Home Care After Hip Replacement in Seniors Helps Survival Rate
August 2010
Elham Rahme PhD, Susan R. Kahn MD MSc, Kaberi Dasgupta MD MSc, Mark Burman MD, Sasha Bernatsky MD PhD, Youssef Habel BSc MPhil, Greg Berry MD
Seniors who received home care after discharge from hospital for partial hip surgery were 43% less likely to die in the three months following the procedure. However, less than 16% of elderly patients discharged home after partial hip surgery in the study group received home care.
For more information visit the CMAJ website.
OHCA members may access the report here.

Falls Reduction Intervention Study (FRIS): Preliminary Report, July 2010
The Falls Reduction Intervention Project (FRIS), funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, represents a true collaboration between the Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), the CCAC case managers (CMs), the contracted therapy providers (i.e., in-home physiotherapy and occupational therapy) and Wilfrid Laurier University. Read FRIS preliminary report here.

Valuing Home and Community Care, April 2010
An Examination Of The Economic Value Created By Home And Community-Based Healthcare In Ontario - Why home and community care is an essential component of the long-term financial viability of publicly-funded provincial healthcare. Co-Sponsored by the Community Provider Associations Committee (CPAC) and the Change Foundation.
Backgrounder
Summary of Findings
Appendices

The Change Foundation and OACCAC Having Their Say and Choosing Their Way  Commentary and Final Reports (October 2009)
Having Their Say and Choosing Their Way is a joint quality improvement project funded by the Change Foundation in partnership with OACCAC. Hospitals and community care access centres (CCACs) involved in two regions in Ontario (South East CCAC and Quinte Health Care and Toronto Central CCAC and Toronto Western) have introduced changes to ease patient transitions to home or LTCH and provide better value and better care. The reports are availabe on the Change Foundation website. OHCA members can access the reports here.

October 2008 - The Weight of Evidence: Results from the Continuing Care Research Study
A presentation by David Pedlar, PhD (Veterans Affairs Canada)and March J. Hollander, PhD (Hollander Analytical Services Ltd.) The findings from this research show the importance and cost-effectiveness of long term home care within an integrated system of care delivery. Details.

March 8, 2007 Information on the Continuing Care Research Project sponsored by Veteran's Affairs Canada and the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat.
More information from the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat website.

July 2006 SLRU Newsletter - Highlights the Unit's research on frail older adults and home care.

An Interdisciplinary Medication Management Program for Seniors in the Community
Click here for a summary or for more information visit the link here.

December 2005 - Core Competencies: Community Health Nurses Enablers and Barriers
Jane Underwood, RN, BScN, MBA; Andrea Baumann, RN, PhD; Jennifer Blythe, PhD; Anne Ehrlich, RN, MHSc, describe the key consideration in their poster presentation. Details.

November 2005 - Seniors Health Research Transfer Network
Linking Caregivers, Researchers and Policy Makers current initiatives. Members can access more information here.

May 2005 - Implementation of an evidence-based leg ulcer service: improved clinical and cost outcomes
Margaret B. Harrison, Ian D. Graham, Karen Lorimer, Elaine Friedberg, Tadeusz Pierscianowski, Tim Brandys CMAJ - MAY 24, 2005; 172 (11) 1447 "The implementation of a nurse-led, evidence-based leg ulcer service resulted in faster healing rates and lower supply costs in the Ottawa-Hull region." Members can access more information here.

July 2004 - Management and Delivery of Community Nursing Services in Ontario: Impact on the Quality of Care and the Quality of Worklife of Community-based Nurses
Recently released research investigated the impact of the competitive model for awarding home care nursing service contracts in Ontario, on the quality of care, nurse and client outcomes. 'Clients evaluated the quality of nursing care very highly. Clients cared for by for-profit agencies reported higher quality of care and higher satisfaction than clients cared for by not-for-profit agencies.'
'The study findings suggest that agency structure (for-profit or not-for-profit) was less of a factor in determining the quality of care or quality of nursing worklife, than other factors related to the nurses' conditions of employment and work experience.' To review the complete report, please click here.

December 2003 - Frail Elderly Homecare Clients: The Costs and Effects of Adding Nursing Health Promotion and Preventive Care to Personal Support Services
By Maureen Markle-Reid, Robin Weir, Gina Browne, Sandra Henderson, Jacqueline Roberts, and Amiram Gafni. "...first Canadian randomized trial with a full economic evaluation that gives evidence for the effectiveness and efficiency of having a nurse provide health promotion and preventive care to a general population of elderly homecare clients and their caregivers." Click here for website.
Members click here for copy of report.

Hollander Analytical Services, National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care, Evaluation of the Maintenance and Preventive Function of Home Care, Final Report, 2001.

Hollander Analytical Services, The Third Way
A copy of this paper can be found at http://www.hollanderanalytical.com