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Theme: Community Care
Project: 1-2: Children with Long-term Care
Needs.
Project Lead:
Karen Spalding
Synopsis of Project:
This Project will employ the same research team and general approach as Project 1-1, but apply the balance of care (BoC) approach for the first time to examine decisions for children with long-term care needs in home and community. Specific objectives are to: a) document current patterns of care decisions, and care costs and outcomes for children discharged from acute care hospitals with specialized long-term care needs in home and community; b) assess factors, in addition to the care needs of individuals, which shape the BoC in local areas (e.g., family variables, health human resources mix and supply; the presence or absence of established linkages between health, social care and education providers); c) simulate the impact of altering the BoC, and d) analyzing cross-jurisdictional variations in the ability to place greater emphasis on home and community care within an integrated continuum of health and social care.
Research Team:
David Salib (MN Student Ryerson University)
Partners and Collaborators:
Toronto Community Care Access Centre
Children and Youth Homecare Network (CYHN)
Current project status:
Fact Sheets (In Progress)
- Cost and Outcomes of Pediatric Homecare – An International Perspective
- Delivery Models for Homecare for Children and Youth: Best Practices
- From Hospital to Home: Core Elements in the Design and Delivery of Child and Youth Home Care Services
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