Independent Living

• Price range: $2075 – $4750
• $550 – $1600 for an additional person
• Meals can be available but not usually included
• No personal assistance
• 24-hour staffing for emergencies
• Availability of or can include housework
• Social/recreation programs are frequently available
• Retirement Home (Assisted Living)

Assisted Living

• Range $1760 – $5500
• $600 – $1000 for an additional person
• Includes all meals, housekeeping, laundry
• Personal support and help with activities of daily routines, medications are available for purchase
• 24-hour staffing for emergencies
• Functional Abilities Assessments
• Social/recreation programs are available

Long Term Care (Nursing Home)

• Government-regulated, the client pays the accommodation cost
• Government assessment required to determine eligibility
• Range $1620 – $2170
• 24-hour care is available, though, it is usually minimum with an average ratio of 12:1 patients to caregivers
• Includes all meals, housekeeping, laundry
• Over 20,000 people on waiting lists, usually waiting 2-3 years.

Home Care

Private care comes into the picture once government subsidies and family members can no longer provide the quality of care their loved one requires.

A genuine private home care agency should be able to operate around subsidized hours and family schedules to fill in the time of family caregivers. Around 150,000 people in Ontario buy an additional 20 million hours of home care services yearly in order to remain in their homes.