b"PARTNERS IN CAREWe've seen with our program a good It wasnt a discussion about what are welevel of improvement where people then graduate to a point where their going to do differently in the hospital versusfunction and their needs make them perfect candidates for traditional what are we going to do differently in long- long-term care, and even in some cases for returning home withterm care. It was all about recognizing thathome care. we don't have enough in the system as aOn teamwork andwhole and we have to find a different way ofgovernment support:putting in that capacity together. Cameron Love: The two teams have a genuine, willing drive to help patients and people. I think what really gelled the two groups right off I think one of the biggest gaps weWe tend to look at a patient who isthe bat is a real willingness to realize have in our health care system is thestuck in a hospital as also being stuckwe have to change, and we've got to risks of transferring patients betweenwith a certain level of function anddo it to the benefit of what patients environments. The more we canability to function independently,and families experience. integrate care, both medically andwhen, in fact, we know that clinically between organizations,rehabilitation, socialization, moreIt wasnt a discussion about what the better we can support patientsactivity and stimulation can lead toare we going to do differently in the through any type of transition.a significant improvement. Basically,hospital versus what are we going people are stuck because the systemto do differently in long-term care. On the right care in the doesn't have enough capacity. It was all about recognizing that we right place:don't have enough in the system asOur unit helps people to bridge thata whole and we have to find a Dr. Michael Guerriere: People andgap. We get them into a long-termdifferent way of putting in that their function are heavily influencedcare environment, but still with thecapacity together.by their environment. I remembersupports of an acute care hospital in my internal medicine practiceteam. The Ottawa Hospital physiciansDr. Michael Guerriere: The teams years ago how rapidly seniors canand nurses are still taking care ofon the ground at both The Ottawa deteriorate when they're in an acutethe residents in the transitional careHospital and Extendicare hit it off care hospital environment and whenunit, and the long-term care teamright out of the gate. And they were they have an acute event. The lack ofgets involved with socialization andpassionate about the unit. 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