The Health TAPESTRY intervention is based on four main parts:
- Interprofessional primary health care teams that provide health care services to the Health TAPESTRY client and work with them on meeting their goals,
- Trained community volunteers that connect with clients in their home to gather health and social information and to discuss life and health goals,
- Community engagement and connections that helps the Health TAPESTRY approach fit to the changing needs of a community by learning from the community and forming partnerships with other organizations, and
- The use of technology that connects clients, their health care team, volunteers and the community.
The four parts of Health TAPESTRY each play a role in a process called system navigation. System navigation helps a client understand and access a strong network of community organizations, including their primary care team, as part of their health care.
Research Findings
Below you will find summaries of research studies evaluating the Health TAPESTRY intervention as a whole. We have also done research on the four parts of the Health TAPESTRY intervention and you can find research summaries linked here. Visit this page for a full list of publications and presentations.
Primary care providers are critical in providing and optimizing health care to an aging population. This paper describes the volunteer component of a program (Health TAPESTRY) which aims to encourage the delivery of effective primary health care in novel and proactive ways. As part of the program, volunteers visited older…
Abstract Background In keeping with the changing needs of the Canadian population, primary care systems need to become more person-focused in providing quality care to older adults. As part of Health TAPESTRY, a complex intervention to strengthen primary care for older adults, a goal setting exercise was developed and tested…
BACKGROUND: The Health TAPESTRY (Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: STRengthening QualitY) intervention was designed to improve primary care teamwork and promote optimal aging. We evaluated the effectiveness of Health TAPESTRY in attaining goals of older adults (e.g., physical activity, productivity, social connection, medical status) and other outcomes. METHODS: We conducted…
Abstract Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of older adults on the implementation and impact of Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY), a multicomponent primary care programme that seeks to improve care coordination for individuals through health-related goal-setting supported by trained lay…
Abstract Background Many countries are engaged in primary care reforms to support older adults who are living longer in the community. Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality [Health TAPESTRY] is a primary care intervention aimed at supporting older adults that involves trained volunteers, interprofessional teams, technology, and system navigation.…
Abstract Background Increasing the integration of community volunteers into primary health care delivery has the potential to improve person-focused, coordinated care, yet the use of volunteers in primary care is largely unexplored. Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY) is a multi-component intervention involving trained community volunteers functioning…