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Table 5 Identified pains and (desired) gains for ‘how to evaluate’

From: The needs of key-stakeholders for evaluating client’s experienced quality of home care: a qualitative approach

Category

Pains

Gains

How to evaluate

▪ Difficulties finding time to use, analyze, and document existing evaluation methods (I,F,P)

▪ Not suitable with ongoing care process, creating worry that client will be treated as new and unknown (F,P)

▪ Missing supportive methods to evaluate (F,P)

▪ Physical properties of evaluation on paper (F)

▪ Provide only snapshot of client (P)

▪ Current questions asked are too broad, leaves room for too many interpretations (P)

▪ Patient file as starting point evaluation (F)

▪ Room for humor during evaluation (F)

▪ Adjusting way of evaluating to understanding client (F)

Desired gains

Sharing experiences during conversation (C,F)

Discussing multiple subjects and look beyond standard quality indicators (F,P)

Sharing expectations of care services (F)

Ability to evaluate anonymously by mail (I)

Visually supporting method to evaluate (F)

Interactive application (F)

Measurement should connect to existing ICT platforms (P)

  1. Mentioned by C Clients, I Informal caregivers, F formal caregivers, P managers/policy officers