TY - JOUR
T1 - Availability and acceptability of Canadian home and community-based services
T2 - Perspectives of family caregivers of persons with dementia
AU - Forbes, Dorothy A.
AU - Markle-Reid, Maureen
AU - Hawranik, Pamela
AU - Peacock, Shelley
AU - Kingston, Dawn
AU - Morgan, Debra
AU - Henderson, Sandra
AU - Leipert, Beverley
AU - Jansen, S. Lynn
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded by Alzheimer Society of Canada, Canadian Nurses Foundation, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Gender and Health.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Thirty-five percent of Canadians over the age of 85 have dementia, and up to 90% of their home care is provided by family and friends. The purpose of this study was to explore the use and satisfaction with home and community-based services for persons with dementia from the perspectives of family caregivers. The study was conducted using an interpretive, descriptive, qualitative approach. Six focus groups (N = 36) and three personal interviews were conducted with rural and urban caregivers in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada. Using Lubrosky's (1994) thematic analysis, the overarching themes identified were availability and acceptability of services. The findings suggest a need for an integrated continuing care model that includes the person living with dementia and their family caregivers as partners in care, addresses all of the determinants of health, and embraces sensitivity, diversity, flexibility, and supportive services to enhance the availability and acceptability of Canadian home and community-based services.
AB - Thirty-five percent of Canadians over the age of 85 have dementia, and up to 90% of their home care is provided by family and friends. The purpose of this study was to explore the use and satisfaction with home and community-based services for persons with dementia from the perspectives of family caregivers. The study was conducted using an interpretive, descriptive, qualitative approach. Six focus groups (N = 36) and three personal interviews were conducted with rural and urban caregivers in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada. Using Lubrosky's (1994) thematic analysis, the overarching themes identified were availability and acceptability of services. The findings suggest a need for an integrated continuing care model that includes the person living with dementia and their family caregivers as partners in care, addresses all of the determinants of health, and embraces sensitivity, diversity, flexibility, and supportive services to enhance the availability and acceptability of Canadian home and community-based services.
KW - Availability and acceptability of home and community-based services
KW - Family caregivers of persons with dementia
KW - Integrated, continuing care model
KW - Interpretive, descriptive, qualitative approach
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56149106272&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01621420802022548
DO - 10.1080/01621420802022548
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 18928206
AN - SCOPUS:56149106272
SN - 0162-1424
VL - 27
SP - 75
EP - 99
JO - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
JF - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -
