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Building Operational Excellence
Home-Based Palliative Care
Building Operational Excellence
What is the project about?
Supported through a health funding contribution agreement from Health Canada, this 19-month project builds on “The Way Forward: An Integrated Palliative Approach to Care” by identifying innovative operational practices to address specific service gaps and improve the quality, efficiency and accessibility of home-based palliative care.
Why is it needed?
The project is a catalyst to improving operational infrastructure in home-based palliative care and enhancing access to better home care as outlined in the Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities, federal, provincial, and territorial governments.
What will the project address?
Through a collaborative engagement approach, the project will:
- Explore opportunities for operational process improvement in home-based palliative care, specifically in:
– assessment and care planning,
– inclusion of advance care plans into care delivery,
– management of equipment supplies and medication,
– effective communication strategies and tactics. - Identify and promote operational innovations in delivering home-based palliative care.
- Engage and facilitate collaboration with policy-makers, providers, patients and caregivers.
- Support the application of evidence-informed operational practices in home-based palliative care
This project has been made possible by a health funding contribution agreement from Health Canada.
The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official policies of Health Canada.
This project looks at palliative and end-of-life care provided in a person’s home. It explores ways to improve the operational process in home-based palliative care in four key areas.
WEBINAR
Caregivers’ Experiences of Palliative Care in Canada
Involving caregivers in home-based palliative care is essential. Engaging their expertise and knowledge in advance care planning, early assessment and service delivery, managing equipment and medications, and ensuring effective communication, is vital.
HOME CARE IN CANADA – Home care is an array of services for people of all ages, provided in the home and community setting, that encompasses health promotion and teaching, curative intervention, end-of-life care, rehabilitation, support and maintenance, social adaptation and integration and support for caregivers. Provincial, territorial and federally funded home care services are administered by care coordinators or case managers and delivered by regulated health care professionals as well as non-regulated health care workers (e.g. home support, personal care attendants).
LES SOINS À DOMICILE AU CANADA – Les soins à domicile consistent en un éventail de services destinés à des personnes de tous âges et administrés en milieu résidentiel et communautaire qui incluent la promotion et l’éducation en matière de santé, les interventions curatives, les soins de fin de vie, la réhabilitation, le soutien et l’entretien, l’adaptation et l’intégration sociale, ainsi que le soutien aux aidants. Les services de soins à domicile financés par les gouvernements provinciaux, territoriaux et fédéraux sont administrés par des coordonnateurs de soins ou des gestionnaires de cas et fournis par des membres d’une profession de la santé réglementée et des travailleurs de la santé non réglementés (travailleurs en soutien à domicile, préposés aux soins personnels, etc.).
