LIVING HEALTHY IN CONGREGATE CARE

GHHN Long Term Care Collaborative

We are a group of dedicated physicians, health care organizations and community leaders working together to:

Focus on Long-term Care homes in Hamilton and part of the GHHN

• Continuous learning for a collaborative standard of care
• Culture change and service optimization
• Connecting Care Act, 2019
• Ethical and sustainable governance
• Renewed sense of system stewardship

Resident Centeredness

• Frailty, loneliness, autonomy, choice, healing
• Life plan vs. medical plan, individualization, comprehensive palliative care
• Engaging and continuous relationships – staff, community members, learners, etc.

System Integration

• How hospitals, LTC homes, and HCCSS operate bidirectionally
  The hospital-LTC relationship, current models, learning and relationships from pandemic
• Collaborative academic practice – learning about LTC IN LTC
• Resident dining experience
• Optimized nutrition, modern food system, sustainability (*The HFHT Green Initiative)
• Chronic disease stabilization / reversal
• Choice, timing, dialogue vs. posted menu