Welcome to Change LTC Now, where we advocate for transforming long-term care homes from institutions to homes. This change will enrich the quality of life for residents, families, and staff!
Our Mission
CARP Ottawa’s Advocacy Working Group on Long-term Care (CAWG) has been working with other like-minded provincial and local organizations to influence changing long-term care homes from institutions to homes. This means transitioning from the traditional, medical/task-oriented model of care to a person-centred approach, an approach where 12-16 residents live in a smaller home-like environment , and where residents, staff and families all live with the dignity and respect they deserve. See Institutions to Homes for more details.
CARP Ottawa is a local chapter of the Canadian Association for Retired
Persons – A new Vision for Aging, one of Canada’s largest advocacy
organizations with over 200,000 members, the majority of whom live in
Ontario.
Residents, Staff and Families Need Your Help
Make a difference! YOU – as concerned citizens and informal caregivers, have the power to motivate and champion the innovation needed to change long-term care homes from institutions to homes.
Recent Blog Posts
- Recording: Social Connection and Quality of Life
On September 18th, nearly 100 persons registered for the webinar, “Social connection and quality of life: The Sonnet Study”. The participants learned about a research project that is investigating how …Continue reading “Recording: Social Connection and Quality of Life”
- New model of care coming to long-term care home in Thunder BayJudy Walters, behavioural support and butterfly lead at Pioneer Ridge Long-Term Care and Senior Services, says it’s important to keep in mind that long-term care homes are where residents …
Continue reading “New model of care coming to long-term care home in Thunder Bay”
- For-profit and not-for-profit long term care homesThe debate about having for-profit and not-for-profit long term care homes continues. The issue is that quality of life for those living in LTC homes has more to do with care delivery than the type of ownership. Click here to read more