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Caregiving Toolkit Knowledge Translation/Exchange in Northern BC

Caregiving Toolkit Knowledge Translation/Exchange in Northern BC. Dawn Hemingway & Joanna Pierce University of Northern BC Social of Social Work Toronto Caregiver Symposium March 15-16, 2012. Context for Our Work….

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Caregiving Toolkit Knowledge Translation/Exchange in Northern BC

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  1. Caregiving ToolkitKnowledge Translation/Exchange in Northern BC Dawn Hemingway & Joanna Pierce University of Northern BC Social of Social Work Toronto Caregiver Symposium March 15-16, 2012

  2. Context for Our Work…. • North Central BC (Northern Health Authority incorporating including 2/3 of the BC land mass) has the fastest growing 65+ population in BC, coupled with challenges of distance, climate, boom/bust economies and limited service funding/access • Increasing number of family caregivers carrying an increasing load

  3. Context for Our Work…. • Dialogues, research, conferences and workshops on aging well in the North over past several years • Service providers and caregivers participated in a series of focus groups to provide input into the development of the caregiver toolkit.

  4. Who We’ve Connected With… • Northern Health Authority – frontline staff and leadership • Community-based agencies and organizations • Family Caregivers • Faculty and students – health and social service provision disciplines

  5. What We’ve Done…. • Workshops • Discussion/connection with key stakeholders • Web-based messaging

  6. Workshops • Prince George Council of Seniors • Two workshops with family caregivers – afternoon and evening – 7 caregivers; 2 staff; 1 practicum student • Notice, including invitations and web-link to caregiver toolkit, reached 22 member organizations of the Council (representing many hundreds of seniors) plus individual members

  7. Workshops • Prince George Council of Seniors • Announcement on new “Senior Moments” radio show with invitation for future interview about the toolkit. Also full page notice in Council of Seniors Newsletter – including link to toolkit website/resources • Toolkit and presentation appreciated by caregivers; content relevant…. but they want action; want to know how to get the help they need; spent time talking with them about where assistance might be available

  8. Workshops • AIMHI – Community Living – Supporting Individuals with Developmental Disabilities • Information received by all AIMHI staff and via their newsletter to staff and families • Attended by 10 staff members (5 front-line; 5 managers) and 1 family member • Introduced to the tools; participants impressed with range and depth of information provided

  9. Workshops • AIMHI – Community Living – Supporting Individuals with Developmental Disabilities - continued • Will be following up for suggestions to make the tools more appropriate for supporting caregivers of older adults with developmental disabilities • International Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Aging – March 26 and 27; will be providing Toolkit brochures in Conference bags (about 150-200 delegates)

  10. Workshops • Northern Health and Community Agencies/Organizations/Students • Hosted by UNBC Community Care Centre –relatively new Centre in downtown Prince George; practicum students (social work and counselling) do practica (supervised by UNBC faculty) – counselling, group work, social outreach, community engagement • Organized by MSW students, invitations (including web-link to toolkit/website) went to a substantive list of agencies and organizations as well as emails lists for volunteers, students and United Way agencies and Red Cross

  11. Workshops • Northern Health and Community Agencies/Organizations/Students – continued • Two workshops – 22 attendees including: • Northern Health (Elderly Services, Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Unit, Medical Floor, Health Services for Community Living; social work staff); RCMP Victim’s Services; Alzheimer’s Society; MS Society; Community Care Centre; Social Work students; Council of Seniors

  12. Workshops • Northern Health and Community Agencies/Organizations/Students – continued • Participants were impressed with the extensive resources available online • Some discussion about the particularities of northern circumstances and how these might be addressed • Also comments about how some clinicians and agencies were already trying to assist/support family caregivers and how these tools would help further develop that work

  13. Workshops • Northern Health and Community Agencies/Organizations/Students – continued • Face-to-face presentation increased likelihood of actually looking at and seriously considering using toolkit • Toolkit put questions about caregiving concretely on the agenda; may have assumed all aspects were taken into account; but only when actually looking at lens does one realize that there may be aspects missed • Student reflections following workshop included the observation that the toolkit could be used beyond caregivers of seniors and that Resource Guide documentation invaluable for student learning, papers, presentations, etc.

  14. Connection/Discussion with Other Key Stakeholders • Seniors’ services in Prince George – innovative review underway by health authority • lens and resource guide were both provided as documents to be included in the review in addition to substantive discussion with lead person overseeing review - ongoing

  15. Connection/Discussion with Other Key Stakeholders - continued • Lens and toolkit provided to members of new Elder Program Council established to provide strategic level direction to services for older adults for Northern Health (across the entire spectrum/continuum of service for seniors)

  16. Connection/Discussion with Other Key Stakeholders - continued • Made available to faculty members for classroom instruction and assignments (as we did with the Seniors’ Mental Health Policy Lens) • Puts family caregivers front and centre for students which we expect will assist in putting family caregivers on the agenda in the agencies and organizations in which graduates will ultimately work

  17. Web-based Messaging…. • Via invitations to workshops in Prince George • On other networks across northern BC – e.g., Women North Network; BC Association of Social Workers; university-based networks; United Way of Northern BC list serve; and more…. • So although workshops haven’t yet reached beyond Prince George, the information and resources have… • Considering a series of webinars

  18. Contact Information & Questions • Questions about our work to date? • Contact info for northern BC work: Dawn Hemingway – hemingwa@unbc.ca Joanna Pierce – piercej@unbc.ca

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