Category: Transformative Culture Change

Betty is a past caregiver whose husband lived in a long-term care home.  She decided to increase awareness for innovation in our long-term care home system by organizing a panel at her church through the JOY (just older youth) program.

When asked “Do you think transforming our long-term care home system should be a municipal election issue”, the overwhelming response was “yes” (75 people).

If you agree, here is a draft letter you can personalize and send to those running in your ward on October 22nd.   Names and emails of candidates in Ontario wards can be found by searching “certified candidates for 2018 municipal election in (insert city name)”. There are only a few weeks left to plant these seeds.

If you are new to our blog,  scroll down to learn about the Butterfly model that  transformed a unit in one of the Region of Peel’s long-term care homes.

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Concept drawing for proposed Dementia Village in Metro Vancouver

Do you know what the main difference is between Ontario’s institutional long-term care home system and the innovative social models like the one now being proposed by Providence Health Care in B.C.?

Relationships, relationships, relationships – between and amongst staff, residents, families and the community

What does this actually mean?

• It means a “constructive culture of care” enabling staff to know who their residents and families are – and what their life was like before.
• It means residents are involved in many meaningful activities according to their abilities and what brings them joy.
• It means schedules and routines are flexible to match the residents’ preferences and needs.
• It means the surrounding community is invited to actively participate.

Providence Health Care is developing a concept for Metro Vancouver, based on the Dutch Hogewey Village model (scroll down for our first blog post re Hogewey in September 2017), that incorporates the above philosophy.   Read more here.

Please contact your MPPs again to urge them to fund something similar, perhaps as a pilot project, in Ontario when approving the new 5,000 long-term care beds.

AND PLEASE – encourage 3 of your contacts to “follow” our blog.  If you agree with our stance,  we really need your help on this to increase our influence.

TRANSFORMING LONG-TERM CARE HOMES WITH INNOVATIVE MODELS

“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.  

Did you know that over 300 long-term care homes are using the Eden Alternative Model of Care? 

In just 3 minutes see how the Eden Alternative model revolutionizes care and reduces the need for drugs.  And this is only one of several model options.

“How many of our MPPs, or those running to become one, have taken the time to study alternative models of elder care? Most provincial politicians seem stuck on a vision that teeters on the verge of failure.”  Continue reading the Citizen’s Editorial here.

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