Partnership Set to Transform Home Care in Durham Region

A new partnership between CBI Home Health, the Durham Ontario Health Team (OHT), and Lakeridge Health is set to modernize home care in Durham Region. Known as the Durham OHT at Home, this innovative model will reshape care delivery. The Durham OHT at Home program will organize home care professionals with complementary areas of expertise into teams that work together utilizing the same clinical assessment tools and client chart to deliver an integrated, bundle of care.  

The Durham OHT at Home will start with supporting the residents of Oshawa. Clients will experience timely access to personalized, coordinated care, helping them to avoid emergency department (ED) visits and admissions to hospital and enabling appropriate referrals to other community, or specialist, resources if needed. It will reduce the strain on system-level partners, contributing to a more sustainable health-care system. The Durham OHT is one of seven OHTs across the province introducing this new model.  

“Home care is the exciting new frontier for innovation in healthcare,” said Jon Hantho, President and CEO of CBI Home Health. “We are thrilled to be part of the integrated team that will co-create a brand-new care model and deliver it in an efficient, modern way that directly addresses the diverse and changing needs of Ontarians and their health-care system.” “Home care is the exciting new frontier for innovation in healthcare,” said Neil King, President and COO of CBI Home Health. 

“Lakeridge Health depends on the partnership with homecare providers every day to assist our patients as they transition to home and we know that having the correct homecare solution can prevent readmissions to hospital and ED visits,” said Brian Pollard, Health System Executive, Clinical, Lakeridge Health. “This is why we are excited to partner with CBI Home Health and the Durham OHT on this new delivery model in pursuit of our mission to Empower People to Live Their Best Health.” 

“This program is groundbreaking not just for patients and partners, but for home care team members too,” added Chris Wilson, Senior Vice President (Eastern Canada) for CBI Home Health. “CBI Home Health nurses, therapists, and personal support workers are core to the design and delivery of the program, and they will get to use their passion and talents in new and innovative ways that really make a difference in their communities.”  

The Durham OHT at Home program will be formally introduced in the Durham Region in January 2025, and will be in place for two years. A formal evaluation of this new care delivery model will occur in parallel with implementation.