Bringing care home : Report of the Expert Group on Home & Community Care

Structural Considerations Although the issue of the structure of the home and community care sector was outside the mandate of the Expert Group, it was the subject of much of the feedback we received from clients, families and providers. [...] Recommendation 1: That the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care endorse the principles of client and family-centered care as expressed in the proposed Home and Community Care Charter and incorporate them into the development of all relevant policies, regulations funding and accountability strategies for this sector. [...] And that the Local Health Integration Networks, working with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, use the proposed Home and Community Care Charter for the planning, delivery and evaluation of home care and community services. [...] II III Report of the Expert Group on Home & Community Care Report of the Expert Group on Home & Community Care Recommendation 3: That the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care explicitly define which home care and community services are eligible for provincial funding (i.e., the available ‘basket of services’) and under what circumstances. [...] Recommendation 11: That the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care direct the Local Health Integration Networks to select and fund the most appropriate lead agency or agencies to design and coordinate the delivery of outcomes-based home and community care for populations requiring home and community care for a long term within their LHIN.