Project Overview

Community services for older adults with supportive care needs, and their caregivers, are fragmented with no central points of navigation and access, therefore limiting knowledge of and use of these important support services. YourCare+ (https://yourcareplus.ca/) is a not-for-profit, social prescribing platform that provides practical information and state of the art tools that address immediate needs to help people self-manage care in the home. We will conduct a proof-of-concept pilot to test the beta version of the YourCare+ Self-Referral Platform with older adults and caregivers living in private dwellings with supportive care needs. This platform will allow users to digitally navigate and self-refer to home care and community support services using a validated self-reported health assessment to identify service needs. The platform will generate customized lists of service recommendations in a user’s specified geographic area. The YourCare+ Self-Referral Platform offers an automated mechanism for self-navigation based on validated assessment systems used in Home and Community Care Support Services across Ontario.