Improving Dementia Care in Ontario Act, 2024

1 (1) The purpose of this section is to develop a framework to ensure that every Ontarian has access to quality dementia care. Development of framework (2) The Minister of Health shall develop a provincial framework designed to support improved access to dementia care, provided through hospitals, home care, long-term care homes, hospices and community care services, that, among other things, (a) promotes person-centred dementia care; (b) defines what person-centred dementia care is; (c) identifies the person-centred dementia care training and education needs of health care providers as well as other caregivers; (d) identifies measures to support dementia care providers; (e) identifies research and common data elements on dementia care; (f) identifies measures to facilitate equitable access to dementia care across Ontario, including strategies to increase awareness of programs such as the…

2 (1) The Ministry of Colleges and Universities shall review its “Personal Support Worker Standard” to determine whether changes should be made to require any or all of the following: 1. In-depth learning about person-centred dementia care. 2. Experiential training and placements that involve working with patients living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 3. Learning about and practicing communication and de-escalation techniques such as gentle persuasive approaches or other accredited techniques. Report to Assembly (2) The Minister of Colleges and Universities shall prepare a report setting out the results of the review required by subsection (1) and shall lay the report before the Assembly within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force. Publication (3) The Minister of Colleges and Universities shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website wi…

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