Use of the interRAI PEDS HC in children receiving home care in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no standard assessment tool for pediatric home care recipients in Canada, limiting the availability of comparable, population-based data. The objective of this study was to describe pediatric home care recipients who were part of a pilot implementation of the interRAI Pediatric Home Care Assessment Form (PEDS-HC) among medically complex children referred to home care agencies in three regions in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

All 14 agencies providing home care to children in Ontario were invited to participate in the pilot project, and 9 participated in an education session. Three of these agencies used the PEDS-HC during the pilot implementation between February 2018 and March 2020. We used de-identified data to describe the demographics, home care needs, and

SUBMITTER: Thorburn-Winsor E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature