opioids including fentanyl

Serious rock stars over here at the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support @ Support & Housing-Halton.  Please see Ontario Health (Quality Business Unit) Quorum feature of the Centre's Peer Support Integrity, Quality & Impact Survey.  The link is below.

The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support has just a few spots left for these two Jan 2020 training. 

Join CMHA, AMHO, and AFHTO for a 2nd of a 4-part webinar series on community and primary care QI projects and initiatives with a focus on mental health and addiction.

In preparation for Ontario Health Teams, learn about opportunities for collaboration with your local mental health and addiction agencies and how to implement quality improvement initiatives.

No words lately...

Just frustration, pain & grief....

Below is Pete's memorial for the 18th year of his overdose death-Dec 23 2001

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/un...stration-75922978673

Date:

January 23, 2020 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

More and more people are being poisoned by opioids. We need all hands on deck to turn that around.

This webinar will share a new toolkit, Mothering and Opioids: Addressing Stigma and Acting Collaboratively, developed by the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. 

Register 

https://bccewh.hostedincanadasurveys.ca/

Who Should Attend

Are you a health care professional or health system planner, or in an agency/hospital leadership role? Do you know about the quality standards related to mental health, opioid prescribing, and opioid use disorder?

Health Quality Ontario wants to hear from you!

We are conducting a brief survey to learn more about who is using the quality standards and how they are being used.

Hello, A colleague has encouraged me to share a short article that I had prepared for our local OASW branch. It was originally prepared for the OASW-Eastern Branch’s Spring 2018 Bulletin, and talks about some of the HQO Standards for the care of adults living with schizophrenia in a community/outpatient setting.

FREE, but $20 refundable deposit required. See note below.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/un...stration-75924936529

Date:

December 9, 2019 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

Do you know about the Health Quality Ontario (HQO) quality standards related to opioid prescribing, opioid use disorder, and mental health? HQO wants to hear from you!

Quality standards outline for clinicians and patients what quality care looks like. They focus on conditions or topics where there are large variations across Ontario in how care is delivered. In some cases, there are large gaps between the care patients should receive and the care patients are actually getting—quality standards can help bridge these gaps.

With 1 out of 2 Canadian seniors experiencing emotional distress in the past year and 1.4 million elderly Canadians reporting loneliness, a risk factor for suicide and other health problems, it is clear that Canada’s senior population is experiencing mental health challenges that urgently need to be addressed. In spite of the critical demand for treatment and services, seniors are often under-treated for their mental health challenges for many reasons; among them: misdiagnoses, stigma, physical and financial challenges, and lacking service availability.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/un...stration-63901994586

Date:

October 24, 2019 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

Oklahoma delivered a stinging blow to the drug manufacturing firm Johnson & Johnson on Monday, a landmark victory for the state that may help decide more than 2,000 lawsuits targeting opioid makers and distributors around the US. [CNN / Jacqueline Howard and Wayne Drash]

A recent report shows that opioid-related deaths have increased almost three times between 2003 and 2017 in the province. As the opioids landscape continues to change and as work unfolds to respond to a growing crisis, Dr. Tara Gomes examines the impacts of these changes.

The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) Webinar Series:
Clinical Guidelines on Substance Use Disorder Among Older Adults

 The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction is currently conducting a study using an online survey to better understand the experiences of individuals who provide harm reduction services. Additionally, we would like to gather information about the services and supports that could be put in place to ensure the well-being of individuals performing this work.

A recent report shows that opioid-related deaths have increased almost three times between 2003 and 2017 in the province. While health care organizations and governments have responded in changing policies and adapting guidelines, Dr. Tara Gomes examines the impacts of these changes.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/un...stration-63901993583

Date:

September 13, 2019 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

More and more people are being poisoned by opioids. We need all hands on deck to turn that around.

Researchers want to understand why you may or may not have accessed naloxone - including what makes it easier or more difficult to access - among individuals with past or current experience taking opioids for chronic pain in order to improve naloxone policies and programs.