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Q: Number of Residents in Retirement and Nursing Homes in Ontario [Canada] ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Number of Residents in Retirement and Nursing Homes in Ontario [Canada]
Category: Business and Money > Economics
Asked by: normanto-ga
List Price: $30.00
Posted: 30 Nov 2002 12:20 PST
Expires: 30 Dec 2002 12:20 PST
Question ID: 116890
I'm want to know the names of the companies which provide long term
care in Ontario in both the nursing home and retirement home care
market.  I also want to know the estimated number of residents in such
facilities today, or else the number of such facilities.  Revenue
numbers for such companies or for the two types of home care would be
great but not essential.
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Subject: Re: Number of Residents in Retirement and Nursing Homes in Ontario [Canada]
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 30 Nov 2002 18:27 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hi there,

Here is what I found:


Number of Beds and Facilities
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There are two major associations representing long-term care
facilities in Ontario. On their websites they offer current figures
regarding numbers of beds and facilities:

The Ontario Long-Term Care Association (OLTCA) represents "private,
not-for-profit and municipal operators of long term care facilities
throughout Ontario."

They represent 360 (66%) of LTC Facilities in Ontario, which gives a
total of 540 facilities, and 36,626 (58%) of LTC beds in Ontario,
which gives a total of 63148 beds.
http://www.oltca.com/en/about/members.html

The Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors
(OANHSS) represents not-for-profit providers of long-term care,
services and housing for seniors. They represent "over 25,000 long
term care beds (provincial total is approximately 56,000)"
http://www.oanhss.org/scriptcontent/frame.cfm?page=/staticcontent/staticpages/about/index.html

Also, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care states that
there are "498 long-term care centres in Ontario, serving 57,000
people"
http://www.gov.on.ca/health/english/program/ltc/ltccent_mn.html

Dr. Willie Molloy, of the McMaster University says there are 55,000
people in Ontario nursing homes.
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/pubrel/advdirect.htm

For historical figures, Stats Canada have a $5 report:

The population in collective dwellings: Canada, 1971-1991
http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/91F0015MPE1996002.htm

The only current figure I could find on the Stats Canada site is from
the 2001 Census:

Ontario - Includes general hospitals and hospitals with emergency,
other hospitals and related institutions, treatment centres and
institutions for persons with a disability, nursing homes and
residences for senior citizens.
109,025 people
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/coll/contents.cfm


Companies that provide facilities
=================================

A good directory is at the Ontario Long-Term Facilities website. It is
sortable by name, region, district, city or CCAC - and lists 557
facilities:
http://www.ltccareers.com/facilitysearch/english/

OANHSS have a directory of member facilities, divided into 9 regions:
http://www.oanhss.org/staticcontent/staticpages/consumers/members_regions.html

CareGuide.com has a directory, sortable by city or provider name:
http://www.thecareguide.com/index.php?viewsection=providers&viewpage=searchdist

This is an excerpt from an article looking at the companies behind the
for-profit facilities in Ontario:

Ownership Matters: Lessons from Ontario's LTC Facilities
--------------------------------------------------------

The RFP process wrapped up in May 2001 with the final awarding of
contracts. More than two-thirds (67.7%) of the new beds went to
for-profit operators, and those three long-time market dominators -
Extendicare, Leisureworld and Central Park Lodges - received 39.5% of
them.

What do we know about the private sector players in Ontario's
long-term care facility sector?

The biggest winner, CPL REIT (Central Park Lodge Real Estate
Investment Trust), is Canada's largest owner/operator of nursing home
facilities. Based in Ontario, CPL REIT was established in 1997 by the
Reichmann family and quickly became a leading force in the Canadian
and U.S. markets. In fact, CPL REIT was awarded over 12% of the new
beds and will build 20 new facilities to house 2,387 long-term care
residents. The second biggest winner in the long-term care bed bonanza
was Leisureworld. Very little is know about Leisureworld because they
are not a public company and, therefore, not required to disclose much
information about who they are and what they do. What is known is that
Leisureworld was awarded a total of 1,536 new beds in the three rounds
of tendering, or approximately 8% of the total beds. In third place is
Extendicare. One of the oldest operators of nursing homes in Ontario,
Extendicare opened its doors in 1968. Today, it is a multi-national
corporation with 276 facilities worldwide, "home" for more than 27,000
people. With its headquarters in Ontario, Extendicare keeps itself
close to the largest component of its business, one that got even
larger with the awarding of 1,189 beds in ten new facilities.
http://www.web.net/ohc/may2602.htm
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The websites of the three major companies noted above are:

Central Park Lodges
http://www.cplreit.com/

ExtendiCare
http://www.extendicare.com/

Leisureworld
http://leisureworld.ca

Nothing there, but a WHOIS brings up their contact details:

LeisureWorld Inc.
8500 Warden Avenue
Markham
ON L6G 1A5
Canada

Phone (905) 470-8500
Fax: (905) 415-7623

Another major player is DiversiCare:
http://diversicare.ca/

Their website was down when I tried it, however Google has it cached:
http://216.239.33.100/search?sourceid=navclient&q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diversicare.ca


Search Strategy
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"Long-Term Care Facilities" Ontario 
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Long%2DTerm+Care+Facilities%22+Ontario+

"nursing homes" ontario 
://www.google.com/search?q=%22nursing+homes%22+Ontario+

I was unable to find any revenue figures specific to Ontario.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If any portion of my answer
is unclear, please ask for clarification.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga
normanto-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
It confirmed some of the research that I had already done, and added a
couple of new sources I had not found.  Thx.

Comments  
Subject: Re: Number of Residents in Retirement and Nursing Homes in Ontario [Canada]
From: neilzero-ga on 30 Nov 2002 23:43 PST
 
In addition to those statistics, there are likely at least 1000
persons getting nursing home type care that is catagorized as
something else. Since the rules are repressive, and add considerable
opperating cost, several thousand black (and grey) market patients are
probable. This may be offset entirely by vacant beds in the main
stream facilities.  Neil
Subject: Re: Number of Residents in Retirement and Nursing Homes in Ontario [Canada]
From: normanto-ga on 01 Dec 2002 06:38 PST
 
Thx Neil....interesting comment.   do you have any examples of such?

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