Accessible Care

This paper highlights some of the evidence, challenges and opportunities to enhance wound care management within home care. Initiatives undertaken by home care programs across the country are addressed and key success factors identified.

The focus of this paper is to shed light on the rehabilitation therapy services in home care. Therapists’ interventions are effective at increasing independence, decreasing risk of health deterioration, improving health management, decreasing loss of autonomy and loss of function. Therapists make an important contribution to the health care team and when integrated effectively enhance the care delivery for the client – often a senior.