Notice: November 25 Network Forum
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2009
Frequency and location of meetings: Coordinating group will meet regularily on the 2nd Monday of the month, from 9:30am until 11:30am, in the months of June, Septermber, October, December, February and April. Meetings will be held at the VON Board Room, Peterborough Square.
Inquiries please contact Gail Grant ggrant@prhc.on.ca or 705 876 5076
2008
1. After extensive focus groups and surveys the HKPR Dementia Network Education committee detailed the needs and recommendations in this report entitled The Needs of Health Care Workers Who Support Adults With Permanent Cognitive Impairment Whose Behaviours Put Themselves and /or Others at Serious Risk of Harm. The research report was endorsed by the HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating Group and subsequently sent to the CE LHIN. See “Resource Files” for the report and letter to the LHIN, and the appendices A & B for lists of current resources/educators in HKPR and list of current education training opportunities and their descriptions.
2. The HKPR Dementia Network submitted an AGING AT HOME IHSP for the “Proposal for Special Long Term Care Behaviour Support Units” for funding two ten bed units in the HKPR
2007/ 2006
1. The Dementia Network Education Committee was asked to create a research project by the HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating Group. The objectives of the project were developed through the 2006 HKPR Dementia Network and Partner Community Dialogue regarding working with adults with permanent cognitive impairment whose behaviours put themselves and others at serious risk of harm.
The objectives were:
1. Develop a list of programs that are useful and currently used within the area. (Across all sectors and services in the four counties that regularly supports this population).
2. Develop a list of educators and contacts for training programs.
3. Assess how much time is devoted to education that addresses the issues of this population.
4. To identify if there are other education, skills and training needs for formal caregivers required to meet the needs of this population
5. Evaluate what needs to be done to increase the confidence/skills/abilities of front-line workers.
6. Develop a global perspective on what the training needs are for HKPR, and identify areas of priority and potential actions.
The Education Committee of the HKPR Dementia Network invited participants from across sectors (including acute care, Community Mental Health, Developmental Disabled, and Acquired Brain Disorders Sectors), disciplines and the LTC community of service providers to review the summarized responses of the electronic survey and help develop recommendations out of the findings. 28 people attended from LTC, community and acute care sectors.
After extensive focus groups and surveys the HKPR Dementia Network Education committee detailed the needs and recommendations in this report entitled The Needs of Health Care Workers Who Support Adults With Permanent Cognitive Impairment Whose Behaviours Put Themselves and /or Others at Serious Risk of Harm. The report was finished, endorsed by the HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating Group and circulated in 2008.
2007 Margaret Ringland from Ontario Association for Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors (OANHSS) presented The Dementia Education Needs Assessment Tool (DENA). Please ask your local Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant for support in using this tool.
2007
A work group continued the work from the beginning and completed Proposal for Special Long Term Care Behaviour Support Units” for funding two ten bed units in the HKPR area.
2006
The Ontario Psychogeriatric Association Gazette reported a statistic from the Ministry of Health identifying that of 72,000 seniors in long term care, 2/3 of these residents have dementia or depression with 93% deemed to have the potential to injure themselves or others. We know that individuals with permanent cognitive impairment , whose behaviours put themselves and/or others at risk of harm, require services from and use services across all sectors of the continuum; community, acute care and long-term care, mental health, developmental agencies etc. In the environment of least restraints to zero restraint policies managing these behaviours takes its toll in many ways e.g. lost time at work, morale, and need for higher staffing ratios.
2006
In January 2006, as one of the partners in care concerned about servicing adults with cognitive impairment and aggressive behaviour who may put themselves and/or others at risk of serious harm, the HKPR Dementia Network supported a Community Dialogue to discuss the issues and mutual concerns. Objectives of the Community Dialogue:
1) Begin the dialogue regarding the major issues and support needs of the hard to serve clients who present with unpredictable and severe behavioural challenges associated with cognitive impairment that put people at risk.
2) Assess the participant’s willingness to work collectively to come up with solutions.
3) Develop action plans to address the problems, if people are willing to work together – short, medium, and long term.
Begin dialogue regarding the major issues and support needs of the hard to serve clients who present with unpredictable and severe behavioural challenges associated with a cognitive impairment that put people at risk.
Assess the participants’ willingness to work collectively to come up with solutions.
Develop actions plans to address the problems, if people are willing to work together- short medium and long term.Out of this meeting came five working groups.
Planning Committee – ensure follow-up – lead contact member Gail Grant
Cross Sector Systems Planning Group – lead contact member Bruce Whitney
Education Needs Assessment Work Group - Dementia Network Education Committee – lead contact member Gail Grant
Specialty LTC Unit (s) Proposals Work Group - Lead contact member Deb Cooper- Burger
Improved Assessment Tools Work Group at CCAC– Lead contact member Sharon Chapman Sheehan.
These members of the working groups are made up of a variety of community partners-in-care. All the groups were sponsored through the HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating Group.
2005
The HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating Group established two main priorities highlighted by the Dialogue on Dementia Care finalized earlier in the year. They were: Education and the Casa Verde report.
The Education Committee was established at that time as a standing committee of the Network.
The review of the findings of the Casa Verde Report prompted the HKPR Dementia Network Coordinating members to create a forum to dialogue with partners across all sectors. Partners in care agreed to come together to discuss the major issues and support needs of the hard to serve clients who present with unpredictable and severe behavioural challenges associated with cognitive impairment that put people at risk.
2005
Dementia Network Dialogue on Dementia Care Final Report produced January 2005