Home and Community Care

Question 1

Home/ Community care

Answer 1

Definition: a group of services that allow people of all ages with health problems ( physical, mental health) to live as well and as independently as possible in their own home and community.

Question 2

Canadian home care association defines Defines Home Care as

Answer 2

encompasses: health promotion & teaching; curative intervention; end of life care;

Question 3

successful home care

Answer 3

promotes early hospital discharge
preventative care
relive caregiver stress/burnout

Question 4

Medical services

Answer 4

Intravenous antibiotic therapy
Home chemotherapy
Dialysis
Life support systems – ventilator assistance
Tube feeding
* These are non-emergent services.*

Question 5

CSIL program

Answer 5

Choice in Supports of independent living
gives clients requiring daily personal care more flexibility in managing their home support services. (decide who they want to hire)

Question 6

Self-Managed model of care”

Answer 6

clients receive funds directly for the purchase of home support services and they assume full responsibility

Question 7

funding

Answer 7

services are publicly funded by both the Federal and Provincial governments as a cost effective

Question 8

Care offered at home

Answer 8

Post-surgical care 
Chronic care 
REhab 
Palliative 
Chemo
Respiratory, dialysis