Resource Webinar 2

Transforming to Integrated Community-Based Services for Older Albertans

Goals of the Webinar

To learn from international, national and local experts about opportunities to transform community -based services.
To provide input on priorities for action.

Speakers and Speaker Slides

Dr. Marie Anne Essam MB BS MRCGP MBA, General Practitioner, Pathfinder Practice, Hertfordshire, UK and Clinical Lead and Ambassador for Social Prescribing. “ The Potential for Social Prescribing as an Important Change in Service Delivery”
Kahir Lalji, M.A., CPG, Provincial Director, Government Relations & Programs, United Way British Columbia, “Healthy Aging in BC – A Community Based Model”

Karen McDonald, MBA, Executive Director of Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton, and Chair of the Healthy Aging Alberta Initiative, “Moving Towards an Integrated Healthy Aging Community-Based Service System for Older Adults in Alberta”

More information:

Marie Anne Essam (2021) Social prescribing: Good for us all https://practiceindex.co.uk/gp/blog/social-prescribing-good-for-us-all/
National Health Service (UK): Social Prescribing https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/
AARP (2018): Social Determinants of Health and the Aging Population https://impaqint.com/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/Issue%20Brief_SDOHandAgingPopulation_0.pdf
United Way British Columbia (2021) Healthy Aging https://www.uwlm.ca/your-impact/healthyaging/
The Profile Initiative (2017) highlighted the key role played by non-profit and municipal community-based seniors’ services in supporting seniors to build new social connections, remain physically and mentally active, and retain their independence as long as possible. https://www.uwlm.ca/news/raising-profile-bc-seniors/
United Way British Columbia (2017) Raising the Profile of the Community-based Seniors’ Services Sector in B.C.: A Review of the Literature https://www.uwlm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Raising-the-Profile-Project-Lit-Review-Exec-Summary-2017.pdf