Addressing the Health Human Resource Challenge from a Home and Community Perspective: A Blueprint for Action

Ontario's Home Care System in 2008:
A Growing History of Quality and Excellence

Competition sparks Innovation -  a statement released by OHCA

Quality should be job one in home-care competition
– Comments from Elinor Caplan & Francesca Grosso published in
the Toronto Star

Realizing the Potential of Home Care
- Report by the Honourable Elinor Caplan

Impact on Quality of Care and worklife of community-based nurses
- Nursing research on the impact of the competitive model

Quality in Home Care - How quality is built-in to the system

Competing for quality... what does it mean? - Examples of excellence

Home care: Good politics or sound policy?
- Commentary by Michael Decter

Ontario’s PSW Stabilization Strategy
– Setting Standards for PSW Home Care Compensation

The Ontario Home Care Association:

• Believes in the creation of a strong, reliable and accessible home care system which fully supports Ontarians to 'age at home' safely.
  
  
• Endorses the principles of the Canada Health Act and the Canadian health care system which delivers a range of essential health care services available to all residents of Canada on the basis of need, not ability to pay. (See Full Statement - Access to Home Care Service Delivery in Ontario, June 2004)
  
  
• Endorses Ontario's vision – “A health care system that helps keep people healthy, gets them good care when they are sick, and will be there for our children and grandchildren.” (MOHLTC 2005)

" ... there is growing evidence that investing in home care can save money while improving care and the quality of life for people who would otherwise be hospitalized or institutionalized in long-term care facilities."

Roy J. Romanow, Q.C.

February 2, 2010 New chair of eHealth confirmed

January 27, 2010 Associations launch website to develop new nursing leaders in home care

January 13, 2010 - Waterloo Wellington CCAC CEO resigns to take position as CEO at The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre effective March 1

January 6, 2010 NE LHIN announces new CEO

January 4, 2010 OHCA calls on government to heed dementia projections

December 31, 2009 - Revera President and CEO Jeffrey Lozon appointed member to the Order of Canada

December 16, 2009 East CCAC and the Sault Area Hospital - Proud Partners

December 8, 2009 Champlain CCAC announces interim management agreement
Backgrounder

December 4, 2009 OHCA submits recommendations in response to 2010 pre-budget consultations

December 3, 2009 S. VanderBent presents to the Finance and Economic Affairs Standing Committee on the HST and home care

November 26, 2009 Mississauga Halton CCAC CEO resigns

November 26, 2009 Mandatory needle safety expanded to include home care

November 26, 2009 Valuing Home and Community Care project launched

November 23, 2009 OHCA calls for transformative change to balance Ontario's health care system

November 19, 2009 Champlain CCAC CEO resigns

November 13, 2009 Important Health Notice from the MOHLTC re 2009 pH1N1

November 12, 2009 Important Health Notice from the MOHLTC re 2009 pH1N1

November 2, 2009 Important Health Notice from the MOHLTC re pH1N1

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