What is Continuing Care Quality?
In a quality continuing care system, individuals and their families access and receive resident/client centered, effective, evidence based, and safe continuing care services. The Alberta Heath Services Vision for Continuing Care Quality is:
Individuals and their families will access and receive quality safe continuing care services from a high performing, highly reliable Continuing Care System
Quality in continuing care is supported by the following principles:
- Putting people and their families at the center of their care
- Being committed to quality and safety
- Fostering a culture of trust and respect
- Being focused on wellness and public health
- Enabling decision-making using the best available evidence
- Providing the right care in the right place at the right time
Priorities for continuing care quality:
- Providing appropriate care to the community that is person centered and continuously improving
- Partnering with patients, residents and families for better outcomes delivered within a fair and consistent learning culture that is based on evidence
- Achieving health system sustainability, including financial stewardship, proactive resource planning, and a focus on wellness, wellbeing, prevention, integration and coordination
