Table 9

The implementation of outcome indicators in the PMS

ActivitiesOutcome indicatorsStatus of implementation
Planning and delivering of the homecare service to elderly peopleI1. Overall and average number of service hours by beneficiary (including contact, joint appointments and coaching activities)Fully implemented
Ensuring professionalism of the homecare workersProfessionalism in terms of the quality of service provided to beneficiariesI2. Number of homecare workers by seniority and qualification
I3. Amount of non-compliance among beneficiaries and homecare workers
I4. Timely communication with the beneficiary
Fully implemented
Professionalism of the staff and the organisation itselfI5. Timely communication with the organisation and among staff
  1. missed card punch

  2. tardiness beyond 15 minutes

  3. leaves and permissions

I6. Flexibility of the homecare workers in terms of planning theirs days
I5 and I6 have both been partially implemented. In more detail, the social enterprise has designed a specific spreadsheet in order to manually collect information to build I5; however, timely updating of this information has been lacking. The organisation is working with a software house to hasten data collection. I6 was manually implemented with a spreadsheet
Training homecare workersI7. Availability of workers to participate in optional training
I8. Use of role plays upon completion of training
I7 was implemented as an indicator. In order to increase the availability of homecare workers to attend the voluntary training, the social enterprise is trying to offer additional voluntary courses
I8 has been implemented with one role play event in 2018, which helped to investigate the effectiveness of the training courses
Providing individual homecare programI9. Inclusion of information concerning every rescheduling and/or service modificationI9 has been partially implemented
Giving family caregiver supportHuman and psycological supportI10. List of activities in support of users' family members
I11. Submit a questionnaire to measure the effectiveness of the provided support activities
I10 has been fully implemented, but I11 (the questionnaire) has not been submitted to families
Skills transferI12. Submit a questionnaire to measure the capability of
  1. the worker to transfer skills

  2. the user's family members to understand

Not implemented
Training activitiesI13. Activate training activities for users' family members
I14. Submit a questionnaire to monitor training activities
Not implemented

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