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LHINfo Minute

The LHINfo Minute is a brief update that helps people understand how the health care services and system is improving for people in our communities.

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May 3, 20122012 - 05 - 03 - New Mental Health Strategic Plan Looks to Create a Supportive Community - LHINfo Minute
From patient stories of success to new programs and tools available, over the past few months you have read a number of mental health initiatives currently underway at the Erie St. Clair LHIN. While each of these steps have proven to be invaluable for improving the lives of those in our communities, it is the Erie St. Clair LHIN’s role to look at the system as a whole to ensure that it is moving towards providing better care, experiences, and value.
 
Apr 20, 20122012 - 04 - 19 - New Resource Helps People Access Windsor-Essex Walk-In Counselling Clinics - LHINfo Minute
Last year, more people experienced a mental disorder than any other illness - more than stroke, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy combined. In an effort to help prevent Emergency Department visits, revisits, and to reduce our hospital admission rates, the Community Counselling Alliance (CCA) has launched a new tool for residents of Windsor and Essex County.
 
Apr 16, 20122012 - 04 - 16 - THE TOP 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE - LHINfo Minute
When choosing long-term care (LTC), there are many decisions that need to be made. The first step to making an informed decision is to learn about your options for care.
 
Mar 29, 20122012 - 03 - 29 - Health Care for Pelee Island: A Successful Community and LHIN Partnership
In the summer of 2011, the residents of Pelee Island faced reduced access to their Nursing Station. This change would have a significant impact on their access to primary, urgent, and emergency care.
 
Mar 22, 20122012 - 03 - 22 - LHIN-wide Early Intervention, First Episode Psychosis Program - LHINfo Minute.pdf
There are a fortunate few Ontarians whose only ever connection to mental health issues will be through watching movies. But for the vast majority, mental health issues are a reality and for 1 in 5 people, it’s a daily challenge.
 
Mar 22, 20122012 - 03 - 22 - LHIN-wide Early Intervention, First Episode Psychosis Program
There are a fortunate few Ontarians whose only ever connection to mental health issues will be through watching movies. But for the vast majority, mental health issues are a reality and for 1 in 5 people, it’s a daily challenge. 
 
Mar 1, 20122012 - 03 - 01 - Mental Health - Behavioural Supports in Ontario.pdf
The Erie St. Clair LHIN (ESC LHIN) has created a Responsive Behaviours Action Plan which includes the development of 39 new jobs to provide clinical interventions for older adults.
 
Feb 16, 20122012 - 02 - 16 - LHINfo Minute - Mental Health Care in Erie St. Clair
Approximately one in five Ontarians will experience a mental health and/or addiction problem during their life. Unlike an obvious physical impairment, mental health strikes at a level that is less tangible, but equally as impactful.
 
Feb 1, 20122012 - 02 - 01 - LHINfo - Getting Better and Going Home
With high ALC rates impacting patient flow at Windsor hospitals, finding better ways to care for seniors while achieving immediate system pressure relief, continues to be a challenge.
 
Jan 17, 20122012 - 01 - 17 - LHINfo Minute - Assess and Restore.pdf
“We want to live at home” – that is the message that seniors across Erie St. Clair (ESC) have repeatedly told the ESC LHIN; and we’re listening...
 
Aug 10, 20112011 - 08 - 10 - LHINfo Minute - GEM Nurses Advocating Patients Rights and Improving Care
When Helen, an 88 year-old resident of a local long-term care home, was brought to Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDHG) she had become agitated, aggressive, was refusing her medications...
 
Jul 29, 20112011 - 07 - 27 - LHINfo Minute - Husband and Wife Actively Age - Togther
Regina, a client of the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre, struggled with her weight and high blood pressure. On the advice of her primary care provider she joined the centre’s Active Aging and Health Management Program and began participating in their exercise classes.
 
Jul 20, 20112011 - 07 - 13 - LHINfo Minute - COMMUNITY AND LHIN COME TOGETHER TO KEEP ED OPEN.pdf
When Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital (CEEH) in Petrolia was having issues staffing its 24/7 rural Emergency Department (ED), the local physicians proposed a reduction in service hours to relieve the pressure and burnout they were facing.
 
Jun 30, 20112011 - 06 - 29 - CARE GIVERS GET RELIEF FROM LAMBTON ELDERLY OUTREACH - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Sharon Bidtnes is one of 1,500 clients that LEO serves. Sharon’s life changed when she fell victim to a stroke in 1994. The stroke had left her unable to walk and she only regained her ability to talk after countless therapy sessions.
 
Jun 16, 20112011 - 06 - 15 - LHINfo Minute - Nurse-Led Outreach Team Cares For Seniors.pdf
Worried about a resident’s change in behavior with the onset of confusion and lethargy, staff of a nursing home prepared to send Bob to the hospital. After assessment by the Nurse Led Outreach Team from Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Bob was diagnosed and treated for a urinary tract infection.
 
Jun 3, 20112011 - 06 - 01 - COMPASSIONATE END-OF-LIFE CARE AT HOME - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Fred, a middle aged man from Chatham with a debilitating chronic disease, had expressed an interest to die at home.
 
Mar 30, 20112011 - 03 - 29 - RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM A SUCCESS - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Gerald and Rose are senior citizens and have been managing a number of health conditions. Several years ago, Rose was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and also received a knee operation.  Her recovery was not completely successful and after managing significant pain and trouble walking, she recently underwent full knee replacement surgery.
 
Mar 28, 20112011 - 02 - 23 - First Link program connects clients earlier with supports - LHINfo Minute.pdf
For patients and their families learning for the first time of a Dementia diagnosis, support with understanding the disease and how to cope with its effects is an important first step.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 12 - 01 - Dementia Awareness - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Those who work directly with or care for someone who has dementia understands the special care required in dealing with this difficult condition. However, dementia awareness is something that benefits the entire community.
 
Mar 28, 20112011 - 01 - 11 - A Year in Review - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Looking back on progress made in 2010, the Erie St. Clair LHIN has made significant improvements to local heath care for the benefit of families living in Chatham-Kent, Sarnia/Lambton, and Windsor/Essex.
 
Mar 28, 20112011 - 02 - 09 - LHINs to release Community Engagement Guidelines - LHINfo Minute.pdf
With the creation of LHINs, the provincial government recognized Community Engagement as a key responsibility in administering health care for the 14 regions established across Ontario.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 10 - 27 - AMERHERSTURG COMMUNITY SERVICES - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Meals on Wheels and Friendly Security Checks are two amongst many community support services that are provided by Amherstburg Community Services (ACS).
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 11 - 16 - Homeward Bound Program - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Seniors in Sarnia are getting a lift home and more, through the help of the Homeward Bound Program run by the Canadian Red Cross, Sarnia-Lambton Branch.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 09 - 13 - Falls prevention and rehab program - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Preventing seniors from experiencing a fall and providing greater options for community-based rehabilitation are the goals of the new services recently funded at the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centre (CK CHC).
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 10 - 13 - NEW TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM - LHINfo Minute .pdf
Travelling to regular dialysis appointments at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital has just become easier for people living in Chatham-Kent and Essex County.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 06 - 14 - Protecting seniors from elder abuse - LHINfo Minute.pdf
As communities across the globe observe World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, local seniors continue to be the prayed upon in Windsor/Essex.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 06 - 22 - Caring Culture supportive housing helps seniors - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Residents of Wiidsemshin Assisted Living Facility on Kettle and Stony Point First Nation are receiving care from a team of health care professionals, most of whom are from within their own First Nations community and share their same culture and values.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 06 - 28 - Primary Health Care Task Group - LHINfo Minute.pdf
The inaugural meeting of the Primary Health Care Task Group – Steering Committee, was held on June 24, 2010.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 07 - 28 - New Funding to be announced to improve wait times - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Ontario is providing the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (ESC LHIN) with $4.4M for meeting specific emergency room (ER) wait time reduction targets.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 08 - 03 - New program at LDMH to improve care for elderly - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Leamington District Memorial Hospital (LDMH) will be unveiling a new program on August 4, 2010, to improve the care delivered to frail elderly patients and reducing Alternate Level of Care (“ALC”) rates.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 05 - 31 - Web site more accessible - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Although the Internet is typically viewed on screen, a new feature on the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (ESC LHIN) web site will have your computer reading the latest in local health care news to you.
 
Mar 28, 20112010 - 06 - 07 - Seniors are safe and sound - LHINfo Minute.pdf
Helping isolated seniors who are at risk is the goal of the VON Friendly Visiting and Security Checks programs. Funded by the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (ESC LHIN), through the Aging at Home Strategy, this program features new and expanded services geared towards providing companionship, either in-person or through a friendly phone call, to lonely or isolated seniors, or people with a disability.
 
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