Ontario’s Home First Approach, Care Transitions, and the Provision of Care: The Perspectives of Home First Clients and Their Family Caregivers

Ontario’s Home First Approach, Care Transitions, and the Provision of Care: The Perspectives of Home First Clients and Their Family Caregivers

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 stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: English, Christine
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2013
Subjects:
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
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
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8037

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