Using benchmarking to assist the improvement of service quality in home support services for older people—IN TOUCH (Integrated Networks Towards Optimising Understanding of Community Health)

Stephen P. Jacobs, Matthew Parsons, Paul Rouse, John Parsons and Michelle Gunderson-Reid

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2018, vol. 67, issue C, 113-121

Abstract: Service providers and funders need ways to work together to improve services. Identifying critical performance variables provides a mechanism by which funders can understand what they are purchasing without getting caught up in restrictive service specifications that restrict the ability of service providers to meet the needs of the clients. An implementation pathway and benchmarking programme called IN TOUCH provided contracted providers of home support and funders with a consistent methodology to follow when developing and implementing new restorative approaches for service delivery. Data from performance measurement was used to triangulate the personal and social worlds of the stakeholders enabling them to develop a shared understanding of what is working and what is not. The initial implementation of IN TOUCH involved five District Health Boards. The recursive dialogue encouraged by the IN TOUCH programme supports better and more sustainable service development because performance management is anchored to agreed data that has meaning to all stakeholders.

Keywords: Home support; Older people; Performance measurement; Performance management; Implementation; Benchmarking; Balanced scorecard; Restorative home support; Reablement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.12.008

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