Objective While research suggests that higher continuity of primary and specialty physician
care can improve patient outcomes, their effects have rarely been examined and compared …

Aim To evaluate the association between frailty and post-cardiac arrest survival, functional
decline, and cognitive decline, among patients receiving home care. Methods Frailty was …

BACKGROUND Home‐based primary care has been associated with reductions in hospital
use among homebound older adults, but population‐based studies on the general home …

Introduction A third of older adults with diabetes receiving home-care services have daily
urinary incontinence. Despite this high prevalence of urinary incontinence, the condition is …

Abstract Background In Canada, publicly-funded home care programs enable older adults to
remain and be cared for in their home for as long as possible but they often differ in types of …

Background: Long-stay home care patients are a large population of older adults with multi-
morbidity and frailty. The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges to executing care …

Background Individuals experiencing multimorbidity have more complex healthcare needs,
use more healthcare services, and access multiple service providers across the healthcare …

PURPOSE Previous work has demonstrated that home care patients have an increased risk
of visiting the emergency department after a home nursing visit on the same day. We …

Background Chronic disease management models of care provide an opportunity to assist
home care clients to manage their disease burden. However, pragmatic trial management …

Background Home care patients are a growing group of community-dwelling older adults
with complex care needs and high health service use. Adult home care patients are at high …