Senior Forum on the Quality of Publicly Funded #Homecare . On Sept. 27, 2014, a #community forum was held at #Oakville Town Hall to enable #seniors and their families to share their experiences relating to publicly funded #personalcare and support with the organizations involved in the provision of those services. This event focussed on the issues faced by #Seniors with special needs and #disabilities, such as #Alzheimers disease, #VisionImpairment, physical ailments and other challenges. Seniors and their families can discuss the issues they face under the current service delivery model and offer suggestions for how their needs could be met more effectively. In addition, families with successful personal care and support experiences were encouraged to share approaches and methods that have worked well. The objective of this #forum was to gather ideas for improving the delivery of publicly funded personal care and support so that the needs of all seniors are met with #compassion, #dignity and #respect. A synopsis of the discussion will be provided to the Ontario Ministry of #Health and #LongTermCare. Panelists representing various facets of the health and personal support system, provided brief representations from the perspectives of their organizations and then participated in a constructive dialogue with the audience. Panelists include: * John Rafferty, National President & CEO, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). * Mary Burnett, CEO, Alzheimer Societies of Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk, and Hamilton-Haltoni * Caroline Breton, CEO, Mississauga Halton CCAC Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). * Lori Paton, Owner, Nurse Next Door. * Mary Gavel, Director of Navigator & Patient Advocacy, iCare Home Health Services Inc. * John-Frederick Cameron, Moderator, will provide a family members perspective. The driving force behind this event is #PearlCameron, a senior Oakville resident who received personal care through CCAC for more than 15 years. As a vision impaired she has faced many challenges in securing the care and support that is appropriate for her needs. By organizing this forum, she hopes to provide constructive community feedback to the provincial government so that personal care and support services for all seniors with special needs are delivered effectively buff.ly/1s7II32
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:20:42 +0000
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