Priority Home Services
FEATURES
Program Features:
- provides rehab/restorative services to clients to optimize functioning post-acute hospitalization
- support for patients who have been identified as at risk of Personal Care Home (PCH) placement, with a focus on staying home
- additional service option within the WRHA Home Care Program
- runs for up to 90 days
Team Involved:
- OT, PT, SLP, SW, RA, Case Coordinators
REFERRAL CRITERIA
- high risk for LTC or urgent PCH placement
- high risk/precarious discharge and risk of re- hospitalization, requiring intensive case management
- significant functional change and would benefit from allied health involvement
- willing to participate and motivated toward rehab
- heavy care plan requiring a restorative, collaborative approach to ensure care plan is maintainable for community home care
REFERRAL PROCESS
Referrals are coordinated by the Hospital-Based or Community Home Care Coordinator.
A Priority Home Services representative may be contacted prior to initiating a referral, to discuss appropriateness for service and/or to attend complex discharge planning meetings.
Priority Home Services (PHS) Intake Case Coordinator: 204-792-1736