The health of the aging population has been identified as a high priority for the province of Ontario and has become one of the province’s most pressing health and social policy issues.(4) Within this priority area, there is significant focus on the delivery of high-value services to seniors to maximize their ability to live in their own homes for as long as possible. Historically, the province has focused on enabling people to continue leading healthy and independent lives in their own homes by helping them transition to the community more quickly (from hospitals or other care facilities) to take pressure off hospitals, and help to lower wait times.(5;6) More recently, the province has given greater attention to helping people avoid admission to hospitals and other institutions in the first place.