Monday December 10, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST (networking lunch to follow)
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St. Andrews Club and Conference Centre
150 King Street West 16th Floor
Toronto, ON M5H1J9
Webcast will also be available
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Mon, Dec 10, 2012
There is growing international evidence that integrating care for older persons with ongoing, complex health and social needs is where you want to go: not only does greater integration promise better outcomes for older persons and their caregivers, it can make health care systems more cost-effective and sustainable. Yet, integrating initiatives in Ontario and elsewhere have been challenging to start, sustain, scale up and spread.
This half-day symposium examines ongoing challenges and opportunities for integrating community-based supports and primary health care for older persons and caregivers. It asks the question: if integrating care is so promising, why is it so tough to achieve, and how can lessons learned locally and internationally be leveraged to move forward in Ontario?
Agenda
08:15-08:45 Complimentary Breakfast and Registration
08:45-09:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dr. A. Paul Williams, Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto and Co-Chair of the CRNCC
09:00-09:30 Ontario’s Seniors Strategy: The Missing Ingredient to Achieving Integrated Care for Older Persons?
Dr. Samir Sinha, Provincial Lead, Ontario's Seniors Strategy; Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto
09:30 -10:00 Integrating Care of Older Persons: Innovations from the EU
Dr. Henk Nies, Professor of Organisation and Policy in Long-Term Care, Free University of Amsterdam and CEO, Vilans (Centre for Expertise for Long-Term Care), Utrecht, Netherlands
10:00-10:15 Discussion
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Integrating Care for Older Persons in Ontario: Reflections from the Front-Lines
Mimi Lowi-Young, Health Care Executive Advisor; inaugural CEO, Central-West Local Health Integration Network; former President and CEO, St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto.
11:15-12:30 Integrating Care from the Bottom-Up: Three Community-Based Innovations
12:30-12:50 Commentary
Tom Closson, President and CEO, Tom Closson Consulting; Past President, Ontario Hospital Association
12:50-13:00 Summary and Closing Remarks
Dr. Walter P. Wodchis, Principal Investigator, HSPRN
13:00-14:00 Complimentary Networking Lunch
Video Recording
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HSPRN is a multi university and institution collaborative network supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) www.hsprn.ca
CRNCC is a virtual knowledge network dedicated to advancing research and knowledge transfer in home and community care supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Ryerson University www.crncc.ca