TOP of Mind - THE CHANGE FOUNDATION's E-Newsletter February 2010 Change Foundation joins others to support 1st collaborative competition on patient/client safety in home care in Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) issues RFA While we're starting to get a clearer picture of the safety risks in Canada's acute-care settings, we're still largely in the dark when it comes to knowing how big a problem we have with patient/client safety in home care in Canada. To fill this gap, a number of organizations, including The Change Foundation, have partnered with CPSI to fund research that will reveal the scope of the problem. CPSI launched the research competition (RFA - Patient/Client safety in Home Care in Canada) January 28th. This is the first time -- not only in Canada, but internationally -- for major funding (up to $1.1 million) to be made available for researchers to study patient/client safety in home care. The sponsoring organizations are CPSI, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), Institute of Aging (IA), Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH); The Change Foundation; and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF). "The Change Foundation is pleased to participate in this national effort which builds on our previous work and comes at a crucial time given Canada's demograhics and growing demand for home-care services,"said CEO Cathy Fooks. "Without this commitment to identify the size of the challenge we're facing, it would be difficult to make measurable and meaningful progress on improving safety in home care for the millions of Canadians who rely on it,"she said. The research project will be completed over two years, and the sponsoring organizations have committed to sharing the results of this groundbreaking work widely, with a view to informing changes in policy, practice and behaviour in home-care settings. The application deadline is April 8, 2010 at 12:00pm MT. To find out more about the Patient/Client Safety in Home Care in Canada Request for Applications, see the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI).