OHCA 2010 Symposium

'Showcasing Our Best!'

The goal of the Symposium was to share excellence in home care practices and to show how those services integrate with, and support best care practices within the broader health care system.

Guest Speakers

• Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
• Peggy White, Project Manager, Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC)
• Mary Kardos Burton, Project Manager, Integrated Client Care Project
• John Hirdes, Professor and Ontario Home Care Research and Knowledge Exchange Chair

Workshop Sessions

• Home Health Care Competencies: Prerequisites to Excellence and Best Care, Helene Lacroix, Director Program Advancement, Saint Elizabeth Health Care
• Medication Reconciliaton: Lessons Learned from the Field, Wendy Ellis, Manager of Clinical Research and Best Practice Initiative & Cheryl Prest, RN, CanCare
• Utilizing 'Enhanced' RPNs Working in Home Care, Karen Thompson, Clinical Practice Consultant, ParaMed Home Health
• The Right to Choose: Developing a Policy to Support Clients' Choices and Home Care Staff, Kimberly Ibarra, Program Evaluation Specialist, Toronto Central CCAC
• Cross-sectional and individual differences in goals of care expressed by older adults residing in long-term care homes, supportive housing, and community mental health settings, Katherine P. McLaughlin, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo
• Introducing nursing students into home care, Danit Fischtein, Manager, Client Services CQI/Risk, Regional Nursing Services