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Promising Practices in First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care
April 2010
The First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care (FNIHCC) program was established in 1999 and has been instrumental in facilitating the development of relevant programs within 606 First Nations reserves/communities and 53 Inuit communities across Canada. To mark the 10th anniversary of the FNIHCC program this profile of ‘promising practices’, identified from each of the eight FNIHCC Regions across Canada, was commissioned. These practices are a testament to the effectiveness of collaboration and partnerships and how working together in a trusting and open environment leads to positive and sustainable change. This compilation is a celebration of the achievements of communities, tribal councils, regions and jurisdictions over the past 10 years.
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Integrating and Coordinating Mental Health and Home Care Services in Canada: A Scan of Promising Practices and Existing Service Delivery Models
May 2009
The purpose of the review was to gather information and gain an understanding on promising practices or existing integrated and/or coordinated mental health and home care services delivery models available to the Canadian population.
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Integration of Care: Exploring the Potential of the Alignment of Home Care with Other Health Care Sectors
2008
The CHCA undertook, with funding from Health Canada, to increase awareness, uptake and implementation of integration models involving home care and other health care sectors in communities across Canada. This report is a summation of the observations and findings arising from the project. Additional information, tools and reports are available at CHCA Initiatives.
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A Scan of Options for Delivering Home Care in Rural, Remote and Northern Regions of Canada
2008
This project explored home care services in three distinct communities across Canada in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and solutions from a client perspective, a provider perspective and a system perspective.
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Implementing Case Management as a Strategy for System Integrations: Experiences from the CHCA National Partnership Project
2007
Case Management in home care can be utilized as a strategy for health systems integration. Through the implementation of five essential steps, home care programs can move to a more pro-active, results orientated approach to case management and chronic disease management.
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Pediatric SCAN. Home Care for Children with Special Needs: An Environmental Scan across Canadian Provinces and Territories
2006
This report captures detailed qualitative and quantitative information/ data concerning home care program eligibility for children with special needs across the country and surfaces unmet needs and service gaps and areas of innovation.
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The Gold Standard for Palliative Home Care
2006
To support provincial and territorial government efforts to fulfill their commitment, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association in partnership with the Canadian Home Care Association has defined the gold standard for each of the four home care services to be funded by government: case management, nursing, palliative-specific pharmaceuticals and personal care at the end of life.
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