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1	Care Planning: It’s Not One Size Fits All - Cross-Sectoral and Individual Differences in Older Adults’ Expressed Goals of Care McLaughlin, Katherine January 2010 (has links) Objective: This research explores the critical need for individualized care planning to ensure maximum cost savings by providing a balance between individuals’ care needs and care wishes. The primary objective of this research is to identify common goals of care (GoC) expressed by long-term care residents (using the interRAI LTCF) and clients receiving community supportive services (using the interRAI CHA) or community mental health services (using the interRAI CMH). Methods: Three interRAI datasets were used to perform data analyses. The responses to the open-ended GoC item were quantified and grouped into common goal categories, which were then examined against the interRAI outcome measures and Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAPs). Demographic and clinical characterisitics were compared across the sample populations using the chi-square test. Logistic regression models were created to reveal variables that are predictive of not having a GoC recorded within each care setting. Results: Twenty-five GoC categories were created. Although the GoC responses were very diverse, many persons had no goal recorded. Nearly 70% of long-term care (LTC) residents and community support service (CSS) clients were unable to state a GoC. Different populations in different service settings had distinct GoC but had some commonalities as well such as goals that focused on general physical or mental health issues. GoC varied with the CAPs- the triggering of a CAP did not necessarily mean a corresponding GoC was noted. Each care sector had different predictor variables that were strongly associated with not having a GoC. Conclusions: There is not a “one size fits all” solution to care planning. The same goals and outcome measures are not appropriate or realistic for all persons. It is critical to incorporate self-reported goals into the development of effective and individualized care plans to ultimately improve one’s quality of life, satisfaction with care, and success in achieving desired outcomes of care. Health Studies and Gerontology
2	Care Planning: It’s Not One Size Fits All - Cross-Sectoral and Individual Differences in Older Adults’ Expressed Goals of Care McLaughlin, Katherine January 2010 (has links) Objective: This research explores the critical need for individualized care planning to ensure maximum cost savings by providing a balance between individuals’ care needs and care wishes. The primary objective of this research is to identify common goals of care (GoC) expressed by long-term care residents (using the interRAI LTCF) and clients receiving community supportive services (using the interRAI CHA) or community mental health services (using the interRAI CMH). Methods: Three interRAI datasets were used to perform data analyses. The responses to the open-ended GoC item were quantified and grouped into common goal categories, which were then examined against the interRAI outcome measures and Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAPs). Demographic and clinical characterisitics were compared across the sample populations using the chi-square test. Logistic regression models were created to reveal variables that are predictive of not having a GoC recorded within each care setting. Results: Twenty-five GoC categories were created. Although the GoC responses were very diverse, many persons had no goal recorded. Nearly 70% of long-term care (LTC) residents and community support service (CSS) clients were unable to state a GoC. Different populations in different service settings had distinct GoC but had some commonalities as well such as goals that focused on general physical or mental health issues. GoC varied with the CAPs- the triggering of a CAP did not necessarily mean a corresponding GoC was noted. Each care sector had different predictor variables that were strongly associated with not having a GoC. Conclusions: There is not a “one size fits all” solution to care planning. The same goals and outcome measures are not appropriate or realistic for all persons. It is critical to incorporate self-reported goals into the development of effective and individualized care plans to ultimately improve one’s quality of life, satisfaction with care, and success in achieving desired outcomes of care. Health Studies and Gerontology
3	Ontario’s Home First Approach, Care Transitions, and the Provision of Care: The Perspectives of Home First Clients and Their Family Caregivers English, Christine 23 May 2013 (has links) Home First is an Ontario transition management approach that attempts to reduce the pressure on hospital and Long Term Care (LTC) beds through early discharge planning, the provision of timely and appropriate home care, and the delay of LTC placement. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to obtain descriptions from South Eastern Ontario Home First clients and their family caregivers of their experiences with and thoughts about care transitions, the provision of care, and the Home First approach. The goal was to enable insight into the Home First approach, care transitions, and the provision of care through access to the perspectives of study participants. Nine semi structured interviews (and one or more follow-up calls for each interview) with Home First clients discharged from hospitals in South East Ontario and their family caregivers were conducted and their content analyzed. All participating Home First clients were pleased to be home from hospital and did not consider LTC placement a positive option. All had family involved with their care and used a mix of formal and informal services to meet their care needs. Four general themes were identified: (a) maintaining independence while responding (or not) to risks, (b) constraints on care provision, (c) communication is key, and (d) relationship matters. Although all Home First clients participating in the study were discharged home successfully, a sense of partnership between health care providers, families, and clients was often lacking. The Home First approach may be successfully addressing hospital alternative level of care issues and getting people home where they want to be, but it is also putting increasing demands on formal and informal community caregivers. There is room for improvement in how well their needs and those of care recipients are being met. Health professionals and policy makers must ask caregivers and recipients about their concerns and provide them with appropriate resources and information if they want them to become true partners on the care team. / Thesis (Master, Rehabilitation Science) -- Queen's University, 2013-05-23 16:10:53.323 home support workers home health care community care older home support clients elder care discharge planning relationships family relationships nursing home Ontario health care Canadian health care placement Home First transition management care transitions aging in place maintaining independence caregiving community health and support services community long-term care family carers frail seniors client satisfaction hospital discharge health care older people aged frail elderly aging elderly supportive home care client perspectives long-term care quality of care evaluation of services care planning risk decisions case management communication independence home care constraints on care provision maintaining independence qualitative research family caregivers nursing home placement qualitative description program evaluation alternative level of care patient discharge self-care formal care aged care informal care post-discharge care home support community support services health services research

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