What is the Home First Approach?
Home First is an approach to managing acute care patients differently, identifying patients at risk of ALC LTC to reduce designation.
The focus of Home First is on making discharge home possible and avoiding discussion about LTC placement in hospital with
earlier involvement of CCAC (before ALC designation/LTC referral)
Home First mobilizes community resources—CCAC and Community Support Services (CSS) to enable discharge home
Avoiding deterioration in hospital or judging patients as ‘unable to return home’ making conversion from acute care to ALC/LTC in hospital a last resort.
HOME FIRST TOOLS
Patient Flyers
Brockville General Hospital Kingston General Hospital Perth/Smiths Falls District Hospital Quinte Health Care
Patient Flyer all sites
Physician Flyers
Brockville General Hospital Kingston General Hospital Perth/Smiths Falls District Hospital Quinte Health Care
