Abstract
Background: There has been much talk of person-centred care but efforts to change care delivery still often overlooks or fails to unleash the power of individuals and communities. The launch of the Community-Enabled Health and Social Care special interest group is focused on sharing and learning from international experiences on the potential of community-led integrated care in creating and sustaining place-based models for health and well-being.
Audience: This workshop is relevant for all levels of individuals working with diverse stakeholder groups on health and care change efforts. Individuals working in administrative, managerial, frontline and voluntary capacities can all benefit, particularly those most interested in how to accelerate efforts to support complex and sustainable change.
•Leaders trained or centering relationship-based practice in health and well being change initiatives
•Academics and government representatives interested in real-world application of relational-care approaches to support sustainable transformation
•Teams interested in the impact of relational capacity on the implementation of integrated health and social models
Approach:
Together, we will begin to shape what we want to learn and advance together as we explore strategies for unleashing the potential of community-enabled programs and models.
Facilitators will highlight case studies from community-enabled initiatives focused on older adults in Australia and Canada. These examples will highlight the value community-leadership brings to advance and sustain integrated care around the world. The session will prompt discussion and provide participants with the opportunity to share what they would find most valuable from the SIG in the year ahead. The format and timing of the 60-minute SIG meeting is as follows:
•Introduction and context-setting (5 min)
•Sharing of case studies to highlight the impact of community-enabled integrated care and draw parallels from around the world
oNORC Innovation Centre, Ontario, Canada (10 min)
oALICE, Central Coast, Australia (10 min)
•Small circle discussion(s) and report back to investigate the potential of community-enabled integrated care (20 min)
oWhat have community-enabled efforts have driven better outcomes?
oWhat barriers or challenges are there in driving community-led efforts?
oHow might we come together to contribute to the ongoing body of knowledge?
•Next Steps for the SIG (10 min)
oIdentify common barriers to enabling community-leadership in integrated care
oIdentify what participants would find valuable from the SIG
•Wrap-Up (5 min)