Predictors of Caregiver Distress in the Community Setting Using the Home Care Version of the Resident Assessment Instrument.

Purpose Of Study: The purpose of this study was to identify factors predictive of new onset and improved caregiver distress among informal caregivers providing assistance for clients receiving home care.

Primary Practice Settings: Home care.

Methodology And Sample: The sample included 323,409 clients receiving home care from a Community Care Access Centre between March 2002 and March 2015 for whom data were available from two subsequent Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC) assessments.

Paramedic-Initiated Home Care Referrals and Use of Home Care and Emergency Medical Services.

Objective: We examined the association between paramedic-initiated home care referrals and utilization of home care, 9-1-1, and Emergency Department (ED) services.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of individuals who received a paramedic-initiated home care referral after a 9-1-1 call between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Home care, 9-1-1, and ED utilization were compared in the 6 months before and after home care referral.

It 'makes you feel more like a person than a patient': patients' experiences receiving home-based primary care (HBPC) in Ontario, Canada.

The lack of effective systems to appropriately manage the health and social care of frail older adults - especially among those who become homebound - is becoming all the more apparent. Home-based primary care (HBPC) is increasingly being promoted as a promising model that takes into account the accessibility needs of frail older adults, ensuring that they receive more appropriate primary and community care. There remains a paucity of literature exploring patients' experiences with HBPC programmes.

"A More Rounded Full Care Model": Interprofessional Team Members' Perceptions of Home-Based Primary Care in Ontario, Canada.

This study explores interprofessional team members' perspectives and experiences providing home-based primary care (HBPC) in Ontario, Canada. Employing an inductive qualitative methodology using procedures informed by grounded theory, themes emerged in the data in relation to the benefits of the HBPC model, and the barriers associated with its provision, as well as the key components that enable or hinder interprofessional collaboration in the HBPC environment. This research deepens our understanding of the key features and processes of interprofessional teams providing high-quality care in the home.