Province launches program for people to access services offered in long-term care homes so they can age safely at home
The Ontario government is investing $15 million over two years in the Community Access to Long-Term Care (CALTC) program that will enable people to receive long-term care services while still living in their own homes. The program is part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by investing in public services, including by ensuring more seniors can age safely in their own homes.
“Our government is protecting our long-term care system with targeted investments that ensure people get the right care in the right place,” said Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Minister of Long-Term Care. “By giving seniors access to more services while living safely at home, the Community Access to Long-Term Care program will improve seniors’ quality of life, support caregivers, reduce avoidable hospital visits and delay the need for live-in long-term care.”
The CALTC program, which was announced today at the Seniors Health and Wellness Village at Peel Manor in Brampton, will allow people still living in their own homes to access long-term care services, including clinical and personal care, nursing support, dementia resources and wound care, so they can age safely at home for longer. The program is open to seniors and others living in their homes who are on the long-term care waitlist, eligible for long-term care, or soon to be eligible for long-term care. CALTC is being launched in partnership with three long-term care homes in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, including Peel Manor’s Seniors Health and Wellness Village, before expanding to additional sites in 2026, with a focus on rural and northern communities.
The government is fixing long-term care to ensure Ontario’s long-term care residents get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve, and a key part of our plan is to improve care for seniors living in the community. The plan to improve care for residents is built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building modern, safe, and comfortable homes; and connecting seniors with faster, more convenient access to the services they need.
Quick Facts
- The other homes in this program include Partners Community Health’s Integrated Seniors’ Hub at Wellbrook Place in Mississauga and St. Joseph’s Villa Dundas. Those interested in accessing the program should contact the participating homes directly.
- In August, the government announced an $89 million investment to protect seniors by making the Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care (CPLTC) program permanent and expanding services offered in First Nations communities.
- Seniors — people age 65 and older — make up the fastest growing age group in the province.
- As part of its plan to fix long-term care and address waitlists, the government is building 58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province.
- Ontario is offering incentives of up to $35,400 to PSW students and eligible PSWs to launch careers in long-term care homes and in the home and community care sector.
- The Ontario government invested up to $4.9 billion between 2021 and 2025 to create thousands of new positions for personal support workers, nurses, and allied health professionals in long-term care.
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