Other CPhA Initiatives and Resources: Home Care

Including pharmacists in community-based home care teams is a key opportunity for pharmacists to play an expanded role beyond the dispensary. The First Minister's Accord on Health Care Renewal has set core requirements for a national home care program as a priority.

CPhA has produced a position paper and we are working with provincial pharmacy advocacy organizations to get the message heard and accepted: pharmacists' services, including medication reviews, must be part of the core set of home care services and payment models must be developed.

We are completing a project, funded by Health Canada's Population Health Fund, to study the role and duties of home support workers, develop training programs, and identify specific pharmacists' services to support home care workers in optimizing medication use in seniors receiving home care.

• CPhA Position Paper - Pharmacists and Homecare, 2003 (FRANÇAIS)
• Medication Management in Home Care - Screening and Managing Medication Problems in Isolated, Independent Living Seniors:
  • Project Summary
  • Phase I Executive Summary (en Français)
  • Medication Management Screening Tool
  • Medication Management Resource Guide
• CPhA Background Paper - The Role of the Pharmacist in Home Care, 2001
• CPhA Submission to the Romanow Commission - Challenge 5: Better Home Care
• First Ministers Accord on Health Care Renewal, Feb 2003
• Report of the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada -
• Kirby Senate Report: The Health of Canadians - The Federal Role. The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. Chair: The Honourable Michael J.L. Kirby Kirby (Post-Acute Home Care: Chapter 8; Palliative Care: Chapter 9).
• PharmaCheck... Am I Getting the Most From My Medication?
• Seamless Care
• The Safe Use of Medicines - A Workshop for Caregivers of Seniors. To order the Workshop
  (Note: CPhA was a member of the National Advisory Committee)
• Canadian Association for Community Care
• Canadian Home Care Association
• Canadian Home Care Human Resources Study

For more information, please contact:
Heather Mohr, Project Manager, Professional and Membership Affairs
Tel: (613) 523-7877, ext 248 or 1-800-917-9489
Fax: (613) 523-0445