What is home and community care?

Home and community care services mean that people can receive care at home, not in hospitals or other long-term care centers. Home care helps eligible people to live independently in the community.

Many older people need the help of health care providers to carry out their daily tasks for a variety of reasons, including inability to move, poor memory or even depression. In this situation, there are various options, such as moving to a nursing home or having health care providers in their private home. The financial costs of these two options are very different. Today, with the advent of healthcare companies, staying at home, also known as on-site aging, is becoming increasingly popular among seniors seeking long-term care options.

There are a variety of services that provide home health care around the clock 24-hour home care, providers provide a wide range of services for the elderly. From helping with household chores (such as cooking, housekeeping or transportation,…) to health services (such as bathing or changing clothes, etc.) and health services such as nursing services including blood pressure and blood sugar control, giving medicines and even physiotherapy and so on.

TangelaCare Company provides online health and care services to help you easily manage the care of your elderly loved ones.

Home and community care goals

The goals of home and community care are:

• Helping people maintain or improve their health and quality of life,
• Help people stay as independent as possible,
• Supporting families in the face of a family member's need for care,
• Helps people stay home or return home and receive the treatment, rehabilitation or palliative care they need
• Provides support to informal / family caregivers

Home care costs in Canada

Home care services are not publicly insured through the Canada Health Act in the same way as hospital and physician services. In Canada, most home and community care services are delivered by provincial, territorial and some municipal governments. The federal government provides funding support through transfer payments for health and social services. The federal government also delivers home care services to First Nations on-reserve and Inuit in designated communities, members of the armed forces and the RCMP, federal inmates, and eligible veterans. Health Canada is engaged in research and policy analysis on home and community care across Canada.

In Canada, home care is funded both publicly and privately and delivered by for-profit and non-profit providers Publicly-funded clients receive care in one of two ways: 1) either through a contracted agency paid for by the government; or 2) through a home care agency paid for by the client who receives a monthly stipend from the government to “shop” for home care that best meets their needs (sometimes referred to as “self-managed care”).

In British Columbia, some home and community care services are provided free of charge with public subsidies. For others, the cost is shared between the Ministry of Health and you who receive the service. The amount you have to pay is called the customer rate

Your customer rate may be based on your income or depending on the home and community care services you receive, as a fixed rate.

If paying your estimated customer rate causes serious financial problems for you or your family, you can ask your healthcare provider to temporarily reduce your customer rate.

In addition to the mental and physical stress that comes with caring for their elderly parents, they also incur travel expenses, work leave, and a variety of other small and large expenses.

If you are paying for medical expenses for yourself, your spouse or an elderly loved one, you may be able to claim it as a tax credit. Reimbursement of medical expenses is 25% of medical expenses and is based on income conditions.

For example, if you paid for healthcare expenses, you may be able to claim them as eligible medical expenses on your return. These expenses include a wide range of products, procedures and services, including medical supplies, dental care, and travel expenses. Of course, you can only claim the part of an eligible expense for which you have not been or will not be reimbursed (from company health insurance, etc.)

For example, if you have paid for health care, you may be able to claim them as eligible medical expenses upon return. These costs include a wide range of products, procedures and services, including medical supplies, dental care and travel expenses. Of course, you can only claim the part of an eligible expense for which you have not been or will not be reimbursed (from company health insurance, etc.