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Balance of Care
Caregiver Support
Chronic Disease Management
Integrated Care
Health Care
Mental Health
Pediatric Home Care
Sexuality and Intimacy
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Balance of Care

Formal and Informal Care for Older Persons: Assessing the Balance in Ontario
A. Paul Williams, Allie Peckham, Kerry Kuluski, Robin Montgomery, Frances Morton and Jillian Watkins
Prepared by the Balance of Care Research Group, University of Toronto
March 2010

Balancing Institutional and Community-Based Care: Why Some Older Persons Can Age Successfully at Home While Others Require Residential Long-Term Care
A. Paul Williams, David Challis, Raisa Deber, Jillian Watkins, Kerry Kuluski, Janet M. Lum and Stacey Daub
Longwoods Review, 7(1) 2009: 95-105

Caregiver Support

Who Cares and How Much? The Imputed Economic Contribution to the Canadian Healthcare System of Middle-Aged and Older Unpaid Caregivers Providing Care to The Elderly
Marcus J. Hollander, Guiping Liu and Neena L. Chappell
Healthcare Quarterly, 12(2) 2009: 42-49

Chronic Disease Management

Community-Based Adaptive Physical Activity Program for Chronic Stroke: Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of the Empoli Model
Mary Stuart, Francesco Benvenut, Richard Macko, Antonio Taviani, Lucianna Segenni, Federico Mayer, John D. Sorkin, Steven J. Stanhope, Velio Macellari and Michael Weinrich.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 23(7) 2009: 726-734

Community Exercise: A Vital Component to Healthy Aging
Mary Stuart, Sarah Chard, Francesco Benvenuti and Sharon Steinwachs
HealthcarePapers, 10(1) 2009: 23-28

Exercise for Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Policy Perspective
Mary Stuart, Sarah Chard, and Suzanna Roettger
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 45(2) 2008: 329-336

Integrated Care

Mapping the State of the Art: Integrating Care for Vulnerable Older Populations
A. Paul Williams, Raisa Deber, Janet Lum, Robin Montgomery, Allie Peckham, Kerry Kuluski, Jillian Watkins, Frances Morton-Chang, Alex Williams, Alvin Ying and Lynn Zhu
Prepared for: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Fall 2009

Increasing Value for Money in the Canadian Healthcare System: New Findings and the Case for Integrated Care for Seniors
Marcus J. Hollander, Jo Ann Miller, Margaret MacAdam, Neena Chappell and David Pedlar
Healthcare Quarterly, 12(1) 2009: 38-47

All Together Now: A Conceptual Exploration of Integrated Care
Dennis Kodner
Healthcare Quarterly, 13(Special Issue) 2009: 6-15

Understanding LHINs: A Review of the Health System Integration Act and the Integrated Health Services
By Komal Bhasin MSW, MHSC (HA), CHE; and A. Paul Williams, PhD., Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto and CRNCC Co-Chair.
Prepared for the Canadian Reasearch Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA). May 2007.

Integrated Care: Meaning, Logic, Applications and Implications - A Discussion Paper
Dennis L. Kodner and Cor Spreeuwenberg
Journal of Integrated Care, 2, 14 November 2002: 1-6

Fully Integrated Care for Frail Elderly: Two American Models
Dennis L. Kodner and Corinne Kay Kyriacou
Journal of Integrated Care, 1, 1 November 2000: 1-19

Health Care

Providing Care and Support for an Aging Population: Briefing Notes on Key Policy Issues
Marcus J. Hollander, Neena L. Chappell, Michael J. Prince and Evelyn Shapiro
Healthcare Quarterly, 10(3) 2007: 34-45

Building on Values – The Future of Health Care in Canada
Final Report of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Commissioner: Roy J. Romanow, Q.C.
November 2002

The Health of Canadians – The Federal Role
Final Report - Volume Six: Recommendations for Reform
By The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Chair: The Honourable Michael J.L. Kirby, Deputy Chair: The Honourable Marjory LeBreton.
October 2002

Mental Health

Out of the Shadows at Last - Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada
Final Report of The Standing Senate Committee On Social Affairs, Science And Technology
The Honourable Michael J.L.Kirby, Chair, The Honourable Wilbert Joseph Keon, Deputy Chair. May 2006

Pediatric Home Care

Prescriptions for Pediatric Home Care: Analyzing the Impact of the Shift from Hospital to Home and Community on Children and Families
By A. Paul Williams, Karen Spalding, Raisa B. Deber and Patricia McKeever
Funded by the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. March 2005.

Sexuality and Intimacy

Supporting Sexual Health and Intimacy in Care Facilities: Guidelines for Supporting Adults Living in Long-Term Care Facilities and Group Homes in British Columbia, Canada
By Sally Green, Marie Carlson, Gerrit Clements, Bethan Everett and Jenny Young
Published by Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and funded in part by the Public Health Agency of Canada. September 2009.

Supportive Housing

National Evaluation of the Retirement Villages Care Project
Cathy Hales, Lydia Ross and Claire Ryan
August 2006

A Model for Improved Home Support in Vancouver
By Vancouver Coastal Health
July 2006

Saskatchewan Health, Community Care Branch
Home Care Program Review - Final Report
Prepared by Hollander Analytical Services Ltd.
February 2006

Discussion on CHOICE Model from Hollander Analytical Services Ltd. (2006). Home care program review: Final report. Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Health, Community Care Branch.

Yes, in my back yard ~ A guide for Ontario's supportive housing providers
Created and published by HomeComing Community Choice Coalition, Revised Edition 2005

When Home is Community: Community Support Services and the Well-Being of Seniors in Supportive and Social Housing
By Janet M. Lum, Simonne Ruff and A. Paul Williams
A Research Initiative of Ryerson University , Neighbourhood Link/ Senior Link and the University of Toronto, Funded by United Way of Greater Toronto. April 2005.

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Research in Progress by CRNCC Members

CIHR Team in Community Care and Health Human Resources (Team Grant)

The CIHR Team in Community Care and Health Human Resources (Team Grant) research agenda addresses the need for better evidence concerning two key elements affecting, and being affected by, the shift of care between hospitals and home/community. Both have been identified as of high priority, nationally and internationally.

Theme 1 - Community Care of the Team Grant, addresses the demand side, with a focus on applying the ‘balance of care’ (BoC) model developed by our international research partner (David Challis) to examine: the extent to which individuals with high care needs who might otherwise be institutionalized can be cared for in the community; and the costs and consequences of various care models for patients, providers, and health care systems. These models have clear implications for access, quality, and cost, as well as for service integration, and the mix of services (and service providers) needed to provide care.

Theme 2 - Health Human Resources of the Team Grant, addresses the supply and employment shifts of health professionals, with particular emphasis on: the sub-sectors in which these providers work; the factors affecting the likelihood that they will continue working in their profession; differences by sub-sector in retention (“stickiness”) and what workers do; and their training and educational needs.

The research findings from both Themes will be integrated in Theme 3 - Cross-Jurisdictional, Integrative Policy Analysis, which will focus on the extent to which policy, funding, regulatory, and institutional differences affect policy implementation, and the implications for patients, providers, and the health care system.

The Team Grant has assembled an interdisciplinary group of researchers, community partners, and collaborators, organized to provide an infrastructure to allow cost-effective sharing of resources across Projects. The Team Grant also assists in developing research capacity among our partners and students, and promote research and knowledge transfer in home and community care. We also use the extensive networks of our research team and research partners (in Canada and the UK) to communicate our results to policy-makers, providers, and consumers at local, provincial, national and international levels.

For more information on the team grant and current status of the reseach, please visit www.teamgrant.ca.

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