Care Companion Program

Programme Description

Care Companion Program (CCP)- a Government of Punjab initiative in partnership with YosAid Innovation Foundation and Inspired by Noora Health, aims to engage family members by training them in basic medical skills that have the highest impact for improving a patient’s recovery.

The Program focuses on educating and empowering people to be agents of change for their own health and wellbeing and has turned hospital hallways/wards into classrooms and taps into the most compassionate and willing resource available for care - the patient’s own family. Till date under the program approx. over 1,15,252 patients and caregivers have been trained in the program.

Sessions are being conducted by the staff everyday in the hospitals, and the districts have started using CCP for creating awareness on local health issues like Malaria, dengue etc. Adding to the initiatives, State has decided to celebrate and create awareness on Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day for one month starting 21st October 2019 through CCP. Under this awareness will be created among patients/caregivers focusing on importance of taking Iodised salt, why is it important, what should be included in diet and what can its deficiency cause etc.

This program will be running in all the five condition areas of Care Companion Program thereby helping in creating awareness in pregnant mothers, children and general patients.

Programme Outcomes

By teaching the family high-impact yet basic medical skills to take care of their loved ones in the hospital and at home, it will empower families to help patients with a better recovery in the hospital and a healthier life at home.

Scalability

This will help in system strengthening by providing appropriate health education to family members and aim to improve patient satisfaction rate and faith of patients on public health facilities and hence is scalable initiative.

Implementation Partners

Care Companion Program (CCP)- a Government of Punjab initiative in partnership with YosAid Innovation Foundation and Inspired by Noora Health

Source : We Care Coffee Table Book - Good, Replicable and Innovative Practices 2019