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Data Sharing Between Home Care Professionals: A Feasibility Study Using The Rai Home Care Instrument, Dawn M. Guthrie
Data Sharing Between Home Care Professionals: A Feasibility Study Using The Rai Home Care Instrument, Dawn M. Guthrie
Kinesiology and Physical Education Faculty Publications
Background: Across Ontario, home care professionals collect standardized information on each client using the Resident Assessment for Home Care (RAI-HC). However, this information is not consistently shared with those professionals who provide services in the client’s home. In this pilot study, we examined the feasibility of sharing data, from the RAI-HC, between care coordinators and service providers.
Methods: All participants were involved in a one-day training session on the RAI-HC. The care coordinators shared specific outputs from the RAI-HC, including the embedded health index scales, with their contracted physiotherapy and occupational therapy service providers. Two focus groups were …
Development Of A Case-Mix Funding System For Adults With Combined Vision And Hearing Loss, Dawn M. Guthrie, Jeff Poss
Development Of A Case-Mix Funding System For Adults With Combined Vision And Hearing Loss, Dawn M. Guthrie, Jeff Poss
Kinesiology and Physical Education Faculty Publications
Background: Adults with vision and hearing loss, or dual sensory loss (DSL), present with a wide range of needs and abilities. This creates many challenges when attempting to set the most appropriate and equitable funding levels. Case-mix (CM) funding models represent one method for understanding client characteristics that correlate with resource intensity.
Methods: A CM model was developed based on a derivation sample (n = 182) and tested with a replication sample (n = 135) of adults aged 18+ with known DSL who were living in the community. All items within the CM model came from a standardized, …