2 research outputs found
Shaping home care in Europe: the contribution of the Aged in Home Care project
During the 1990s, use of home care sector has increased substantially in Europe. However, research on home care continues to be underreported. This article summarizes the findings from the "Aged in Home Care" (ADHOC) study - carried out from 2001 to 2004 in Europe - and women's situation in European Home Care
Quality of care in European home care programs using the second generation interRAI Home Care Quality Indicators (HCQIs)
Evaluating the quality of care provided to older individuals is a key step to ensure that needs are being met and to target interventions to improve care. To this aim, interRAI's second-generation home care quality indicators (HCQIs) were developed in 2013. This study assesses the quality of home care services in six European countries using these HCQIs as well as the two derived summary scales