Measuring
Person-Centered Quality
PEONIES
The ultimate purpose of the services and supports provided to elders
and people with disabilities is to support them in pursuing the quality of
life that is acceptable to them.
Therefore, the long-term care system must have a well-developed method
for assessing what constitutes 'quality of life' for each individual and
of assessing whether those attributes are present in each individual's
life.
In 2005, after working with consumers and other stakeholders and
building on years of experience with the RESPECT
values, the Department of Health Services, adopted a set
of twelve outcomes statements (PDF, 29 KB) for its long-term care programs.
In December 2006, DHS awarded a contract to the University of
Wisconsin-Madison to develop a tool for interviewing people to identify
their individually-desired outcomes and for assessing whether they are
present, supported and achieved. This project is known as the PEONIES
Project (PEONIES stands for Personal Experience Outcomes iNtegrated
Interview and Evaluation System). When completed, the PEONIES interview
tool will be used by DHS' external quality reviewers and will be made
available for use by managed care organizations and long-term care waiver
programs.
For more information, visit the PEONIES website (Exit
DHS).
Since the beginning of Family Care implementation, assessing member
outcomes has been one of the innovative ways in which DHS has assured
quality. From November 2000 to July 2005, DHS conducted a series of
member-outcome interviews.
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Last Revised:
May 02, 2013 |
