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ditions, including dementia. High-needs patients may average 24 visits to more than a dozen specialists within a year’s time because of their condition. At least five per cent of high-needs patients do not have a primary personal doctor and half
of the people who meet the definition of a high-needs patient may not have easy available access to home care. They often have to make repeat visits to the hospital and may need extended hospital stays while they are waiting for an opening in an
available alternate care facility. The updated review information will help some Health Links area organizers with their own assessment and business plan development reports to the health ministry.
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ALFRED | Who has the greatest need for health care support is becoming more and more clear to the people in charge of managing health service programs for Eastern Ontario. The directors for the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) re- ceived an updated progress report on the Health Links project during their June 25 board meeting held in Alfred-Plantagenet Township. Health Links is a plan for orga- nizing health services for people in the Champlain LHIN region who have the highest and most complex needs. There are 10 Health Links setups in prog- ress throughout different sectors of the Champlain LHIN. The LHIN deals with man- aging and allocating provincial funding for health services and programs for the City of Ottawa, the Five Counties region, Ren- frew County, and the northern portions of Lanark and Grenville counties. Right now none of the Health Links is in full operation but the ones for Prescott- Russell, the Ottawa West-Arnprior region, and South Renfrew all have their business plans awaiting health ministry approval. The Upper Canada Health Link’s business plan is now at the development stage and will soon go to the ministry for review and approval. The other six Health Link areas are either awaiting ministry approval of their readiness assessments so they can begin working on their business plans or are in the midst of doing their readiness as- sessments. The latest update report on the Health Links project noted that 2.2 per cent of the entire Champlain LHIN population would qualify as “high need” health service cli- ents. That totals 26,744 people out of a population of 1.2 million. The LHIN crite- ria for defining a high-needs client covers physical and/or mental health conditions which require frequent emergency depart- ment visits, surgical sessions, one or more long-term care stays, more than 100 home care visits, referrals to a dozen or more spe- cialists during a period of time, and other factors. High-needs clients make up the top 10 per cent of Champlain LHIN patient funding demands. The latest research on high-needs ser- vices for the LHIN noted that Ottawa has the lowest rate for high-needs patients while the Health Links areas for Renfrew, Stormont, and Glengarry counties, the Cornwall area, and the Akwesasne have the highest rates. Seniors are more prone to being high-need clients yet half of all the known people classified as being high need within the Champlain LHIN are be- tween the ages of 18 and 64. Many high-needs patients may suffer from a multitude of chronic physical con- ditions and some may also be dealing with addiction problems or mental health con- www. editionap .ca Everything at your fingertips Tout au bout des doigts
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