Recognizing the importance of home care to the broader health care system, First Ministers agreed to commit health funding specifically for the development and enhancement of home care services within their jurisdictions. [...] Access to home care is compromised - not only by a lack of funding, but by limited awareness and minimal government recognition of the value and potential of home care to the health care system. [...] Improving Access to Care Over the past 20 years, the home care sector has experienced significant growth as the population Home care is defined as an array of services, provided in the home and ages; governments search for cost effective community setting, that encompass alternatives to institutional care; and technology health promotion and teaching, advances enable a broader range of services to [...] Despite the expansion of home care, it remains as one of the most untapped resources in the Canadian health care system and 80% of Canadians believe that more home and community care programs would improve the health care system.3 Home care can, and should, play a proactive role in Canada’s health care system and is integral to the goal of achieving improved access to the appropriate health care. [...] Improving Access to Primary Health Care The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) believes that home care is fundamental to improved access to timely primary health care in Canada.