HIQA has developed draft National Standards for Home Support Services. These standards set out the outcomes a person using home support services should expect and what a service provider needs to do to achieve these outcomes.
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Evidence to inform the Draft National Standards for Home Support Services
The draft National Standards for Home Support Services have been informed by an evidence review and engagement with key stakeholders, including people who use the services, their representatives, family carers, advocacy groups, service providers and other stakeholders in the Irish health and social care sector. The national standards will provide a framework for best practice in providing person-centred home support.
Evidence review to inform the draft National Standards for Home Support Services
This evidence review provides an overview of the current Irish context and summarises international, national and academic evidence to identify characteristics of good person-centred practices in home support services, where people experience safe, high-quality outcomes from the care and support they receive in their home.
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Evidence review on homecare and home support services
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Evidence review on homecare and home support services Executive summary
Stakeholder involvement report informing the development of the draft National Standards for Home Support Services
This report outlines the stakeholder involvement conducted to inform the draft National Standards for Home Support Services. It describes who we engaged with, how we engaged with them, what feedback they provided and how this feedback informed the development of the standards.
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Stakeholder involvement report
Stakeholder involvement report informing the development of the National Standards for Home Support Services.