Integrating Care for Older Persons with Complex Needs

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On Tuesday, December 6th, the Health System Performance Research Network (HSPRN) and the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) co-hosted an exciting symposium to showcase and discuss models of integrated care that have been successful in communities and to elicit thought about its context to Ontario. 

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Background

Decision-makers in Ontario and across the industrialized world now face the dual challenges of sustaining already stretched health care systems, while meeting the needs of aging populations with multiple chronic needs. The international evidence suggests that integrating care for older persons with complex needs can enhance well-being and independence while achieving more appropriate and cost-effective care. However, this evidence also emphasizes that there are design fundamentals which increase the likelihood of success. What are these fundamentals? How can they inform health policy strategies in Ontario? 

Presentations 
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·       A. Paul Williams, PhD, Symposium Chair

·       Saäd Rafi, MA, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Ontario Deputy Minister

·       Walter Wodchis, PhD ,HSPRN
Setting the Stage: Complex Older Adult Populations

·       Grace Li, MHA ,On Lok Lifeways in San Francisco
Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): A Community Based Approach to Integrating Care for Older Persons with Complex Needs

·       Isabelle Vedel, MD, PhD, SOLIDAGE, the McGill University,
Integrated Models of Care for Older Persons: from SIPA (Quebec) to COPA (France)

·       Steve Counsell, MD , Indiana University Center for Aging
GRACE Team Care: Integrating Medical and Social Care for Vulnerable Seniors

Health care policy thought leaders, to comment on implementation challenges in Ontario and possibilities to enable adoption of these models in the province.

·       Don Ford, Chief Executive Officer of the Central East Community Care Access Centre

·       Mark Hundert Peng , National Director of Hay Group Health Care Consulting

Location
St. Andrews Club & Conference Centre
16th Floor, 150 King St W @ University
Toronto, ON