GHHN Long Term Care Advisory
LIVING HEALTHY IN CONGREGATE CARE
GHHN Long Term Care Advisory
There is a need for a more fundamentally integrated Long Term Care framework which places residents and staff at the center of a progressive, inclusive, and evidence-informed system of care. The GHHN LTC Advisory is a dedicated group of clinicians, administrators, and community leaders working to establish this new regional framework for LTC within the GHHN.
The GHHN LTC Advisory meets monthly to formally review ongoing work. Fundamentally, the GHHN LTC Advisory is committed to integration, optimization, and innovation of long-term care across Hamilton, Haldimand, and Niagara North West’s 34 homes, recognizing that each of these regions will require approaches tailored to their LTC homes, communities, and health care organizations. Reporting to the GHHN LTC Advisory is the GHHN LTC Physician-Lead. The Physician Lead serves to operationalize the LTC Advisory strategic agenda and reports to the Advisory at its monthly meetings. This work is underpinned by three cornerstone pillars of service, education, and research, and aligns entirely with the GHHN’s Health Equity Framework which mandates an overall approach that is anti-oppressive, anti-racist, sex-gender based, and intersectional.
CO-CHAIRS
Holly Odoardi
Senior Administrator Macassa and Wentworth Lodges
Henry Yu-Hin Siu, MSc, MD, CCFP (COE) FCFP
- Associate Professor, Enhanced Skills Program Director
- Enhanced Skills Care of the Elderly Director
- Medical Director, Stonechurch Family Health Centre
- Dept of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Members
Henry Siu
Dept of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Holly Odoardi
Senior Administrator Macassa and Wentworth Lodges
Melissa McCallum
Greater Hamilton Health Network
Megan Lynch
Greater Hamilton Health Network
Barb Frayne
Director, Ontario Health atHome
Bahar Karimi
Executive Director – LTC Services, Chair – Centre of Excellence, Thrive Group
Dr. Sammy Winemaker
Family Medicine, Community-based Palliative Care Doctor
Dr. Hugh Boyd
St Joseph’s Villa
Dr. Paul Miller
Medical Director – Centre for Paramedic Education and Research
Dr. Kamal Shankardass
Family Physician, Medical Director of St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke
Leslie Gillies
VP Community Medicine and Population Health, Hamilton Health Sciences
Jane Loncke
Clinical Director, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Bernice King
GHHN Patient, Family, CarePartner Advisor
For more information or to join please email megan.lynch@ghhn.ca