How Can Telehomecare Support Informal Care? Examining What is Known and Exploring the Potential: Final Report

Prepared by John C. Hogenbirk ¹, Linda Liboiron-Grenier ¹
Raymond W. Pong ¹ and Nancy L. Young ²
For the Home and Continuing Health Care Policy Unit, Health Canada
May 31, 2005

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Methodology

2.1 Literature Search Criteria
2.2 Literature Search Methods
2.3 Project Search Strategy and Methods

3. Results

3.1 Literature Search
3.2 Project Search
3.3 Description of Informal Caregiving

3.3.1 Prevalence
3.3.2 Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics
3.3.3 Care and Cost Burden
3.3.4 Care Recipients (CRs)
3.3.5 Nature of the Care Provided
3.3.6 Homecare Professionals
3.3.7 Summary of Informal Caregiving

4. Telehomecare and Informal Caregivers

4.1 Access
4.2 Acceptability
4.3 Integration
4.4 Quality

4.4.1 Quality of Technical Service
4.4.2 Quality of Interventions
4.4.3 Quality of Outcomes

4.5 Benefits and Costs

5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
7. Literature Cited

¹ Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian Univeristy
² Population Health Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children