Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Canada, publicly-funded home care programs enable older adults to remain and be cared for in their home for as long as possible but they often differ in types of services offered, and the way services are delivered. This paper examines whether these differing approaches to care shape the pathway that home care clients will take. Older adult client pathways refer to trajectories within, and out of, the home care system (e.g., improvement, long term care (LTC) placement, death).

Methods

A retrospective analysis of home care assessment data (RAI-HC was linked with health administrative data, long-term care admissions and vital statistics in Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The study cohort consists of clients age 60 + years,

SUBMITTER: Mitchell L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10291815 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature