Thank you to everyone who attended our June 20 Presentation by Sheila Novak
The report and presentation are attached.
Please ensure you share this notice with others in your family and friends circle who might benefit from attending our meetings from time to time.

Also Family Council thanks all those who turned out to the Townhall Presentation on “Optimizing Patient Care at Louis Brier” presented by Leanne Park, Dr. Merrick Tosefsky (Clinical Leads at LBHH), and Dr. Marla Gordon (Medical Director for Long-Term Care & Community Geriatrics Programs at VCH). This important engagement informed us families about the coming improvements to care which are designed to help treat residents here at LBHH where it makes sense to avoid emergency. We hope families review the slide deck to learn what options for treatment will be available in the coming months.

Help us help you! Connect with us: lb.familycouncil@gmail.com 

Upcoming meetings:
July meeting is an educational session where we are invited to join VCAFC at their educational session.
August there is no meeting – summer break is here!
September meeting is Thursday September 19 at 7:00PM

VCAFC 3-part series on advanced care planning:
Part 1 explored ACP as a continuum of conversations and how to get started

Part 2 Explores Goals of Care Conversations (in long-term care most specifically) – See invitation below for July 16th

Pat 3 Explores End of Life/Decision Making/MAID – Coming this Fall.

Who is VCAFC and what does VCAFC do?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FkUHXlOWvF-XKXjacbnuipNlIdXRg_9A/view?usp=sharing  

Tuesday July 16, 2024
1:00-2:00PM
Guest Speaker: Patricia Reyes, RN, BN  RPACE Coastal Clinical Educator VCH
Goals of care conversations which are different from but connected to advance care planning.
Goals of care conversations are discussions LTC Staff have with people living with a life-limiting illness about their goals, values and beliefs so that LTC can align the care provided with what matters most to the person. These conversations support peoples’ understanding of their health now and what it will look like in the future.
Family Councils can best support the conversation by thinking ahead with our loved ones about what matters most.  We will touch upon Deciding on Goals of Care and Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) Long Term Care.

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Attached:
LBHH Telephone Directory for Families: See Contact List 
LBHH Role Key 
Family Council June 20  Sheila Novak UBC LBHH Resident and Family Engagement Report
VCAFC Part 1 June 18 Advanced Care Planning Presentation
My Voice: Available with LBHH Social Worker
Optimizing Care at LBHH 2024

“Peer Support Corner”
Please share a resource that has helped you: lb.familycouncil@gmail.com

UBC Nursing researchers highlight resident and family councils’ impact on long-term care
We thank UBC Research, ILTCCABC and Louis Brier for making this whole research and the outputs possible!

WATCH the 7 min video (filmed at Louis Brier):
LINK
DOWNLOAD the Council Effectiveness Tool form the Hope Lab Website:
LINK
LEARN from the 1 page infographic about the key findings from their research:
LINK

The ILTCCABC Vision is that quality of life, person-centered care be the lens through which all service delivery decisions are made in long term care homes in BC.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Family Council Executive              
Lisa Dawson, Co-Chair   
Fran Harrison, Co-Chair
Cassandra Siebel,  Co-Chair
Evan Sahmet, Vice  Co-Chair
Rahim Meghji, Treasurer 

ATTACHMENTS:

LBHH Telephone Directory for Families: See Contact List 
LBHH Role Key 
Family Council June 20  Sheila Novak UBC LBHH Resident and Family Engagement Report
My Voice: Available with LBHH Social Worker
Summary of VCAFC Advanced Care Planning June 18 
Optimizing Care at LBHH 2024