Publicly-funded home care plays a vital role in protecting the in the entire healthcare system. Today’s home care sector supports increasingly complex clients, including children with medical complexities, those recovering from hospital stays and older adults with cognitive impairments, helping them all to stay healthy and well at home where all want to be. Their care is provided, sometimes over a few visits and other times over many years, by a wide range of specialized clinicians who must adapt to unanticipated circumstances in this unique care setting.

Dr. Sandra McKay is Vice President, Research & Innovation at VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), a leading not-for-profit home care organization in Ontario. Dr. McKay is committed to making contemporary home care data accessible to enhance healthcare system performance. She leads a team of home care scientists dedicated to research designed to inform better care for clients and a safer work environment for providers at VHA and across the health care sector.