effectiveness of heart failure clinics

Patients should see hospital physicians after discharge

Research Programs and appointed ICES Scientists