Policy and Research Articles
INFORMATION BULLETIN
January 23, 2023
THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION - SURVIVOR’S STORIES
In May of 2021, SSAO distributed an editorial on Creating Change in an Entrenched Long-Term Care System: Lessons From the Past (SSAO, 2021). It details that where we are now with the mass institutionalization of elders is exactly where we were in 1971 with the mass institutionalization of people with developmental disabilities.
Except that things are even worse now.
Research Bulletin
A Changed Role for PSWs:
Enter Community Care Workers
January 2, 2023
TAKING MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS
HEALTH CARE CO-OPS – IS IT TIME?
December 5, 2022
LINKING RESEARCH TO POLICY AND PRACTICE
DOING WITH OR DOING FOR? REABLEMENT AS AN OLDER ADULTS’ EMPOWERMENT STRATEGY
November 21, 2022
RESEARCH REPORT
LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN WHO HELPS RESIDENTS RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY
October 20, 2022
INFORMATION BULLETIN
September 16, 2022
IMPACT OF BILL 7
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the Toronto Star reported on Bill 7’s possible impact. There are several important takeaways in the article.
The first is the widespread fear the Ford government’s actions are causing. There is a perception among old, sick people and their families that this government has weaponized hospitals to take action against them if they or their families dare to resist or speak out. Sue, the subject of the Star’s report, asked that her last name be kept private over “fear of repercussions for speaking out on the new legislation…”
PRECEDENT!
Federal Government Partners with City Of Toronto to Create Staffed 24/7 Housing and Support for People at Risk of Homelessness Including Older Adults
July 28, 2022
TAKING MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS
CO-HOUSING OR SHARED OWNERSHIP –
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONS
July 11, 2022
TAKING MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS
CARE CO-OPERATIVES – A BETTER APPROACH TO CARING FOR EACH OTHER
July 4, 2022
HOW LOCAL COUNCILORS CAN ACT TO PROMOTE ALTERNATIVES
TO INSTITUTIONS
THE EXAMPLE OF PACE, BURLINGTON
June 20, 2022
POLICY AND PLANNING BRIEF
TO
PORT HOPE COUNCIL
October 25, 2021
Posted: June 23, 2022
A RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA
June 13, 2022
Social Task Shifting:
What’s different about directly-funded home care?
Christine Kelly
June 10, 2022
Hospice Palliative Care:
Key Component of Comprehensive Elder Care
June 5, 2022
Enhancing HomeCare:
Enabling a Full Life in Community
Linda Till
March 15, 2022
AGING WELL WITH "NATURAL SUPPORTS"
John Lord
March 8, 2022
Information Bulletin
COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE:
PERSON-DIRECTED SERVICES TO KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME
March 1, 2022
DEMENTIA VILLAGES:
A NEW TYPE OF INSTITUTION?
February 15, 2022
Research, Evidence, and Elder Care Reform
John Lord
January 27, 2022
Pervasive Ageism and Bias Toward
Older Adults in the Healthcare System
Emma Rowland
December 20, 2021
Direct Funding Can Enhance Home Care for Elders
John Lord
December 7, 2021
RESEARCH REPORT –
MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Eldercare Reform –
A Provincial Election Priority
NOVEMBER 4, 2021