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 serviceeducation, 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