We Listen, We Learn, We Evolve

November 12, 2009 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.)
Deer Lodge Centre, 2nd floor-2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

Approximately 100 people joined us a Patient Safety Forum to Share Thoughts and Ideas on Balancing Risk and Safety in Long Term Care

The “Living In Care” forum is the second in a series by the Institute called “We Listen! We Learn, We Evolve”. The event was co-sponsored by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The purpose of the series is to give Manitobans a greater voice on a subject that the Institute feels is of interest and importance to the public regarding patient safety in Manitoba’s healthcare system.

Balancing safety and freedom for older people needing help is a significant challenge in all care settings. Policies and rules aimed to promote safety may collide with lifestyle preferences of older people in minute and intrusive ways. Sometimes the elderly care recipient is at the center of a complicated struggle, drawing in family members, professionals, and provider organizations. And often the struggles about what to do are internal, as elderly care recipients themselves and other concerned stakeholders try to reconcile desirable but conflicting goals.

Minister of Healthy Living, the Honourable Jim Rondeau, brought greetings from the Province of Manitoba. Our guest speakers included Mr Réal Cloutier and Dr. Rosalie Kane. Réal Cloutier, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Vice President of Long Term Care and Chief Operating Officer of Deer Lodge Centre, who provided a short overview of the evolution on long term care in Manitoba.

Dr. Rosalie Kane, professor of public health at the University of Minnesota and faculty member of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Social Work, and the Center on Aging was the featured speaker. Dr. Kane argues that too often both safety and quality of life are unnecessarily compromised in long term care settings. She discussed how to divide responsibility for decision making and outcome between the person receiving services and the care providers. Access the event synopsis below.

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PowerPoint Presentation and Event Synopsis

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Download a synopsis of the event here (pdf format, 165 KB)

To borrow a DVD of the forum, contact the Institute at (204) 927-6477.