{"id":80818,"date":"2024-01-23T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?page_id=80818"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:12:06","slug":"the-home-first-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/patients-visitors\/the-home-first-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home First philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Home First is a patient-centered philosophy focused on keeping patients (especially high-needs seniors) safe in their homes for as long as possible with community supports.&nbsp; Home First is about providing the right care, in the right place, at the right time and at the right cost to ensure successful transition back to a home or community setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Home First philosophy, the discharge plan from hospital is always home.&nbsp; Only when returning home with support is not possible or safe, are other options considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a hospital stay, many patients can continue their recovery safely in the comfort of their home if they receive the appropriate homecare services.&nbsp; Your health-care team will work with you and your loved ones to determine the most appropriate resources and support available to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Home First?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario hospitals are experiencing significant patient flow issues along with the rest of the health-care system. Patients who can recover safely at home help improve timely hospital access for those who truly need it.&nbsp; If acute beds are not available, people who come to the Emergency Department and need to be admitted may experience a delay in being transferred to a more appropriate unit in the hospital, or patients may have their surgery delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will Home First help me?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recovering at home once medically stable can have a positive impact on your quality of life.&nbsp; Being in a familiar, comfortable setting can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Help you make better decisions about your future.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help you move around and get stronger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help prevent possible exposure to other illnesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help community-based supports come to you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help make sure you don\u2019t go into long-term care too early.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be more affordable than staying in the hospital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Early on in your hospital stay, members of your health-care team will begin to plan for the type of care you will need once you are ready to go home.&nbsp; We work closely with you, your family, and our community partners, including Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) to help create a plan that addresses your care needs when you leave the hospital. &nbsp;Remember, you and your caregivers play an important role in making these plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will do everything possible to support you and your family as you transition from hospital to home.&nbsp; If you have questions or concerns about your discharge plan, please reach out to a member of your health-care team.&nbsp; We are here to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home First is a patient-centered philosophy focused on keeping patients (especially high-needs seniors) safe in their homes for as long as possible with community supports.&nbsp; Home First is about providing the right care, in the right place, at the right time and at the right cost to ensure successful transition back to a home or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80818","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80818\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}