Professional care staff gave choice in how care is provided
How clients rated the care delivery choices that professional care staff gave them during the last six months, in a 2024 survey (see data dictionary).
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What do you think?
Why does giving a choice to clients about how care is provided matter?
How might this information be used to inform Continuing Care Health Service Standards 1.0 Standardized Assessment and Person-Centred Care Planning, 2.0 Case Management, and/or related sub-standards?
Are there differences between zones? Between mainly rural and urban zones? What factors could account for these differences?
Understanding âchoice of how care is providedâ
In a survey conducted from April 2024 to September 2024, Health Quality Alberta asked clients receiving home and community care to rate the following:
In the last 6 months, my professional home care staff gave me choices about how care was provided.
Clients could choose:
Yes
Partly
No
I donât know
Professional care services focus on medical care including treatments such as wound care, physiotherapy. These are typically provided by staff such as nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists.
Considerations when viewing the results:
This data reflects the experiences of home and community care clients. Home and community care includes publicly funded professional health and personal care services that help clients live safely and independently in their own homes or communities. Settings where clients receive care are diverse, ranging from a private residence, seniors lodge, community clinic, or adult day program. Services may be received for short-term or long-term durations.
There are several factors providers and leaders can consider to better understand and improve client experiences. Some questions they could ask before taking action include:
Are clientsâ responses similar or different from other zones?
What do you know about the context in which a zone operates that may help you to understand those differences?
Are there questions with lower results that suggest an opportunity for improvement?
Are there questions with higher results that highlight what you are doing well and is there an opportunity to sustain this?
