Strategic Methods

Research activities

Our participatory research methods helps us gain a better understanding of the patient and caregiver experience. We create research syntheses, scan for evaluation methodologies and results, and produce chart packs that you can download to use in your own research and reports.

September 22, 2010
How safe is health care in the home in Canada? Ground-breaking research to find out begins

Diane Doran at the University of Toronto and Régis Blais of the University of Montreal have emerged as the winning research team exploring the prevalence, magnitude and risk of patient safety incidents in home-care settings across Canada.

Read more here.

April 16, 2010
Research shows value of using right level, location of home/community services in Ontario

By looking at that particular group's use of home and community care, assisted living/supportive housing services, primary care, long-term care, and hospitals and calculating costs avoided and costs incurred - including the impact on informal caregiver productivity - the analysts arrived at a potential cost savings of $13 million in this region alone from the appropriate use of home and community services, with projections of potential province-wide saving of $150 million per year. Read key findings and methodology. Read client/caregiver stories/analysis and synopsis of health provider interviews.

October 28, 2009
Having Their Say & Choosing Their Way - Final reports and Commentary

Read about the report here.

Read our fact sheet on Home Care in Ontario.
Read our fact sheet on informal care.
Read our fact sheet on Hospital-to-"Home" Transitions for Patients/Caregivers.

Read more about our research agenda on Quality Improvement in Home and Community Care.

Find more information in our reports and resources section.