Policy and Planning
Now Featuring:
Education and Presentations:
- Balance of Care – Policy Implications for Aging in Place, Frances Morton and A. Paul Williams Professor, U of T
- Bill 168: Workplace Violence and Harassment, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Patti Boucher, Public Services Health & Safety Association
- Respect, Recovery, Resilience, Scott Dudgeon and Dr. Ken Le Clair (related documents/ resouces: Full Report, Part One - Feb. 14th, '11 Summary, Part Two - Mar 8th '11, Presentation Slides, Forum, Age Friendly Communities: Launch of the Web-Based Tool, People First Canada)
- New Long-Term Care Homes Act (LTCHA) - Moving Forward, Jane E. Meadus, ACE, Presentation, ACE Newsletter LTCHA Insert, Changes on Elgiblity for LTC, Residents Rights, full text of the new LTCHA, visit www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
- Ontario Caregiver Coalition - Advancing the interests of caregivers, Joan Lesmond, SEHC and Kim Steele, MS Society (related documents: Initial Advocacy Strategy and Plan, Terms of Reference, Think Tank, Policy Options for Inclusion in the 2009 Budget)
- Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia on Canadian Society- An Overview, Presenter: David Harvey, ASO (related documents: Executive Summary, Full Report)
- Virtual Policy Series on Dementia:
- Session 1: Heading Towards Change: Policy Recommendations (Webinar Recording): Setting the Context, Larry Chambers, Scientist, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute; Balance of Care for Older Persons in Ontario: Emerging Policy Directions, A. Paul Williams UofT
- Session 2: Emerging Evidence: Moving from Paper to Policy (Webinar Recording): ICES Reports, Susan Bronskill, ICES; CIHI Report, Cheryl Gula, CIHI; Overview, Frank Molnar, Champlain Dementia Network
- Session 3: Connecting the Dots: Moving Towards Better Dementia Care (Webinar Recording), Overview, Jacquie Micallef, ASO; Moving Policy to Action, James Meloche, Central East LHIN
- Reading List
- Wired for Success: Toward an Ontario Brain Strategy, Kent Bassett-Spiers, ONF and Shannon MacDonald, NHCC
Resources
- 10by20: Ontario action plan for dementia, ASO
- Caring For Our Aging Population and Addressing Alternate Level of Care, Dr. David Walker, Provincial ALC Lead
- Canada’s Aging Population: Seizing the Opportunity Report, Special Senate Committee on Aging
- Co-Creating a Mental Health & Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario, OMAKEN
- Every Door is the Right Door, Towards a 10-Year Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
- Four Pillars: Recommendations for Achieving a High Performing Health System, OACCAC, OHA
- From Hospital to Home: the Transition of Alternate Level of Care and Long-Stay Mental Health Clients
- Guidelines for Care: Person-centred care of people with dementia living in care homes, ASC
- Get involved (resources), ASO
- Health Human Resources Strategy, ASTP
- Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety Report and Action Plan
- Health System Use by Frail Ontario Seniors: An In-Depth Examination of Four Vulnerable Cohorts, ICES
- New Directions for Facility-Based Long Term Care, The Canadian Healthcare Association
- Ontario's Alzheimer Strategy
- Open Minds, Healthy Minds Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
- Pressing Needs and Emerging Possibilities: The Dementia Challenge
- Projected Prevalence of Dementia: Ontario's Local Health Integration Networks
- Respect, Recovery, Resilience: Recommendations for Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
- Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia on Canadian Society, Alzheimer Society
- WHO report: Dementia: a public health priority
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