Home Care Services Helped the Recipient Stay at Home

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Home Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Quality of Life

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of households where at least one household member received home care services in the past 12 months and reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Numerator

Total number of households receiving home care services where respondents reported that these services were very helpful in allowing the recipient(s) to stay at home.

Denominator

Total number of households receiving home care services, excluding households where the reason for home care was not related to staying in the home.

Exclusions

Households where the reason for home care was not related to staying in the home, households on reserves or in other Indigenous settlements, institutionalized populations, households where the respondent was unsure whether or not the home care services were helpful, households where the respondent refused to respond.

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Canadian Community Health Survey, Statistics Canada.

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Reported at National, Province/Territory level. On CIHI webtool: Your Health System: In Brief.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Home Care Services Helped the Recipient Stay at Home. Accessed September 25, 2023.

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025