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Am I Safe: Supporting conversations about patient safety in the home

Description:

Providing safe health care in an unpredictable home setting poses unique challenges.  This document discusses considerations and approaches to conversations with persons who may have risks living at home. It provides guidance to health care providers who engage patients and their carers in conversations about identifying, managing and mitigating risk, and is a resource for healthcare providers to help patients and their carers answer the question "Am I Safe?".


Author(s):

Canadian Home Care Association and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Publisher:

Canadian Home Care Association and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Year:

2015