This picture tries to best illustrate what all options exist for finding care in Ontario. Both Free and paid. Both home care and retirement community living.
Visit the home and community support services organization who provide guidance for people of all ages needing care in their home, at school or in the community.
To get contact information on home and community care services of Ontario, look up our Seniors Directory
This document from Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority explains nicely the difference between Long Term care homes and Retirement Homes
assisted living, personal care, home care, respite care, hospice care, companionship, memory care, dementia care.