continuity of care

While it’s absurd that we have been reduced to have to advocate for fair provincial housing allocations to address homelessness in Ottawa, let’s join with the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa campaign and their efforts to mobilize the community.

As Dusko Miljevic, social worker with the Mood and Anxiety program at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre said to a small group of us discussing the situation recently, “there is no recovery without housing.”

I was reading Standardized Tools: An Exploration of Implementation Barriers and Enablers, a guidance on implementation in organizations https://www.eenetconnect.ca/to…arriers-and-enablers and for sure found a lot of wisdom on the approach to implementation.  The description of the process in the first vignette rings so true to applying to everyday practice, so thanks for the inspiration.

A Webinar: " Should we be talking about endings in Housing First?" Research from Housing First England led by Imogen Blood, consultant https://www.homeless.org.uk/imogen-blood

Our 7 member panel presentation at the Ontario ACTT and FACT Association virtual conference:

May 12 2021

12-2pm

TRANSITION PATHWAYS ACT, STEP DOWN CARE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FACT IN THE US

John P Ayers, MS, LPC-S  &  Christopher Masopust, MS, LPC; Family & Children’s Services, Tulsa Oklahoma

The Centre for Research and Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims and the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario invite you to

HEAR THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS

APRIL 27: Knowledge Exchange Forum
Designed to share insights from the voices of survivors and service providers about the ways we can engage in the provision of culturally-responsive care.

I think this report  from Statistic's Canada framing the dynamics of disability is a pivotal foundation in our efforts to: frame planning, understand and approach how we ensure continuity of care and transitions with systems, care planning.

This pithy quote from the new British Framework for community mental health reform sets out similar outcomes being sought with health teams, hospitals; and perhaps ACT teams and Intensive Case Management ... without walls.

... "Maximise continuity of care and ensure no “cliff-edge” of lost care and support by moving away from a system based on referrals, arbitrary thresholds, in supported transitions and discharge to little or no support. Instead, move towards a flexible system that proactively responds to ongoing care needs..."