An Aging at Home Roadmap Taking Our Collective Temperature

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An Aging at Home Roadmap Taking Our Collective
Temperature

• Ontario Society (Coalition) of Senior Citizens
  Organizations
• AGM - November 26, 2008

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Integration Priorities Enabling Strategies
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Aging at Home Investments in Ontario

• Investment of 382.4 M over the next three years.
  
• Increase supports to seniors so that they can
  live healthy, independent lives in their own
  homes.
• Identify innovative solutions that are more
  responsive to seniors needs and allow them to
  continue to live in comfort in their own homes.
• Help provide more equitable access to health care
  by matching the need of the local senior
  population with the appropriate support services.

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Aging at Home Strategy Innovation and Results

• Over the next three years, a minimum of 20 of
  the LHIN funding must support innovative
  approaches to ensure equitable access to services
  for a diverse population, including
• Partnerships with non-traditional providers that
  allow and recognize informal services
• New services that include prevention and wellness
  
• People from like groups (e.g., cultural,
  linguistic) delivering informal care such as
  friendly home visits, telephone calling and
  transportation to appointments
• LHINs Aging at Home plans will contribute to
  system improvement and transformation
• Reduced pressures on health care system,
  particularly hospitals and long-term care homes
• Sustainable integrated community services for
  seniors and their care providers
• Seniors dignity, independence and satisfaction

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MH LHINs Key Guiding Principles

• Senior centered Services must respond to the
  needs of seniors.
• Community based and integrated with broader
  health care system.
• Equitable recognize demographic and geographic
  challenges.
• Cost-effective best care at optimal cost
  recognizing benefits of volunteerism and
  developing local community responses.
• Results oriented results defined and measured.
• Local community oriented build on capacity in
  local neighbourhoods and within communities of
  common culture (e.g. ethno-cultural, linguistic,
  religious).

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Aging at Home Target Groups

• Of experiencing a medical crisis and ending up
  in Emergency Departments
• Lingering in hospital awaiting a more suitable
  place (ALCs), or are inappropriately admitted to
  a LTC home because of insufficient community
  supports

• Consideration of services to meet clients
  cultural and linguistic needs, and specific
  disease requirements

• Supportive measures designed to prevent
  deterioration into crisis and/or
  institutionalization

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3 Year Allocation for Mississauga Halton LHIN
33.7 M (100)
19.1 M (57)
7.7 M (23)
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Highlight of Mississauga Halton LHIN 2008/09
Investments

• Enhance supports for seniors/families affected by
  mental illness and/or behavioural difficulties.
• Increase supports for daily living (housing
  options for seniors).
• Create capacity to meet the needs of hospitalized
  patients who no longer require acute care.
• Expand support for residents of long-term care
  homes.
• Enhance palliative care services.
• Increase seniors adult day programs.
• Expand health promotion and wellness initiatives.

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Investments in 2008/09
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2008/09 Aging at Home Investment
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Proposed Initiatives are Designed to

• Develop sustainable and increased community
  capacity
• Provide cost effective solutions to institutional
  care
• Support seniors to live healthy and independent
  lives in their homes longer
• Ensure consistent best practices across the
  region
• Ensure effective and efficient processes
• Commitment to performance improvement
• Build on existing operational infrastructure

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Going Forward Next Two Years (?ALC)

• Engage our seniors and their families /
  caregivers to understand their needs to age at
  home with dignity
• Continue to look for innovative approaches to
  support seniors to age at home.
• Optimize and increase the capacity of services
  within the LHIN.
• Reduce reliance on LTC beds and hospitals.
• Preventive and wellness services and partnerships
  with non-traditional providers.
• Culturally sensitive options for service delivery
  including seniors helping seniors.

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Q As

• For further information
• http//www.mississaugahaltonlhin.on.ca
• Raymond Applebaum, Manager, Special Project
• Aging at Home
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• Chief Executive Officer, Peel Senior Link
• http//www.peelseniorlink.com