Issue Alert

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• OHHCPA /OCSA  Position Regarding the Appointment of CCAC Boards, CEOs and Membership on Local CCAC Community Advisory Councils
  A  position paper written jointly with the Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association. The paper outlines recommendations regarding implementaiton of the CCAC Corporations Act. (January 2002)

• OHHCPA /OCSA  Draft position Regarding Case Managment under the New CCAC Act  
  A  position paper written jointly with the Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association. The paper outlines recommendations regarding changes to the provision of case management services. (January 2002)

• "Community Support Services: The Key to Sustainable Health Care in Ontario."
  OCSA makes the case for well-funded, well-planned home care and community support to help people in Ontario maintain or regain their health at home. Key issues, facts, stats and recommendations for action are all in the report.
  
• Impact of the CCAC funding restraints, Fall 2001
  In September, OCSA asked member agencies to provide an update regarding the impact the CCAC funding constraints were having on clients, staff, and their agencies. Here is the compilation of responses received. This document has been shared with the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Health Care Programs Division of the Ministry. Helen Johns, the Associate Minister of MOHLTC responsible for the CCAC review and Act, has also been forwarded a copy for her information.
       We are now asking OCSA member agencies to provide another impact update to cover the last few months. We want to share the updated impact
  statements with the Ontario Gvernment in early December 2001.
  
• "Building a High Performance Home and Community Care System in Ontario."  A  position paper written jointly with the Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association (OHHCPA), It includes 4 key recommendations to make the home and community care system more efficient  and effective.

• Letter to Finance Minister Flaherty regarding OCSA's recommendations for the Province of Ontario 2001 Budget -- March 19, 2001 (members only)

• OCSA's "Top 10 Facts About Home Care" has now been distributed by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) to its 265 member papers - March 2001

• In 20 Short Years , a discussion paper on aging and demographics, is released by us as part of the Bringing Care Home campaign - February 2001

• The Role and Value of Homemakers/Personal Support Workers in the Health Care System - A paper developed jointly by Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA), the Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association (OHHCPA) and the Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres (OACCAC) - November 2000.

• Home Care Worker Compensation - A paper developed jointly by Ontraio Community Support Association (OCSA) and the Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association (OHHCPA).  The paper examines the disparity in health worker compensation between the home and community care sector and the institutional sectors - November 2000.

• Bringing Care Home - A major information campaign - September 2000.

• The Effect of the Managed Competition Model on Home Care in Ontario: Emerging Issues and Recommendations - A paper developed by the Ontario Community Support Association examining the effect of Managed Competion on the delivery of home care in Ontario - June 2000.

• OCSA's Key Issues and Positions

• A Right to Service

• Pre-Budget Consultation Submission to the Ministry of Finance -- April 1, 1999

• Ministry Proposes Major Transformation to Long-Term Care -- New Home Care Eligibility Criteria

• Home Care in Perspective

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January 29, 2002