Look Globally - Act Locally: Integrating Care in the Community for Vulnerable Populations
Event Details
This symposium, presented by the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA), featured top speakers from Canada and from European countries such as Austria, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. These countries have implemented or are currently implementing integration initiatives. A key goal was to learn more about what works, what does not, and what needs to be done at the local level to implement successful integrated client care initiatives. See below for speaker's bios and presentations!
This symposium also featured a “town hall” panel discussion which aimed to surface integration challenges and opportunities currently experienced by participants including front-line providers, consumers and policy-makers. While integration challenges are global, solutions are local.
Local panelists included:
- Scott Dudgeon, CEO, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
- Kathy Durst, Chair, Waterloo Wellington LHIN, Guelph, ON
- Judi Fisher, Executive Director, Cheshire, London, ON
- Cathy Szabo, Executive Director, Central Community Care Access Centre, Newmarket, ON
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Look Globally, Act Locally Symposium Highlight DVD is now available online!
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Date & Time
Monday, October 20, 2008 ~ 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Master of Ceremonies
- Cal Martell, Clinical Director, Ottawa Hospital & Director, Regional Geriatric Program, ON
Bio
Speakers (alphabetically)
- Jenny Billings, Deputy Director/ Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Studies,University of Kent, UK
Bio | Presentation
- Marcus Hollander, President, Hollander Analytical Services Ltd, BC
Bio | Presentation - Kai Leichsenring,
Researcher, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy & Research, Austria
Bio | Presentation
- Janet Lum, Associate Professor/Co-Director, Graduate Program in Public Policy & Administration, Department of Politics & Public Administration, Ryerson University; and Co-Chair, Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC)
Bio | Presentation - Henk Nies, CEO, Vilans, the Centre of Expertise for Long-Term Care, the Netherlands
Bio | Presentation - David Pedlar,
Research Director, Veterans Affairs Canada, PEI
Bio | Presentation - A. Paul Williams, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), University of Toronto; and Co-Chair, Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC)
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Location
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel, Grand Richmond Ballroom
Background
Canada's aging population, rising institutional care costs, persistent shortages of health human resources, concerns about the sustainability of health care and changing values to age at home have pushed Canada to consider comprehensive continuing care approaches to health and social care. What is the balance of evidence regarding continuing care initiatives in Canada? What are the policy and practice implications for continuing care when older people want to stay at home?
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Event Organizers
Canadian research network for care in the community (CRNCC) /
Réseau canadien de recherche pour les soins dans la communauté (RCRSC)
~ Leading knowledge exchange on home and community care ~
CRNCC / RCRSC is an international network of researchers, providers, citizen groups, community organizations, consumers and policy makers. Its goal is to share knowledge and research evidence about the crucial role of community support services within the broader continuum of health and social care. CRNCC / RCRSC is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Ryerson University.
www.crncc.ca
The Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA)
The Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) supports, promotes and represents the common goals of its members. They provide not-for-profit health and social services that help people live at home in their own communities, across Ontario.
OCSA represents more than 360 community agencies, 25,000 staff and 100,000 volunteers across Ontario. Last year these volunteers donated over 2.5 million hours of service. OCSA works with their members to ensure that issues which affect community services are heard and addressed by government policy makers, other health organizations, the media and the general public.
www.ocsa.on.ca
