Performance-Based Home Care for the Elderly: The Quality of Circumstance Protocol
- 15 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Home Health Care Services Quarterly
- Vol. 18 (4), 1-48
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j027v18n04_01
Abstract
The paper introduces a performance-based protocol for use by case managers in home care programs for the elderly. Drawing upon the goal attainment approach to service planning and evaluation, the protocol specifies a set of five observable conditions ranging from the highly desirable to the highly undesirable that correspond to each ADL and IADL dimension plus five other dimensions of importance to community residing frail elders. The conditions documented through the protocol provide a basis for setting explicit expectations of what can be achieved through home care interventions. The paper describes a pilot effort to test the protocol in the Massachusetts state funded home care program Both the protocol's client assessment form and data collection guide are included as appendices.Keywords
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