OPA Home Care Committee: Key Advocacy Updates

Quarterly Meeting

The Home Care Advisory Committee met on October 8, 2025, and focused its advocacy discussions on:

The growing demand for physiotherapists in the home care sector and opportunities to address this

Efforts being made to optimize the use of therapy assistants

Addressing compensation disparities between physiotherapists and occupational therapists

The use of AI-based documentation in the home care sector, with a pilot project being funded by a provincial grant

Addressing the need for public education on the role of physiotherapy in home care

OPA Home Care & LTC hub

Join the Home Care Advisory Committee

The Home Care Advisory Committee is made up of volunteer members who advise OPA staff and the Board of Directors on issues affecting physiotherapy in the home care sector.

This committee brings the voice and perspective of home care physiotherapists forward to support quality care and influence sector-wide decisions.

Interested in joining? We welcome new volunteer members who want to help shape the future of home care physiotherapy in Ontario. Contact us at physiomail@opa.on.ca.

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Date

November 6, 2025

Advocacy at OPA’s Fall Home Care Advisory Committee

Quarterly Meeting

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