Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers and from an informal caregiver who reported that they received feeding or nutrition care from their informal caregiver in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2024
Province
New Brunswick
21.1
19.6 - 22.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
17.9
14.8 - 21.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.0
16.0 - 22.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.8
16.2 - 23.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.8
22.1 - 33.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.1
14.5 - 25.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.0
23.9 - 32.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
21.9
16.9 - 27.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.2
15.5 - 27.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
17.8
10.4 - 25.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
18.4
10.9 - 25.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.0
17.2 - 34.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.0
13.7 - 30.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
31.3
23.4 - 39.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
20.9
12.8 - 29.0
Fredericton
17.0
10.5 - 23.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
25.4
15.7 - 35.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
21.1
15.3 - 26.9
Moncton
20.5
14.5 - 26.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.4
24.1 - 42.7
Riverview and Coverdale
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
19.5
14.8 - 24.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
16.1
8.0 - 24.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.2
21.4 - 43.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.2
10.1 - 22.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.6
28.2 - 47.1
Age
18-64
24.9
21.0 - 28.7
65 and over
20.2
18.6 - 21.8
Gender
Female
20.3
18.6 - 22.1
Male
22.9
20.0 - 25.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
Language
Most comfortable in English
18.7
16.9 - 20.5
Most comfortable in French
29.0
25.9 - 32.1
Comfortable in both English and French
13.4
8.4 - 18.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
32.2
20.5 - 43.9
Education level
High school or less
21.7
19.9 - 23.6
Postsecondary
16.6
14.0 - 19.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
24.6
21.2 - 28.0
Household income
Less than $30,000
19.8
18.0 - 21.5
$30,000 to less than $60,000
24.9
20.2 - 29.7
$60,000 or more
S
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
S
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from home support workers and from an informal caregiver who reported that they received feeding or nutrition care from their informal caregiver in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who receive help from informal caregivers. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Have you received any of the following services from a friend, family member or volunteer in the last 2 months? Feeding or nutrition care

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_FCGFN_1

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