The Ford government is making a seniors care pilot permanent, utilizing paramedics to provide non-emergency care and support to those who want to continue living in their own homes.

On Tuesday, Ontario announced it would be spending $89 million to turn the 2020 pilot, which served roughly 81,000 people, into a full-time offering from the provincial government.

“By making this program permanent and delivering care to seniors in the comfort of their homes, (the program) will continue to protect Ontario’s long-term care system, reducing avoidable hospital visits, supporting caregivers and improving seniors’ quality of life,” Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, minister of long-term care , said in a statement.

The pilot was introduced in 2020, expanded in 2022 and made permanent in 2025.

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