1. Behavioural Supports Ontario Lived Experience Network Advisory
2016 Year in Review

2. Terms of Reference
Finalized our terms of reference which outlines the advisory’s purpose, objectives and logistics (meeting frequency, etc.)
Among our objectives & deliverables are the following priorities:
A. To enhance care partner training opportunities across the province
B. To develop and promote the use of a personhood tool across sectors
C. To engage individuals with lived experience across the province in advisory conversations
D. To inform the work of the Ontario Best Practice Exchange Collaboratives and ensure that it is guided by person and family-centred care approaches
E. To identify innovative and promising practices related to geriatric mental health, dementia, substance use and/or other neurological disorders and share them with the Ontario Best Practice Exchange Collaboratives
F. To provide recommendations for the ongoing updating of the BSO Mini-Sites
G. To act as a resource to provincial projects related to geriatric mental health, dementia, substance use and/or neurological disorders
This slide lists all of our objectives and deliverables for the advisory.
Note that in order to develop these terms of reference, we engaged the network in a number of conversation about their priorities and also provided our members with the opportunity to provide their feedback via an online survey.
The next slides will review all of our accomplishments made in 2016 under the relevant categories.

3. C. To engage individuals with lived experience across the province in advisory conversations
Conducted an environmental scan of other groups of individuals with lived experience in the area of dementia and geriatric mental health to engage a larger group of individuals in provincial live chats
Strategized marketing strategies for promotion of the Lived Experience Network Live Chats

4. (cont. from previous slide)
LIVE CHATS on
June: Provision of feedback to Health Quality Ontario’s Quality Standards for Behavioural Symptoms of Dementia
August: System Navigation
October: Ontario Dementia Strategy
December: Meaningful Engagement around the Holidays

5. D. To inform the work of the Ontario Best Practice Exchange Collaboratives and ensure that it is guided by person and family-centred care approaches & E. To identify innovative and promising practices related to geriatric mental health, dementia, substance use and/or other neurological disorders and share them with the Ontario Best Practice Exchange Collaboratives
Assisted in the decision making process for which of the Ontario Best Practice Exchange Collaboratives to accelerate
Members of the Lived Experience Network Advisory also sit on the Collaboratives

6. F. To provide recommendations for the ongoing updating of the BSO Mini-Sites
Provided initial feedback on the overall design and layout of the BSO websites

7. G. To act as a resource to provincial projects related to geriatric mental health, dementia, substance use and/or neurological disorders
Canadian Dementia Setting Questionnaire (Alzheimer Society of Canada)
Quality Standards for Behavioural Symptoms of Dementia (Health Quality Ontario)
Ontario Dementia Strategy (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

8. Goals for 2017
To enhance care partner training opportunities across the province
To develop and promote the use of a personhood tool across sectors
In addition to continuing on with our other objectives, this year we would like to truly focus on two of our objectives that we didn’t have a chance to really dive into last year.