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Will Gibson introduced our guests: Aussa Pennial, Retirement Living consultant at Roger's Cove, Geoff McCallum, retirement living chartwell manager, and Jennifer Houston, care coordinator / manager Home and Community care support services for North Simcoe /Muskoka ( formerly CCAC). Aussa outlined some of the red flags that indicate a need for help, such as lonliness, dining alone, missing meals, missing meds etc. The move to a retirement home can result in happier, healther individuals within 3-4 months. Geoff's job includes educating families as to what support is available and how to access it. Ontario has changing demographics , with more seniors using hospital beds. Currently, there are 6 million seniors in Canada. Retirement homes are partnering with agencies and available support sources. Retirement homes provide trustworthy staffing, healthy meals and activities personalized to their residents, providing social, emotional, physical and spiritual support. Retirement homes can provide Independent Living, Independent Supportive Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care. Independent Living provides housekeeping, outings, a la carte menu options, security and convenience. Independent supportive living adds laundry , PSW services and medication dispensing. Assisted Living and memory care adds help for residents with dementia , Alzheimers, with PSW support and nursing care. There is a Health/Wellness manager at both Chartwell facilities to assess needs of new residents prior to moving in. Jennifer suggested going to the snmhealthline.ca website to access health care info and professional services . Also H CC coordinators can help access services through the hospitals. HCC provides LTC access. This job includes Assessment, eligibility and wait list management for clients. the LTC provincial rate ranges from $1891.00- $2700.00 per month. There are 26 LTC homes in the North Simcoe Muskoka area. the RHRA regulatory agency has valuable info on various retirement homes that the public can access. The HCC has a call line open Monday-Friday 8:30- 5:30 for individuals with questions or needing help. Discussion around the need for more staffing in LTC and retirement homes and also reducing 4 bed rooms to semi-private. Hugh thanked our speakers on our behalf. We all appreciate knowing the services available for us now and in our future.
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