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Director, Caregiving
Bonnie Schroeder
Manager of Community Support & Volunteer,
VON Tri-County, Nova Scotia
Derrick Babin
Agenda
• Background: Who is VON?
• Process/Implementation: What we did?
• Outcomes: What we hope to get it out it?
• Dissemination and Uptake: Our plan to share?
• Successes & Challenges
Caregiving at VON
Practice/ Programs
• Recognize them as partners
• Ensure access to information
• Develop programs
Policy • Champion
caregiving issues in Canada
Research • Facilitate and
share research to inform policy and practice through knowledge creation and exchange
Partnerships • Nurture
partnerships to support the other pillars
VON and Caregiving • Page 7 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
VON Caregiving Programs
Support and Information
• Caregiver Connect
• Let’s Talk FASD
Education
• From Stress to Strength Caregiver Series
• Safe Use of Medicines for Family Caregivers of Seniors
Respite
• Breakaway Day Program
• Community Assisted Respite and Enrichment (CARE)
Community Development
• Community Respite through Neighbours Helping Neighbours
VON and Caregiving • Page 8 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
French Caregiving Programs
Support and Information
• Aidants en réseau
• Parlons de l’ETCAF
Education • La sollicitude sans le stress
• Médicaments sécuritaires pour les aînés
Respite
• Breakaway Day Program
• Community Assisted Respite and Enrichment (CARE)
Community Development
• Les services de répit dans las communauté grâce à l'aide entre voisins
VON and Caregiving • Page 9 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
• VON offers caregiving programs in local communities
across Canada including:
• 27 caregiver support and education programs
• 27 Adult and 5 Alzheimer’s Day Programs
• 24 in home respite programs and 2 children’s respite
• 11 overnight/facility programs
• 23 Palliative Care Programs (nursing and volunteer)
• 13 bereavement care
• 9 sites participate in community/regional caregiver networks
National Statistics on programs
VON and Caregiving • Page 10 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
VON Tri-County Community
Support Programs
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• Volunteer Visiting (Yarmouth & Digby)
• Palliative and Supportive Care Volunteer
Program (Yarmouth & Digby)
• Breakaway Adult Day Program (Yarmouth)
• Meals in Minutes (Yarmouth)
• Community Cardiovascular Support (Tri-County)
• Caregiver Support Group (Yarmouth, Clare &
Digby)
Resources for Providers
Program Support
• Caregiver Support Best Practice Guideline (2004)
• Adult Day Program Community of Practice
• Program Standards
• Practice Consultation
Professional Development
• Educational opportunities for providers
VON and Caregiving • Page 12 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
Caregiving Policy Focus • National Caregiving Strategy
• Caring and Working
• Financial Security
• Compassionate Care
• Tax Credits
• Pensions
• Caregiver Recognition
• Respite (provincial focus)
VON and Caregiving • Page 13 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
VON and Caregiving Together • Page 14 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
VON Research Dr. Ariella Lang, Research Scientist
Home Care Safety • Focus on Medication Management
• Pan-Canadian Homecare Safety Study: Perspectives from Clients, Family
Members, Caregivers and Providers
• Family members and caregivers are the heart of home care
• Scoping Review on Caregiver Safety
• State of the Knowledge Regarding Safety in Home Care in Canada:
Bereavement Care • Improving the Quality of Bereavement Care to Individuals and Families
Bereavement Care Best Practice Guideline
• Evidence-Informed Primary Bereavement Care
• Perinatal Loss and Parental Grief
VON and Caregiving Together • Page 15 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
VON Policy Research Bonnie Schroeder, Director, Caregiving
• Older Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities: A Canadian Perspective on
Corporate Caring (2011)
• Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships: Exploring the Caregiver – Care
Receiver Dyad (2011)
• Risk Factors & Negative Outcomes (2008)
• Paid Work and Caregiving Responsibilities (2008)
• Engaging Caregivers as Partners of the Health Care Team (2008)
• Respite in Rural and Remote Communities (2008)
• Caregiver Assessment (2006)
• Respite Policy Lens (2005)
• Respite as Outcome (2004)
De
VON Caregiving Partnerships Canadian Caregiver Coalition
Quality End of Life Care Coalition
of Canada
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Alzheimer’s Society of Canada
The Home Depot
Alliance des femmes de la
francophonie Canadienne
Young Caregivers of Canada
VON and Caregiving • Page 16 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
• Caregiver Assessment
• Effective Program Interventions – Program Evaluation
• Navigating the System – client and caregiver centred care
• Abuse and Neglect – Caregivers as abusers and victims
• Culturally sensitive programs
• Specific populations – young caregivers, older caregivers,
employed caregivers, mental health caregivers
Practice/Program Gaps
VON and Caregiving • Page 18 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
• VON Caregiving Director took the lead.
• Selected key programs at the community level
• Invited the following VON sites:
• VON National Caregiving Program
• VON Tri-County, Caregiver Support
• VON Simcoe, Caregiver Support and Respite
• VON Hamilton, Caregiver Support and Education
• VON Hastings, Northumberland, Prince Edward (HNPE),
Caregiver Respite
• 3-4 meetings with the Project Team
Process/Implementation
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• VON National Caregiving Program
• Wants to review national care giving strategy and develop a caregiver
assessment protocol for all caregiver programs
• VON Tri-County
• Interested in engaging community partners
• VON Simcoe
• Taking a pass at this time
• VON Hamilton
• Watching the March of Dimes implementation
• VON (HNPE)
• Wants to review and revise caregiver record/documentation record –
linked to caregiver assessment protocol
Implementation Plan
VON and Caregiving • Page 21 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
• Host national webinar with VON Caregiving Programs
• Host webinar about toolkit with the VON Adult Day
Community of Practice (over 40 VON staff)
• Host a best practice session at the VON AGM June
2012
• Connect with the March of Dimes
Dissemination Plan
VON and Caregiving • Page 23 • www.von.ca • www.caregiver-connect.ca
• Recruited 4 local VON sites to consider using toolkit as
a planning tool
• Confirmed national director and 2 local VON sites to
implement tools
• Continuing growing relationships across programs to
share best practices
• Sharing advice and support for improving program
effectiveness
• Building relationships with March of Dimes
Successes
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• Competing demands
• Time frame
Challenges
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