BSO About Us
The Behavioural Supports in Ontario project (BSO) aims to improve the lives of Ontarians with behaviours associated with complex and challenging mental health, dementia or other neurological conditions living in long-term care homes or in independent living settings.
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care recently announced $40M of funding for BSO whereby each of the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) received funding and in-kind resources to support system change both at the LHIN level and across the province. As a result of this initiative, each LHIN will apply quality improvement strategies to inform tailored plans of action.
Objectives:
- Reduced resident transfers from long-term care to acute or specialized unit for behaviours
- Delayed need for more intensive services, reducing admissions and risk of alternative level of care
- Reduced length of stay for persons in hospital who can be discharged to a long-term care home with enhanced behavioural resources
Health Minister Deb Matthews – “Ontario Behavioural Support Systems Project – the first of its kind in Canada and only one of a handful in the world – is meant to keep more people at home and out of long-term care facilities for as long as possible, and to reduce the use of medication and restraints for patients who are already institutionalized”
For More information please contact:
Matt Snyder, Project Lead
Email: matt.snyder@lhins.on.ca
Harriet Phillips, Executive Assistant
Email: harriet.phillips@lhins.on.ca