Aging at Home Strategy Year Two

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Aging at Home Strategy Year Two

• Health Service Provider Meeting
• September 2008

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Context

• The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is
  investing 700 million provincially over three
  years (2008 2011) to provide supports to
  seniors and their caregivers that will enable
  them to live healthy and independent lives in the
  community
• The Toronto Central LHIN is receiving 48 million
  over three years to support local Aging at Home
  projects

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Funding Allocation
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Year 1 (2008/ 2009)

• Funding was allocated to support the following
• Additional supportive housing services in
  identified priority neighbourhoods
• Transportation services to help seniors get to
  medical and medical appointments
• Seniors independence programs to delay or divert
  admission to long-term care homes
• Improving transitions for seniors from hospital
  to their homes
• Development of a Mental Health and Addictions
  Framework to assist seniors residing in the
  community to access integrated and coordinated
  services

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Year 2 (2009/ 10)

• The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  has directed that Year 2 Aging at Home funds be
  spent
• To support resolution of Emergency Department and
  Alternative Level of Care
• To support innovation in the community
• To enhance access to health services for
  marginalized seniors

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Objectives

• The 2009/10 Call for Proposals builds on
  the previous years work and is focused on
  initiatives that
• Support Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  provincial priorities
• Divert seniors from avoidable long-term care home
  admission and emergency department visits
• Continue to improve transitions for seniors from
  hospital care to care in the community.

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Proposed Initiatives

• Supportive housing for seniors with dementia or
  mental illness
• Specialized geriatric assessments in the
  community by interdisciplinary teams
• Crisis intervention for seniors with mental
  illness and/or addictions
• Specialized care for seniors with dementia who
  are transitioning from acute to long-term care or
  home care.

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Next Steps