*Event Details*
The Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and
the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) will feature top
speakers from Canada and Europe to learn more about what works, what
does not, and what needs to be done at the local level to implement
successful integrated care initiatives.
This symposium will also explore the links between integrated care and
supportive housing, and build on some of the key themes from the CRNCC
- OCSA Supportive Housing 2007 symposium.
Janet Lum (Ryerson University and CRNCC, ON): will set the stage by
outlining the general trends in integrated care systems and aging at
home strategies.
*International Perspective*
Kai Leichsenring (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy &
Research, Austria) : will outline the political, structural, and
organizational conditions that are crucial for best practice models of
integrated care based on the experience from nine European countries.
Jenny Billings (Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent,
UK): will examine what evidence-based practice elements can be
developed into indicators, the many problems around measuring
outcomes, and what can be considered 'good outcome measures'.
Henk Nies (Vilans, the Centre of Expertise for Long-Term Care, the
Netherlands): will present on the Netherlands?s user-driven regional
plans that were developed and now being implemented, and how
integrated services are being pushed onto the policy agenda.
*Bringing it Home*
Marcus Hollander (Hollander Analytical Services Ltd, BC) & David
Pedlar (Veterans Affairs Canada, PEI): will explore the balance of
evidence regarding continuing care initiatives in Canada and the
policy and practice implications for continuing care when older people
want to stay at home.
A. Paul Williams (University of Toronto & CRNCC): will explain the
Balance of Care (BoC) research projects in five different regions of
Ontario that support the argument for safe and cost-effective access
to appropriate home and community care packages as an alternative to
long-term care home placements.