Community Health Promotion Program: Transition to Ontario Long-term Care

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[...] The program will intervene for the fast placement of seniors who require immediate long-term care placement in facilities (Denley, 2019). This will reduce the agony the family members would go through in applying for long-term care through Local Health Integration Networks. Health Promotion Approaches Five major approaches are used to promote health in society. They include; medical, educational, social change, behavior change, and empowerment health promotion approaches. When applied to community health promotion programs, these approaches have a direct impact on the intended outcomes of the program. [...]

[...] (2017). Demand for Long-Term Care Beds in Canada Could Nearly Double in Little More Than 15 Years. The Conference Board of Canada. The Premier's Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine. (2019). Immediate and long-term capacity pressures. Ontario. Wise Health Law. (2017, July 21). Experts Say Provincial Health Care System is "Unprepared" for Thousands of Ontarians Living in Long-Term Care Before Age 65. Retrieved from Wise Health Law: https://www.wisehealthlaw.ca/blog/long-term-care/long-term-care-before-age-65/ Appendix Long-term care transition promotion program planning. [...]

[...] Community Health Promotion Program: Transition to Ontario Long-term Care Introduction This is a community health promotion program designed to promote the transition to long-term care in the province of Ontario, Canada. According to a report by the Ontario Long-term Care Association in April 2019, more than 115,000 elderly people in Ontario are in long-term care support. It is foreseen that the number might double following the aging of Canada's second baby-boom population (Garner, Tanuseputro, GManuel, & Sanmartin, 2018). According to the statistics collected by the association in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of these people have a form of cognitive impairment; 86% require extensive help in most normal activities such as eating while 80% of them suffer from neurological complications. [...]

[...] Mission To be a model community health promotion program in Canada. Program Goals The program identified the following goals that they sought to achieve in the provision of long-term care services across the province of Ontario. They include: Provision of long-term care service to a wider population in Ontario. To promote long-term care safety outcomes to patients across the province To ensure a smooth transition of seniors and their immediate family members to long-term care. To ensure that the patients receive professional and effective health care services that cannot be achieved at home. [...]

[...] Community leaders such as the clergy and provincial administration will be involved in the planning committee. Overall, the planning committee will include a representative from the ministry of health and long-term care as an advisor, two clergy members from the community, one representative from the provincial administration, a registered nurse seconded by the Canadian Nurse Association, two opinion members from the community and three members from the community who have patients with long-term health care needs. The committee will elect three members within themselves who will work hand in hand with the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care to come to develop the program work plan. [...]