Models of Publicly Funded Home Care

Models of Publicly Funded Home Care, their Characteristics and Quality: A Scoping Review

Project Status:In progress

Knowledge User(s)

Patient and Public Partner

Funding Source(s)

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance

Project Objectives

To (1) identify home care models, associated characteristics, strengths and areas for improvement in Canada and countries with similar healthcare systems (United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark) and (2) critically appraise evaluations of home care models conducted in the past five years in relation to quality, patient/family satisfaction and level of integration in the health and social care systems.

Research Approach

Scoping Review

Project Lead(s)

Rochelle Litvack

Position: Patient Partner

Over the years, Rochelle has volunteered extensively and served on many boards. Her awareness of health issues is as a caregiver for her late husband as well as living with someone who was actively involved in healthcare for more than 50 years. Rochelle spent 10 years as a caregiver for her husband who had Parkinson’s disease and dementia. 

Over the years, Rochelle has volunteered and chaired on various committees.

Her volunteer activities include:

  • Volunteer for Patient Services at CancerCare Manitoba
  • Chair for the Provincial Patient Service Committee
  • Represented Manitoba on the national board of the Canadian Cancer Society Patient Service Committee
  • Executive of the Pediatric Oncology Support Group of CancerCare Manitoba and represented them on the National Canadian Cancer Society Pediatric Oncology Support Group
  • On the board of Sara Riel, a rehabilitation home for young adults with health mental conditions

Rochelle is a widow with two children.

Rochelle Litvack

Patient Partner

Over the years, Rochelle has volunteered extensively and served on...

Marilyn MacDonald

Position: Dalhousie University
Email: marilyn.macdonald@dal.ca

Dr. Marilyn Macdonald is a Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Nursing, and Director of the Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence in the conduct of systematic reviews, Dalhousie University. She has a varied background in clinical nursing including; general surgery, cardio-vascular surgery, public-health nursing, home care, and a decade as a clinical nurse specialist. The primary focus of her research is homecare with a focus on caregivers. Dr. Macdonald is an Affiliate Scientist with the Nova Scotia Health Authority, and theme lead for Transitions in Care with the Canadian Frailty Network. Research interests are in home care, patient/caregiver safety and qualitative inquiry.

Marilyn MacDonald

Dalhousie University

Dr. Marilyn Macdonald is a Professor and Associate Director of...

 

Project Outputs

In Progress