TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Researching triads in home care: perceptions of safety from home care clients, their caregivers, and providers JO - Home health care management and practice A1 - Lang, Ariella A1 - Macdonald, Marilyn T. A1 - Storch, Jan A1 - Stevenson, Lynn A1 - Mitchell, Lori A1 - Barber, Tanya A1 - Roach, Sheri A1 - Toon, Lynn A1 - Griffin, Melissa A1 - Easty, Anthony A1 - Curry, Cherie Geering A1 - LaCroix, Hélène A1 - Donaldson, Susan A1 - Doran, Diane A1 - Blais, Regis SP - 59 EP - 71 VL - 26 IS - 2 N2 - Home care demand in Canada has more than doubled in recent years. While research related to safety in home care is growing, it lags behind that of patient safety in institutional settings. One of the gaps in the literature is the study of the perceptions of home care triads (clients, their unpaid caregivers, and paid providers). Thus, the objectives of this qualitative study were to describe the safety challenges of home care triads and to further understand the multiple dimensions of safety that contribute to or reduce safety concerns for these triads.

FINDINGS indicate that clients, unpaid caregivers, and providers struggle in the home care system. Home care models that are client centered need to be considered to provide seamless, quality, sustainable home care.

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LA - en SN - 1084-8223 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1084822313501077 ID - ref1 ER -