“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” R. Buckminster Fuller.
Sherbrooke Village program turns long term care home into a grade 6 classroom. They use an Eden Alternative model of care which focuses on moving away from the institutional hierarchical (medical) model of care into a constructive culture of “home”. https://www.edenalt.org/about-the-eden-alternative/mission-vision-values/
Click here for a W5/CTV interview with the Executive Director of the Sherbrooke Village to see this approach for yourselves: https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/saskatoon-care-home-offers-unique-approach-for-residents-with-dementia-1.1686936
As we mentioned in our introductory blog, our long term care system in Ontario is broken. Our goal is not to endorse any particular model of care but rather to present information on innovative long term care models that already exist in our own country or elsewhere in the world and to provide some tools to create the political will for transformation of our system.
And we’d like to know what you think. If you like the Sherbrooke Village Model or the Hogeway Village model from our first blog post, please send us a comment to let us know what you like about them.
And YOU can help to transform the system by sending a letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and copying your local MPP/MP. For a draft letter that you can personalize, click here: 17draftMPPletter
Don’t know who your MPP/MP is? Click here…
Please note: The authors of this blog are not endorsing any particular model of care. We are offering this blog as information and as an impetus for change and action. If you agree with what is written and want to take action, then you are encouraged to write to your local newspapers, write letters to your politicians, and speak out at public forums which address elder care. (MPP website). Together we can make a difference!