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.