%0 Journal Article
%T Fostering Excellence: An Examination of High
%A Cari Levy
%A Chelsea E. Manheim
%A Jacqueline Jones
%A Leah M. Haverhals
%J Home Health Care Management & Practice
%@ 1552-6739
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1084822317736795
%X This qualitative study aimed to assist the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to efficiently target recruitment into VHA Medical Foster Homes (MFHs) by understanding how high-enrollment MFH (HE-MFH) program attributes optimized MFH enrollment. We used an emergent exploratory design to study 3 HE-MFH programs across the United States. Data were collected from August 2013 through June 2014 through individual in-person and phone interviews and in-person focus group discussions with 39 MFH care providers. Three main themes emerged as essential for optimizing HE-MFH program enrollment: (1) alignment of right caregiver, right home, and right Veteran; (2) care practices that support caregiver, Veteran, and home-based primary care (HBPC); and (3) workplace practices and processes that demonstrate support of the MFH coordinator role by facility leadership and the HBPC team
%K caregivers
%K long-term care
%K Veterans
%K program development
%K aging
%K adult foster care
%K community dwelling
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1084822317736795