Purpose The purpose of this briefing note is to outline the current state of Home and Community Care (H&CC) in Ontario and to recommend policy options to improve access to H&CC and to achieve the vision of a coordinated continuum of seniors’ care to the Ontario Lead of Senior Strategy. Background Under the authority of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), the publicly funded home care services have been provided through the Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) and the Community Support Services through the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs). The H&CC services are identified, but the information on criteria for eligibility, the level or the standard of service is deficient [1]. The intent of Bill 210, presented by the MOHLTC Minister in June 2016, was to modify the current legislation to enhance LHINs’ authority over health service providers and take over the CCACs to provide H&CC. In October 2016, the Minister had to submit amendments to Bill 210, now Bill 41, to limit the initial proposed enhanced power of the LHINs [2]. While the bill 210 proposition could have had great potential for the integration of multidisciplinary services to improve the coordination of continuum of care, the bill did not get the required support, because it was imposed without consultation and the enhanced power of the LHINs was perceived as a threat to the healthcare self-governance [2]. The factors that have made care “closer to home” such a high priority for
In addition, Community Care Services provides much needed monitoring and support service to ensure the older person is able to live in their own home. They cover everything from community nursing, meals, domestic help, personal care, home modifications, transport and day therapies and support for people with cultural and identifiable needs, as well as for people with particular health conditions. For example, meals on wheels services provide a nutritional food, Vital Call service to help the aged people in an emergency case. Some of the ways may support the older people are get assistance with “home help”,
The health policy examined in this paper is the Bill 17, The Health Statues (Resident’s Bill of Rights) Amendment Act 2009. This provincial policy explores the Resident’s rights in all types of residential care facilities. Residential care facilities are defined as “providing 24-hour professional care for people with complex health needs and cannot live safely on their own”. This paper will focus on seniors who are in need of assistance from these facilities. Care can be provided by a community care facility, an extended care hospital or a private hospital. The Community Care and Assisted Living Act (CCALA) licenses and regulates the community care facilities, and the Hospital Act licenses and regulates the extend care hospitals and private hospitals. The Bill 17 is part of CCALA and the Hospital Act where they outline the rights of the individuals living in the residential care facilities.
Canadian Home Care Association, “Home Care 2020: A Vision of Health, Independence & Dignity,” available at
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The Long-Term Care Act was to benefit and work with seniors to improve their overall well-being. The Long-Term Care Homes Act guarantees to help residents living within the long-term care system to receive dependable, high-quality, and safe care for the residents. It is often common for seniors to adjust when placed in long-term care as this is a new and challenging transition for the senior and their families. The commonplace goal is to have a long-term care home environment where residents feel comfortable and at home, where residents are treated with the respect they deserve, and have the proper supports and services that cherish to their particular needs for their overall health and well-being. These services are physical and mental health related services- especially one that relates to the Community Worker Program such as Community and Social Workers that are crucial in a senior’s life often.
The Canadian government has implemented measures to increase the availability of in home care givers in Canada. The laws that have been created have allowed for many people to become fully pledged Canadian citizens. Many of the people coming into Canada to fill in in house care givers vacancies have been predominantly Pilipino women. These women are given the promise of become a Canadian citizen. After an extensive and costly application process these women from the Philippines are placed in the homes of their employer. The migrant work must live within the employers home for a period no shorter than two years, and must maintain only one employer in the two year waiting .l period. Only once the two year commitment is fulfilled is the migrant worker allowed to apply to Canadian citizenship. Many of these workers come to canada with the promise of have social upwards mobility through the program. However, although the program sounds promising the reality of the program is to
Nursing homes and assisted facility homes are all examples of long term care facilities. These facilities are usually targeting individuals who are of geriatric age or need around the clock care (mental health and physical health). The residents in these communities have access to individually-tailored levels of individual or group-centered activities, programs, and assistance whether it is with home or personal care. Long term care facilities are generally for those who are unable to manage independently in the community. Specific types of long-term services include nursing homes, hospice care, home health agencies, and residential care facilities. The goal of these programs is to make sure each patient has a safe and comforting environment
The 2012 Independence at Home Act, written to improve chronic care coordination, continues with similar exclusionary zoning practices that may extend to residential based home care health services. Even with these protective legislative acts, the needs of the community do not always translate into universal support for nursing homes in residential areas.
Goal Statement To help elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities through systems of long-term care, and livable communities where their safety is not at risk. The goal is to find different programs and ways for the elderly to be protected against any kind of harm and abuse. Scope of the Problem
In these services they would usually be offered help with activities of daily life, such as eating or bathing. Some home services also give them other benefits such as residential services, personal care or case management. To give more open details on experiences of Medicaid beneficiaries who need home and communities based services Musumeci and Reaves discuss nine seniors who are disabled and who live in different states. Those include people with different kind of disabilities which can be either developmental, physical or intellectual and issues such as autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and their functional limitations that are there because they aged (Musumeci & Reaves, 2014). Based on interview that were given from these people to the Kaiser Commission in 2013 based on Medicaid and uninsured, these peoples’ profiles clearly show us how beneficiaries funds, well-being, status of their employment are affected by the coverage of Medicaid and the role these services play in their daily lives (Musumeci & Reaves, 2014). In the last years states are trying to work on rebalancing long-term care system by dedicating more spending to home and community care rather than institutional care. The reason is this being the efforts that are driven by beneficiaries who are
The resident councils tend to be facility focused, family councils also raise concerns about the entire long-term care system and provide a forum for residents’ loved ones to be heard ( Huber, Nelson, Netting & Borders, 2015). We need to improve the quality on long-term care for the elderly because if we don’t who will. We need to promote long-term care for the elderly that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society most vulnerable, including low-income seniors, the uninsured, minority Americans, and elderly adults (The Commonwealth Funds). Advocacy Practices Different from My Plan
Action for Social Justice for those Aging-Out of the Care System There is a need to acknowledge that youth who age-out of the Government care system in British Columbia, at the age of nineteen, are inadequately supported. These children have already undergone much pain and suffering due to abuse, neglect or abandonment by their parents. Many of these children spend years within the care system, often demonstrating emotional, social and behavioral issues, which tends to lead to multiple placements. Many of these youths have various medical diagnosis and demonstrated behaviors caused by the abuse, neglect and abandonment, not only from their family of origin but the multiple placements and dysfunction that they have experienced in their young lives. These issues do not disappear at the age of nineteen.
Taking care of the individuals that are getting older takes many different needs. Most of these needs cannot be given from the help of a family. This causes the need of having to put your love one into a home and causing for the worry of how they will be treated. It is important for the family and also the soon to be client to feel at home in their new environment. This has been an issue with the care being provided for each individual, which has lead to the need of making sure individuals have their own health care plan.
The phone beeped showing a message from her sister to call immediately. As my mother did so, she was informed that their mom, Lola, had just been in a car accident. Lola was unharmed, but the accident was a result of her not remembering where she was going. Signs kept popping up that her memory may be failing in a few areas and this was the final moment they knew Lola needed a trip to the doctor. After multiple tests, the results were clear- Lola was diagnosed with the Alzheimer’s disease. This spurred many questions and emotions, but the main focus for my mom and aunt was what to do about her living situation for Lola had been living on her own since her husband passed away. This is a common argument between family members-what to do when
I am so glad we all made it this far. I am sure everyone is excited to see the end of this journey and to receive our long awaiting DPT after our name.