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The Regional Municipality of Durham
Hillsdale Estates – 300 bed home located in Oshawa, Ontario
Lakeview Manor – 149 bed home located in Beaverton, Ontario
Networking, Knowledge Transfer and Supporting
other RAI Coordinators
Four Homes implementing RAI-MDS Phases 1 – 4
Decided to meet monthly to discuss issues/concerns
Collaboration was useful to each one of us.
Were other homes met with similar challenges/issues?
Beginning of the Durham Region RAI Coordinator network
Spoke with a contact at the project portal.
Advised of a similar network in the Ottawa region.
Contacted the individual who started the network in Ottawa.
He provided us with some helpful hints.
Our journey began…….
Obtained a list of all Durham Region Long Term Care Facilities
Contacted RAI Coordinators via email.
No email, we phoned the home directly for contact information.
The email went out to the group of RAI Coordinators to seek interest.
The answer was an “overwhelming YES!!!”
19 Invitations went out to join us
Provided refreshments
Comfortable environment
10 out of 19 homes were represented
First meeting – February 3, 2010
Meet and Greet
Details surrounding each one of us
Drafted our term of reference
Decision to meet monthly
Rotate home sites for the host and chair
Some of the issues that were brought
to the table……..
The dreaded buy in by staff, accepting change
Who, what and how were RAPS being done?
Implementing Restorative/Rehabilitation Program
Overall duties of a RAI Coordinator
Auditing process, education
RUG groupings/scores, maximizing your CMI
Some of the challenges associated with the Network….
Commitment, finding the time to attend
Some facilities were unable to host
Frequency of meetings
Locations, being able to meet in person
Finding outside partners to speak at meetings
Some of the community partners asked to
attend our meetings were:
Duty Inspectors College of Nurses Neighboring Universities and Colleges LHIN - Local Health Integration Network
Other ways to improve and move forward
SHRTN – Seniors Health Research Transfer Network
Attended a planning day sponsored by SHRTN
Informative day which walked you through the process
Community of Practice
SHRTN Collaborative is a network of networks
Partnership that includes the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) Knowledge Exchange, the Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange (AKE), Ontario Research Coalition (ORC)
Created in 2005, Grant of Ministry of Health and Long term care
Grown and developed into a significant knowledge and exchange network
Links caregivers, researchers and policy makers in the province of Ontario with the aim of improving care of seniors in Ontario.
Membership is free http://beta.shrtn.on.ca
Membership of SHRTN as well as specific Communities of Practice (CoP) within the website
CoP is a group of people to exchange information
Form of interactive education programs, awareness initiatives
Examples of CoP’s are: Continence Care, Diabetes, Mental Health, Wound Care, Nutrition, Hospice Palliative Care, Falls Prevention and Medication Safety
CoP is a community or group of people who have made a commitment to be available to each other
Offers support to share learning, and to consciously develop new knowledge
Membership of SHRTN CoPs (Community of Practice) have increased quickly over the last year
CoP is supported by a Knowledge Broker and an Information Specialist
SHRTN members participated in over 250 knowledge exchange events and over 350 meetings this year in person
Apply to be a Community of Practice for RAI-MDS
Application process was detailed and lengthy
Community of Practice would require a lot of our attention and time
SHRTN representatives asked us if we would be interested in becoming one of the first “Community of Interest”
The application was made, accepted, the partnership agreement was completed and we are now included on the website under RAI-MDS CoI (Community of Interest)
This partnership allows us the opportunity to utilize the technology provided by SHRTN for our networking group, such as teleconferences, webinars.
It has also brought attention to our Network, we’ve been asked to speak at other LTC Facilities outside of our region on how to develop and implement their own network.
Alberta: Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca
Saskatchewan: Quality Worklife Quality Healthcare Collaboration http://www.qwqhc.ca/knowledge-exchange-resource
Manitoba: Canadian Cancer Society Knowledge Exchange Network http://www.cancer.ca/manitoba/prevention
Manitoba: Knowledge Exchange and Community Planning http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthychild/pdre/knowledge
Quebec: Reseau de recherche en sante des populations du Quebec http://www.santepop.qc.ca/en/axesstrategiques/puc.html (web site available in English)
Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research http://www.mun.ca/regoff/calendar/sectionNo=GENINFO-0701
New Brunswick: Community on Aging Knowledge Exchange http://www.cakens.com
University of British Columbia - Evidence-based Health Care http://toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects
University of Manitoba - Evidence-based Health Care Linkshttp://www.umanitoba.ca
Centre for Health Evidence http://www.cche.net/about.asp
University of Toronto - Evidence Resources - websiteshttp://www.cebm.utoronto.ca
Evidence-based Health Care - Ottawa Hospital
Links to clinical trials and systematic reviews, critical appraisal resources and critically appraised papers, Cochrane collaboration, educational resources etc.http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca
Evidence-based Resources - Kellogg Library - Dalhousie Universityhttp://www.library.dal.ca/kellogg/bestevidence/evidence.htm
University of Ottawa - Evidence-based Health http://www.uo-epc.org
Our goals are
To continue to generate awareness of the importance of the RAI Coordinator role
Encourage and support others to form their own networking groups within the province.
To generate awareness with Ministry Programs to help facilitate proper assessment and knowledge transfer of RAI-MDS
In conclusion, we challenge every RAI Coordinator to begin a network in their Region!
We hope you enjoyed this presentation and we are hopeful that it has shown you the benefits of networking with other RAI Coordinators as well as other network possibilities in your Provinces and/or Countries.