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Table 3 Distribution of met and unmet needs according to Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE)

From: Transition of care from post-acute services for the older adults in Quebec: a pilot impact evaluation

CANE sections

PAHP-Admission

PAHP-Discharge

Met need

Unmet need

Met need

Unmet need

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Environmental needs

Accommodation

5

20.8

2

8.3

2

8.3

1

4.2

Looking after the home

20

83.3

3

12.5

21

87.5

2

8.3

Food

15

62.5

2

8.3

14

58.3

3

12.5

Caring for someone

3

12.5

2

8.3

2

8.3

1

4.2

Money/budgeting

5

20.8

0

0.0

5

20.8

0

0.0

Benefits

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Physical needs

Self-care

10

41.7

3

12.5

9

37.5

0

0.0

Eyesight/hearing

5

20.8

0

0.0

4

16.7

2

8.3

Mobility/falls

19

79.2

4

16.7

17

70.8

5

20.8

Incontinence

4

16.7

1

4.2

3

12.5

1

4.2

Physical health

17

70.8

1

4.2

15

62.5

3

12.5

Drugs

9

37.5

0

0.0

6

25.0

2

8.3

Psychological needs

Psychotic symptoms

1

4.2

0

0.0

1

4.2

0

0.0

Memory

5

20.8

0

0.0

5

20.8

2

8.3

Psychological distress

0

0.0

2

8.3

1

4.2

3

12.5

Safety to self

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Inadvertent self-harm

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Behavior

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Alcohol

2

8.3

0

0.0

1

4.2

0

0.0

Social needs

Information

5

20.8

4

16.7

2

8.3

4

16.7

Abuse/neglect

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Company

6

25.0

3

12.5

4

16.7

2

8.3

Intimate relationships

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

4.2

0

0.0

Daytime activities

6

25.0

5

20.8

8

33.3

4

16.7

Overall Mean (%)

5.7

23.8

1.3

5.6

5

21

1.4

6.1

Standard deviation

6.2

 

1.6

 

6

 

1.5

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