GRT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Local Health Integration Network, Physical Therapy, Ontario Health Insurance Plan
20 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
GRT 2100
November 6th 2015
Living Conditions: Housing and Relocation
Guest Speaker Carol Manseau
-Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
-aim is to help coordinate health services
-ensures all services are well organized, properly funded and meet the need of residents
-it plans, coordinates and funds health services in hospitals, home care, health agencies
and community health centres
-receives money (2 billion) from the government and distributes it according to who needs
their services
-oversees who gets what and how much they get, and base it on how well programs run
-gives money to community support services, hospitals, LTC homes
-ministry provides the overall strategic direction for a health care plan in that district
-who is CCAC?
-Community Care Access Centre
-publicly funded
-connects people of all ages with the help and support they need to remain safe and
independent, return home safety from hospital and avoid readmission, find primary care,
explore long term care options
-complex continuing care refers to specialized programs of care for medically compromised
patients who require a hospital stay and active health care management
-specialized complex care (dialysis patients, etc)
-restorative care (similar to geriatric rehabilitation)
-supportive care
-patient must pay for accommodations, but government pays for medical care
-geriatric rehab: a program for seniors who are recovering from illness, injury or surgery
-designed to improve functional abilities
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Document Summary
Aim is to help coordinate health services. Ensures all services are well organized, properly funded and meet the need of residents. It plans, coordinates and funds health services in hospitals, home care, health agencies and community health centres. Receives money (2 billion) from the government and distributes it according to who needs their services. Oversees who gets what and how much they get, and base it on how well programs run. Gives money to community support services, hospitals, ltc homes. Ministry provides the overall strategic direction for a health care plan in that district. Connects people of all ages with the help and support they need to remain safe and independent, return home safety from hospital and avoid readmission, nd primary care, explore long term care options. Complex continuing care refers to specialized programs of care for medically compromised patients who require a hospital stay and active health care management.
