898 Portage Parkway, Vaughan, Ontario L4K 0J6, Concord, Ontario, Canada
About Family-Managed Home Care
Family-Managed Home Care is a new model for home care delivery in Ontario. It is available in each Home and Community Care Support Services .
Family-Managed Home Care is intended to provide more control over care to eligible patients and families. Through the program, eligible patients, or their substitute decision-makers – such as their spouse or parent, will receive funding that they can use to purchase home care services or employ care providers. patients or substitute decision-makers are responsible for managing their care providers and reporting to the Home and Community Care Support Services.
What are the responsibilities of the patient or SDM?
The program provides patients or substitute decision-makers (SDMs) with considerable independence and responsibility. Patients or their substitute decision-makers are responsible for managing the care required by the patient and their service providers, as well as for financial administration and reporting.
They must be:
- Aware of the types of home care services that the patient requires and when they require them
- Capable of recruiting, scheduling and overseeing care providers in the home, including establishing contingency plans
- Able to fully understand and carry out the responsibilities of being an employer, often of multiple service providers
- Capable of managing the financial aspects of the program, including the SDC bank account, payment of service providers and taxes, securing insurance, record-keeping and fulfilling Home and Community Care Support Services reporting.