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Enabling Aging in Place

Most people in Canada – 85 percent of adults surveyed and 96 percent of those aged 65 years and older – want to avoid moving into a long-term care home and age at home for as long as they can. Our new collaborative will support organizations to implement practices that enable older adults with health and social needs to age where they call home, with formal support.

Program overview :

Evidence shows that one in 10 people who enter long-term care potentially could have been cared for at home with better support. However, lack of information and navigation support, limited mobility and transportation, geographic disparities and other barriers make it difficult for many older adults to be supported to age in place. Encouragingly, many aging in place programs across Canada are successfully helping older adults stay at home safely, with better health and quality of life.

Enabling Aging in Place will bring together health and social service organizations from across the healthcare continuum to implement promising practices that are delaying entry to long-term care and improving safety, health and quality of life outcomes, while also reducing emergency department visits, lessening demands on care partners, and making better use of health and social care resources.

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Promising Practices for Enabling Aging in Place

Read short summaries of promising practices that are enabling older adults to age in place across the country.

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Promising Practices for Enabling Aging in Place

Read short summaries of promising practices that are enabling older adults to age in place across the country.

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How the collaborative works

The collaborative will be delivered in two phases.

During Phase 1, teams will receive support to create an implementation and evaluation plan that helps them develop a sustainable aging in place program that builds on the strengths of individual communities and responds to the local needs of older adults and their care partners.

Phase 2 is expected to run from June 2024 to September 2025. Qualifying teams from Phase 1 will be supported to implement, spread or expand a promising practice based on their implementation and evaluation plan.

Benefits of participating

Healthcare Excellence Canada offers a range of supports to collaborative participants, including:

Phase 1

  • Seed funding of up to $15,000 per team
  • Virtual and in-person networking, coaching and learning events to promote sharing and collaborations across Canada
  • Access to evidence, resources and other capability building supports
  • Measurement and evaluation support
  • Opportunities to guide the development of new resources to support aging in place programs as well as community-specific needs

Phase 2

  • Opportunity for up to $25,000 in seed funding per team to support implementation activities as well as a continuation of all capacity building, learning and networking supports offered in Phase 1.
  • Virtual and in-person networking, coaching and learning events to promote sharing and collaborations across Canada
  • Access to evidence, resources and other capability building supports
  • Measurement and evaluation support
  • Opportunities to guide the development of new resources to support aging in place programs as well as community-specific needs

Phase 1 will run from January 2024-April 2024

HEC is currently reviewing applications for Phase 1 of the Enabling Aging in Place collaborative. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by the middle of December 2023.

Phase 2 will run from June 2024-September 2025

Phase 1 teams who demonstrate readiness to implement their program starting no later than June 2024 and successfully complete the Phase 1 implementation and evaluation plans will receive an invitation to participate in Phase 2 of the collaborative where they will be eligible to receive new seed funding (up to a maximum of $25,000) and supports. Opportunities for new teams to join Phase 2 of the program will be considered in spring 2024

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Have questions about Enabling Aging in Place collaborative? Contact EAIP-FVCS@hec-esc.ca to learn more.

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