Personal Support Worker Microsimulation – Full-time Equivalents
Welcome to our Personal Support Worker (PSW) modelling and scenario-testing tool—an open-source foundation model the modelling community can leverage and further develop to enable health workforce modellers, health system leaders, and education planners better anticipate the supply of PSWs needed to care for Canadians.
This model allows users to test the relative impact of alternative population growth scenarios on future PSW supply, by jurisdiction and care setting, up to 2048. There are two versions of this forecasting tool: the version on this page estimates PSW full-time equivalents (FTEs), the second version located here, estimates PSW headcounts.
Have questions or looking for information on how to use this PSW forecasting tool? Please visit the FAQ or user guide. A guided tutorial is coming soon.
For optimal performance, we recommend using this platform on a web browser rather than on a mobile device.
Medium-growth 4
| Province/Territory | PSW rate (number of PSWs per 100 persons aged 75 years and older) | Total PSW Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Care | Residential Care | Hospital | ||
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* Territorial data were not available for calculating PSW FTE estimates. Consequently, territorial parameter inputs were disabled in the FTE projection model. Likewise, Newfoundland and Labrador hospital estimates, and Prince Edward Island home care estimates could not be released due to confidentiality and data quality concerns, resulting in the exclusion of those options from the projection model.
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