Evaluation of the consumer - directed care initiative - Final Report
3.2 Evaluation purpose and objectives
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Glossary
1 Introduction- 2 The consumer-directed care initiative
3 Evaluation of the consumer-directed care initiative- 4 Profile of participants and the supports they accessed
- 5 Implementation and operation of the initiative
- 6 Impact of the initiative for CDC participants and their carers
- 7 Impact of the initiative for CDRC participants and the people they care for
- 8 Impact on providers and the broader service system
- 9 Cost assessment and cost-effectiveness of the initiative
- 10 Key findings
- 11 Lessons learnt and strategies for consideration
- Appendices
- References
The primary purpose of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of consumer-directed care approaches in the Australian community aged care context by examining the implementation, operation, impact and cost of the consumer-directed care initiative.
There were four key objectives for the evaluation:
- To evaluate the Department’s implementation of the initiative and ongoing administration, and the operationalisation of CDC by providers and centres (process evaluation)
- To evaluate the impacts or benefits of the CDC initiative on participants and their carers, including impacts or benefits in terms of their ability to achieve their personal goals and on their quality of life, recognising the length of time that the CDC initiative has been in operation (outcomes evaluation)
- To determine the cost of the initiative and assess the value for money of consumer-directed care in community aged care, relative to the outcomes achieved (cost analysis)