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.
Making sense of the implementation of Health TAPESTRY
Why did we do the study? The implementation of Health TAPESTRY in six communities across the province involved a nine-partner community-academic partnership (CAP): one academic partner, two non-profit organizations, and six primary care practices. There are many barriers, facilitators, and considerations that occur when forming and engaging in this kind…
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Health TAPESTRY Ontario: A Pragmatic Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Implementation and Reproducibility of a Complex Intervention for Older Adults
Why did we do the study? The first study testing the value of Health TAPESTRY found that people who received Health TAPESTRY walked more, had fewer hospitalizations, and saw their primary care team more often than the control group. This study was done under very controlled research conditions so in…
Perceptions of older adults in Ontario, Canada on the implementation and impact of a primary care programme, Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY): a descriptive qualitative study
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…
Combining volunteers and primary care teamwork to support health goals and needs of older adults: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
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…