Term: Personal Care Home (PCH)

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2008-03-11

Definition #1:

Residential facilities for predominantly older persons with chronic illness or disability, also known as nursing homes. They may be proprietary (for profit) or non-proprietary. Non-proprietary PCHs may further be classified as secular or ethno-cultural (associated with a particular religious faith or language other than English) as well as either freestanding or juxtaposed with an acute care facility. In order to be admitted to a PCH an application form must be completed and reviewed by a panel which determines whether the person requires admission. Many persons who apply to enter a PCH have been home care clients for a considerable period of time, but their care needs have become too great to manage in the community. They generally continue to receive home care until admitted to a PCH.

Related concepts 

• Calculating Costs/Expenditures for Pharmaceuticals
• Level of Care - in Personal Care Home (PCH)

Related terms 

• Admission
• Admissions to Personal Care Home (PCH)
• Adult Day Care
• Adult Day Hospital
• Alternate Level of Care (ALC)
• Assessment for Personal Care Home Placement
• Assessment Panels
• Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
• Benchmark Specific Total
• Chronic Care
• Chronic Care
• Continuing Care
• Ethno-Cultural Personal Care Home
• From Community
• From Hospital
• From Other
• Length of Waiting Time (LWT) After Assessment
• Level of Care - In Personal Care Homes (PCH)
• Level of Care on Admission to Personal Care Homes (PCH)
• One Year Outcomes
• Panelled
• Panelled Days
• Panelling
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Beds
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Data
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Location
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Types
• Personal Care Home (PCH) Use
• Personal Care Home, Admissions
• Personal Care Home, Bed Supply
• Personal Care Home, Level of Care on Admission
• Personal Care Home, Median Length of Stay by Level of Care
• Personal Care Home, Median Wait Time for Admission
• Personal Care Home, Residents
• Personal Care Home, Where PCH Residents Came From Prior to Admission
• Personal Care Home, Where RHA Residents Went for PCH Admission
• Polypharmacy
• Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Benzodiazepines to Older Adults (75+)
• Residential Charges
• Residents in Personal Care Homes ('prevalence' of PCH use)
• Respite Care
• Respite Care
• Secular
• Separation Rates for Long Stays (30+ days)
• Use of Personal Care Home (PCH) Beds
• Utilization of Personal Care Home (PCH) Resources

References 

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Term used in 

• Currie RJ (1996). Summary: Alternatives to Acute Care.(View)
• Doupe M, Kozyrskyj A, Soodeen R, Derksen S, Burchill C, Huq S. An Initial Analysis of Emergency Departments and Urgent Care in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Full Report] [Summary] [Data extras] (View)
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• Roos NP, Black C, Roos LL, Frohlich N, De Coster C, Mustard C, Brownell M, Shanahan M, Fergusson P, Toll F, Carriere KC, Burchill C, Fransoo R, MacWilliam L, Bogdanovic B, Friesen D. Managing health services: how administrative data and population-based analyses can focus the agenda. Health Serv Manage Res 1998;11(1):49-67. [Abstract] (View)
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