Health characteristics and functional status of home care recipients
| Characteristic | No. (%) of recipients* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglophone n = 159 621 | Francophone n = 5118 | Allophone n = 24 951 | |
| No. of chronic conditions, mean ± SD | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 4.1 ± 1.7 | 4.1 ± 1.7 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean ± SD | 1.9 ± 2.1 | 1.9 ± 2.0 | 2.0 ± 2.0 |
| ADL scale | |||
| Independent | 90 462 (56.7) | 2947 (57.6) | 10 632 (42.6) |
| Supervision required | 20 079 (12.6) | 650 (12.7) | 3767 (15.1) |
| Limited impairment | 24 911 (15.6) | 827 (16.2) | 5010 (20.1) |
| Extensive assistance required (1)† | 11 129 (7.0) | 360 (7.0) | 2298 (9.2) |
| Extensive assistance required (2)† | 7492 (4.7) | 205 (4.0) | 1740 (7.0) |
| Dependent | 4673 (2.9) | 119 (2.3) | 1094 (4.4) |
| Total dependence | 875 (0.5) | 10 (0.2) | 410 (1.6) |
| IADL scale | |||
| No difficulty in any IADL | 6315 (4.0) | 139 (2.7) | 430 (1.7) |
| Some difficulty in 1 IADL | 7996 (5.0) | 216 (4.2) | 597 (2.4) |
| Some difficulty in 2 IADLs | 18 856 (11.8) | 526 (10.3) | 1693 (6.8) |
| Some difficulty in all IADLs | 2612 (1.6) | 92 (1.8) | 393 (1.6) |
| Great difficulty in 1 IADL | 32 369 (20.3) | 1025 (20.0) | 3629 (14.5) |
| Great difficulty in 2 IADLs | 70 279 (44.0) | 2283 (44.6) | 11 656 (46.7) |
| Great difficulty in all IADLs | 21 194 (13.3) | 837 (16.4) | 6553 (26.3) |
| Cognitive performance scale | |||
| Intact | 61 395 (38.5) | 1633 (31.9) | 7200 (28.9) |
| Borderline intact | 28 728 (18.0) | 932 (18.2) | 4547 (18.2) |
| Mild impairment | 51 295 (32.1) | 1825 (35.7) | 8878 (35.6) |
| Moderate impairment | 12 891 (8.1) | 542 (10.6) | 2582 (10.3) |
| Moderate severe impairment | 1569 (1.0) | 50 (1.0) | 490 (2.0) |
| Severe impairment | 3129 (2.0) | 127 (2.5) | 924 (3.7) |
| Very severe impairment | 614 (0.4) | 9 (0.2) | 330 (1.3) |
| CHESS score | |||
| No health instability | 23 527 (14.7) | 660 (12.9) | 3551 (14.2) |
| Minimal health instability | 43 951 (27.5) | 1216 (23.8) | 7041 (28.2) |
| Low health instability | 48 068 (30.1) | 1564 (30.6) | 7710 (30.9) |
| Moderate health instability | 33 491 (21.0) | 1243 (24.3) | 4962 (19.9) |
| High health instability | 9983 (6.3) | 413 (8.1) | 1601 (6.4) |
| Very high health instability | 601 (0.4) | 22 (0.4) | 86 (0.3) |
Note: ADL = activities of daily living, CHESS = changes in health, end-stage disease, signs and symptoms, IADL = instrumental activities of daily living, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless indicated otherwise.
↵† “Extensive assistance required (1)” denotes patients requiring extensive assistance with personal hygiene or locomotion use (but not eating or locomotion). “Extensive assistance required (2)” denotes patients requiring extensive assistance with eating or locomotion.