Safety at Home - A Pan-Canadian Home Care Safety Study
Home care (HC) is an integral component of the ongoing restructuring of healthcare in Canada. Its continuing growth as a care option is accompanied by an increasing awareness of unique issues related to client safety in the HC context. The occurrence of an adverse event is a safety issue that has been well documented with respect to patients in acute care settings; however, there are only limited data available about safety problems experienced by clients in HC settings. The Safety at Home study was initiated to address this knowledge gap.
Author: Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Publication Date: 2013
Description:
Study Objectives:
- Determine the incidence, magnitude, and types of AEs in HC programs in Canada;
- Determine risk factors, service utilization factors, and other contributing conditions associated with AEs in the general HC population, and among the sub-populations of congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes and dementia;
- Determine the burden of client safety concerns and risks from the perceptions of the clients, unpaid caregivers, family members and paid providers;
- Advance methodology for exploring client safety in HC;
- Identify policies, practices and tools that could reduce avoidable AEs in HC;
- Advance a definition of HC safety that reflects the complexity of the HC environment.
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