What is the difference between a loss of housekeeping capacity and a cost of care award?

Our Court of Appeal affirmed that the law in respect of loss of housekeeping capacity is conceptually distinct from costs of care in O’Connell v. Yung, 2012 BCCA 57 at para. 67 [O’Connell]: … As I understand the principle, it is the loss of a capacity – an asset – that is compensated. Accordingly, because the award reflects the loss of a personal capacity, it is not dependent upon whether replacement housekeeping costs are actually incurred. Damages for the cost of future care serve a different purpose from awards for loss of housekeeping capacity. Unlike loss of housekeeping capacity awards, damages for the cost of future care are directly related to the expenses that may reasonably be expected to be required (Krangle at para. 22).…