Waterloo Wellington LHIN Aging at Home Strategy
Year 1 (2008/2009) Project Materials
Click here to read the Senate Report on Aging
Click here to view the Aging at Home Registration Postcard and the LHINformation sheet on Aging at Home
Request for Ideas
The Waterloo Wellington LHIN has received and reviewed 88 proposals from local organizations in support of the recently announced Aging at Home Initiative.
Business Case Support Material
For those organizations that have been asked independently or collectively with other proposals to prepare a business case the following information is intended to support you.
Question and Answers
Resources to Support the Business Case Completion
Below are some resources to assist in the description of service needs.
Click here for the Beyond 2006 report: Beyond 2006
Capital Funding linkages: Ministry of Health Capital Funding branch
Description of Services and Units
The program descriptions for Community Support Services are changing and the 2002/03 Provincial Performance Funding and Allocation Manual is being updated. More than half of the current CSS providers are early adopters of the new codes and the remaining CSS providers are using the codes from the 2002/03 PFA manual. Non Service providers or those new to service provision would benefit from reviewing the 2002/03 PFA manual as it provides descriptions and definitions of services.
Transfer Payment Accountability
Evaluation Criteria
Overview of Key Dates for the Aging at Home Service Plan
Activity November 2007 – April 2008
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Timeframe –
Year 1
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Invitation for Aging at Home Ideas and Innovation Proposals*
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November 27, 2007
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Deadline: Aging at Home Ideas proposals
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December 21, 2007 - 12:00pm (noon)
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Break in Process over December holiday period
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December 22, 2007-January 4, 2008
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Review of WWLHIN Ideas proposals
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January 7-8, 2008
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Invitation to submit business case proposal from select pre-proposal applicants and communication to those not advancing to business case.
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Week of January 14, 2008
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Deadline: Aging at Home Business Cases
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Week of February 6, 2008
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Business Case Review
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Mid February 2008
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Submission of Service plan to MOHLTC
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February 29, 2008
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Announcement of 2008/09 funding
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March 2008
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Background
On August 28th, 2007 the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced an investment of $702 million over three years for an Aging at Home Strategy. This Strategy is aimed at providing seniors and their families and caregivers with an integrated continuum of community-based services to enable them to stay healthy and live more independently in their homes. Please click on the link below to learn more about the provincial Aging at Home Strategy.
As a part of the Strategy, the Waterloo Wellington LHIN received $37million and will lead an exciting initiative that will impact the way services are delivered and help provide more equitable access to health care by matching the needs of the local senior population with the appropriate support services.
The Strategy aims to keep seniors healthy by providing a comprehensive mix of services for seniors and their caregivers through traditional services combined with innovative practices. The new funding is targeted to 2 main areas:
1. Increasing the overall supply (mix and quantity) of services (e.g. capacity building) that support seniors to stay healthy and live safely at home with independence and dignity, including:
2. Leveraging change through innovation, such as new preventative and wellness services and partnerships with non-traditional providers.
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Announcement Materials:
Developing the Aging at Home Strategy Locally
The Waterloo Wellington LHIN supports the provincial Aging at Home goals and objectives. We have and will continue to work with the community to develop an aging at home local plan to provide a suite of services for seniors to enable them to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible, in a safe home of their choice”
The WWLHIN Aging at Home Strategy will:
- Make investments into community and long term care settings. The strategy will improve access to care by assessing long term care bed capacity, and by building supportive housing units
- Enable seniors to remain at home for as long as possible by implementing innovative health service delivery models, and funding more community based services
- Increase the skills and knowledge of staff in the long term care system to more effectively manage their medically complex needs
- Enhance innovative health promotion strategies to keep seniors well
Click here for a link to the Interim Aging at Home Directional Plan. Interim Directional Plan - Aging at Home
Invitation to Participate in the Development of an Aging at Home Service Plan
The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) is inviting pre-proposals for initiatives that support the implementation of the MOHLTC Aging at Home strategy. The plan will outline the services and innovations that will be put in place to achieve the local AAH goal to enable seniors to live independently.
Request for Ideas and Innovations for Senior Care in WWLHIN
The WWLHIN is inviting the community to respond with ideas and innovations that target the following populations and target areas:
Complex Geriatrics
Frail Elderly
Supportive Housing
Seniors Health and Wellness
The following themes have been identified as areas of need to be addressed with the Aging at Home funding.
- Alternative Service Delivery Models and Level of Care for those with complex needs
- Senior Housing
- Transportation
- Adult Day Programs
- Access to Home Care
- Caregiver and Respite Support
- Friendly Visiting
- Improved information access to Seniors Services
- Assistive Devices
- Multicultural Supports for the aging population
- Social and Recreation Programs
- Income Assistance
- Primary Care
- Adults with Developmental Needs/Physical Disabilities
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Elder Abuse Prevention
- Assistance with Activities of Daily Living, specifically meal preparation, medication management, phoning, housekeeping
- End of Life/Palliative Care
- Health Human Resources
- Seniors Peer Support
- Need for Information Exchange across the continuum of care
- Increased awareness of Community Support Services
- Assessment of Long Term Care bed capacity
- Stats for Seniors in WWLHIN
Click here for the Aging at Home H-SIP form - word version
The Ideas and innovations proposed with be reviewed by the WWLHIN and those ideas/innovations that best align with the Integrated Health Service Plan, the Aging at Home Directional Plan, the needs of the seniors in Waterloo Wellington LHIN and alignment with leading practices and evidenced based case will move forward to a business case request. Business cases will be reviewed internally and funding will be awarded. Those business cased approved and accepted will become part of the Aging at Home Service Plan.
A portion of the AAH local funding will be dedicated to innovation. For additional information on innovation as it relates to the request for Ideas, follow the below link
Click here for the Definition of Innovation
The ideas and innovations proposals will be evaluated using specific criteria. The evaluation criteria will continue to be evolved and further developed and updated criteria will be posted.
Evaluation Criteria
Leading Practices and Evidenced Based Care
The following links provides examples of leading practices and evidenced based methodologies for planning and service provision. These resources are offered to assist applicants in the ideas proposal process. This is not an exhaustive list of all leading practices and evidence based care for Aging at Home.
Service Models
Supportive Housing
Planning Methodologies
Overview of Key Dates for the Aging at Home Service Plan
Activity November 2007 – April 2008
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Timeframe –
Year 1
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Invitation for Aging at Home Ideas and Innovation Proposals*
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November 27, 2007
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Deadline: Aging at Home Ideas proposals
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December 21, 2007 - 12:00pm (noon)
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Break in Process over December holiday period
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December 22, 2007-January 4, 2008
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Review of WWLHIN Ideas proposals
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January 7-8, 2008
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Invitation to submit business case proposal from select pre-proposal applicants and communication to those not advancing to business case.
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Week of January 14, 2008
**updated timeline**
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Deadline: Aging at Home Business Cases
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Week of February 6, 2008
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Business Case Review
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Mid February 2008
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Submission of Service plan to MOHLTC
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February 29, 2008
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Announcement of 2008/09 funding
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March 2008
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