The Mental Illness Caregivers Association https://www.micaontario.com/ planning discussion document is aimed to develop more effective approaches that both strengthen and maintain continuity of care and address future needs. It is drawn from the perspective of family caregivers. It resonates and benchmarks with ---the key components of the Recovery Model and the current Ministry of Health standards of community care provided by: Intensive Case Management and Assertive Community Treatment.
The discussion document has a “Planning Framework” to address core needs and has an emphasis on the financial and housing resources family members use to support their family member for the future, “after we are gone.” MICA identifies the need to develop organizational partnerships in order to implement good care and build a community based and care system approach for people living with mental illness, substance abuse and developmental disabilities.
… it is now more urgent than ever for the Ministries of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Health and Long-Term Care and Children, Community and Social Services to work together to ensure all caregivers have a housing plan that addresses both current and future housing needs of the most vulnerable in our community …
It strikes me that this effort by family members to support their loved one’s, can bring the rest of us along, to strengthen communities and services for all of us.
Please provide your thoughts and engage with planning discussion document here: https://www.micaontario.com/HousingPlan.php
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