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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Read short summaries of promising practices that are enabling older adults to age in place across the country.
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Read short summaries of promising practices that are enabling older adults to age in place across the country.
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.
Healthcare Excellence Canada offers a range of supports to collaborative participants, including:
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 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
Have questions about Enabling Aging in Place collaborative? Contact EAIP-FVCS@hec-esc.ca to learn more.