Health care and community services

The health care and community services section provides information on how older persons use formal health care services/resources such as visits to a physician, hospitalizations, home care services, and personal care homes. 

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Contact with health care providers

  • The table shows the percentage of older adults age 65 years and over who are in contact with selected health care providers.

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Contact with health care providers (PowerPoint)

*Includes surgeon, allergist, orthopedist or psychiatrist    
Less than 15% had contacted chiropractors, physiotherapists, nurses for care/advice, social workers/counsellors, speech, auditory or occupational therapists or psychologists.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2014. Canadian Community Health Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

  • A vertical bar chart showing how men and women in age groupings of 65-74 and 75 years and over are in contact with their family doctor, optometrist, dentist, or other medical doctor.

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Contact with selected health care providers (PowerPoint)  |  Contact with selected health care providers (Excel)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2014. Canadian Community Health Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

  • This table shows how frequent men and women in age groupings from 25-49 and up to 75 years and older are in contact with their family doctor or GP.

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Contact with family doctor (PowerPoint)

Source: Statistics Canada, 2014. Canadian Community Health Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

Manitoba Support Services to Seniors Program

  • A bar chart shows where Community Resource Councils are distributed across Manitoba and the regions population who are age 65 plus.

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Community resource councils (PowerPoint)  |  Community resource councils (Excel)

Sources: Manitoba Health (2017). Seniors Resource Councils in Manitoba. Manitoba Seniors and Healthy Aging Secretariat.

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living. Manitoba Population Report, June 1, 2016.

Note: Seniors Community Resource Councils (CRC) are non-profit community based organizations located throughout Manitoba. They offer a variety of programs within the community that support the independence of older adults such as: seniors congregate meal programs; seniors transportation programs; information and referral; health and wellness programs; home maintenance programs; and emergency response information kits.

 

Manitoba home care program

  • Shown is this table are the number of home care clients served by Regional Health Authority, including clients age 65 years and over in 2018-2019.

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Home care clients served (PowerPoint)

*Manitoba Health provides data on all home care clients including those under 65, however most home care clients (72%) are 65+1              
1 Toews, R. 2016. Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba, Government of Manitoba, Minister of Health Seniors and Active Living.  
Source: Manitoba Health (2018–2019). Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, 2018–2019 Annual Statistics Report. Figure 88.           
Manitoba Health. Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, Population Report, June 1, 2019.    

  • A bar chart showing the types of professional care services older Manitobans aged 65 years and over received: nursing, housework meals, shopping, and other.

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Home care services received (PowerPoint)  |  Home care services received (Excel)

Note: Nursing Care includes personal care tasks and help with medical treatments.
All Other includes emotional support, scheduling and coordinating care, financial help, and any other type of help.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2012. General Social Survey - Caregiving and Care Receiving, Public Use Microdata File.

Hospitalizations

  • Shown in this table is the percentage of Manitobans in age groupings from 45-49 to 90 years plus who were hospitalized in 2018–2019.

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Manitobans hospitalized (PowerPoint)

Source: Manitoba Health (2016-2017). Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, 2018–2019, Annual Statistics Report, Figure 64.

Average length of hospital stay

  • This table shows the average length of hospital stay by level of care by Manitoban regional health authority.

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Average length hospital stay (PowerPoint)

*Alternative Level of Care (ALC) is when a patient no longer requires the level of care of a hospital but remains in hospital while awaiting discharge to an appropriate non-acute care setting such as a personal care home.  

Source: Manitoba Health (2016–2017). Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, 2018-2019 Annual Statistics Report, Figure 70. 

Manitoba Personal care home map

  • Map of personal care homes in Manitoba by regional health authority

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Personal care home map (PowerPoint)

Map of personal care homes in Manitoba by regional health authority
Source: Management & Analytics branch of Manitoba Health, Seniors & Active Living Manitoba Health (2018–2019). Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Annual Statistics 2018–2019, p. 72.

Manitoba personal care homes

  • This table shows the average length of stay in years of older Manitoans age 75 years and older in a personal care home by regional health authority and the level of care needed by a resident.

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Length of stay personal care home (PowerPoint)

Note: Level 1 represents the lowest level of care needed, and Level 4 represents the highest.   

Table 14-6 is based on median length of stay for residents aged 75 and older.   
Source: Manitoba Health (2018–2019). Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, 2018–2019 Annual Statistics Report, Table 5.

Resources

The State of Seniors Health Care in Canada (PDF)

A report from the Canadian Medical Association 

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