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The Regional Municipality of Durham

The Regional Municipality of Durham. Hillsdale Estates – 300 bed home located in Oshawa, Ontario Lakeview Manor – 149 bed home located in Beaverton, Ontario. Networking, Knowledge Transfer and Supporting other RAI Coordinators. Four Homes implementing RAI-MDS Phases 1 – 4

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The Regional Municipality of Durham

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  1. The Regional Municipality of Durham

  2. Hillsdale Estates – 300 bed home located in Oshawa, Ontario Lakeview Manor – 149 bed home located in Beaverton, Ontario

  3. Networking, Knowledge Transfer and Supporting other RAI Coordinators

  4. Four Homes implementing RAI-MDS Phases 1 – 4 • Decided to meet monthly to discuss issues/concerns • Collaboration was useful to each one of us. • Were other homes met with similar challenges/issues? • Beginning of the Durham Region RAI Coordinator network

  5. Spoke with a contact at the project portal. • Advised of a similar network in the Ottawa region. • Contacted the individual who started the network in Ottawa. • He provided us with some helpful hints. • Our journey began…….

  6. Obtained a list of all Durham Region Long Term Care Facilities • Contacted RAI Coordinators via email. • No email, we phoned the home directly for contact information. • The email went out to the group of RAI Coordinators to seek interest. • The answer was an “overwhelming YES!!!”

  7. 19 Invitations went out to join us • Provided refreshments • Comfortable environment • 10 out of 19 homes were represented • First meeting – February 3, 2010

  8. Meet and Greet • Details surrounding each one of us • Drafted our term of reference • Decision to meet monthly • Rotate home sites for the host and chair

  9. Some of the issues that were brought to the table…….. • The dreaded buy in by staff, accepting change • Who, what and how were RAPS being done? • Implementing Restorative/Rehabilitation Program • Overall duties of a RAI Coordinator • Auditing process, education • RUG groupings/scores, maximizing your CMI

  10. Some of the challenges associated with the Network…. • Commitment, finding the time to attend • Some facilities were unable to host • Frequency of meetings • Locations, being able to meet in person • Finding outside partners to speak at meetings

  11. Some of the community partners asked to attend our meetings were: • Duty Inspectors • College of Nurses • Neighboring Universities and Colleges • LHIN - Local Health Integration Network

  12. Other ways to improve and move forward • SHRTN – Seniors Health Research Transfer Network • Attended a planning day sponsored by SHRTN • Informative day which walked you through the process • Community of Practice

  13. SHRTN Collaborative is a network of networks • Partnership that includes the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) Knowledge Exchange, the Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange (AKE), Ontario Research Coalition (ORC) • Created in 2005, Grant of Ministry of Health and Long term care • Grown and developed into a significant knowledge and exchange network • Links caregivers, researchers and policy makers in the province of Ontario with the aim of improving care of seniors in Ontario.

  14. Membership is free http://beta.shrtn.on.ca • Membership of SHRTN as well as specific Communities of Practice (CoP) within the website • CoP is a group of people to exchange information • Form of interactive education programs, awareness initiatives • Examples of CoP’s are: Continence Care, Diabetes, Mental Health, Wound Care, Nutrition, Hospice Palliative Care, Falls Prevention and Medication Safety

  15. CoP is a community or group of people who have made a commitment to be available to each other • Offers support to share learning, and to consciously develop new knowledge • Membership of SHRTN CoPs (Community of Practice) have increased quickly over the last year • CoP is supported by a Knowledge Broker and an Information Specialist • SHRTN members participated in over 250 knowledge exchange events and over 350 meetings this year in person

  16. Apply to be a Community of Practice for RAI-MDS • Application process was detailed and lengthy • Community of Practice would require a lot of our attention and time • SHRTN representatives asked us if we would be interested in becoming one of the first “Community of Interest”

  17. The application was made, accepted, the partnership agreement was completed and we are now included on the website under RAI-MDS CoI (Community of Interest) • This partnership allows us the opportunity to utilize the technology provided by SHRTN for our networking group, such as teleconferences, webinars. • It has also brought attention to our Network, we’ve been asked to speak at other LTC Facilities outside of our region on how to develop and implement their own network.

  18. Alberta:   Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta  http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca Saskatchewan:   Quality Worklife Quality Healthcare Collaboration http://www.qwqhc.ca/knowledge-exchange-resource Manitoba: Canadian Cancer Society Knowledge Exchange Network http://www.cancer.ca/manitoba/prevention Manitoba: Knowledge Exchange and Community Planning http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthychild/pdre/knowledge

  19. Quebec: Reseau de recherche en sante des populations du Quebec http://www.santepop.qc.ca/en/axesstrategiques/puc.html  (web site available in English) Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research http://www.mun.ca/regoff/calendar/sectionNo=GENINFO-0701 New Brunswick: Community on Aging Knowledge Exchange http://www.cakens.com

  20. University of British Columbia - Evidence-based Health Care http://toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects University of Manitoba - Evidence-based Health Care Linkshttp://www.umanitoba.ca Centre for Health Evidence http://www.cche.net/about.asp University of Toronto - Evidence Resources - websiteshttp://www.cebm.utoronto.ca

  21. Evidence-based Health Care - Ottawa Hospital Links to clinical trials and systematic reviews, critical appraisal resources and critically appraised papers, Cochrane collaboration, educational resources etc.http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca Evidence-based Resources - Kellogg Library - Dalhousie Universityhttp://www.library.dal.ca/kellogg/bestevidence/evidence.htm University of Ottawa - Evidence-based Healthhttp://www.uo-epc.org

  22. Our goals areTo continue to generate awareness of the importance of the RAI Coordinator roleEncourage and support others to form their own networking groups within the province. To generate awareness with Ministry Programs to help facilitate proper assessment and knowledge transfer of RAI-MDS

  23. In conclusion, we challenge every RAI Coordinator to begin a network in their Region! We hope you enjoyed this presentation and we are hopeful that it has shown you the benefits of networking with other RAI Coordinators as well as other network possibilities in your Provinces and/or Countries.

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