Home care safety perspectives from clients, family members, caregivers and paid providers.
There is a growing demand for home care services in Canada. Yet, overwhelmingly, research on patient safety has focused on institutional settings. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute convened a Core Safety in Home Care Team of researchers and decision-makers to identify priority research areas and to advance patient safety research in home care. As part of this initiative to investigate and extend our understanding of home care safety, key informant interviews were carried out with a wide range of respondents including researchers, decision-makers, service providers and regulators. In-depth audiotaped interviews were conducted in two Canadian provinces. Interpretive descriptive analyses revealed three main themes: the meaning of home care, safety concerns and the place of technology in the future of home care. Given the multidimensionality and complexity of home care as well as the challenges and strains involved, the risk to all the players is becoming increasingly evident.
Lang
Ariella
A
Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada (VON Canada), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Macdonald
Marilyn
M
Storch
Jan
J
Elliott
Kari
K
Stevenson
Lynn
L
Lacroix
Helene
H
Donaldson
Susan
S
Corsini-Munt
Serena
S
Francis
Farraminah
F
Curry
Cherie Geering
CG
D002170:Canada; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017751:Safety Management