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Transforming to Integrated Community-Based Services for Older Albertans

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Albertans want to remain in their community homes for as long as possible as discussed in the first webinar of the AAG Futures Policy Forum 2022. Comprehensive models of aging in place and healthy aging point to the importance of integrating and connecting traditional health services with the health promotion and prevention programming offered through community-based seniors’ services. Guest speakers in this webinar on integrating health and community services include Dr. Marie Anne Essam, UK and Clinical Lead and Ambassador for Social Prescribing; Kahir Lalji, M.A., CPG, Provincial Director, Government Relations & Programs, United Way British Columbia; and Karen McDonald, MBA, Executive Director of Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton, & Chair of the Healthy Aging Alberta Initiative. Please scroll down to see speaker bios.

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May 4, 2022 12:00 PM in Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: May 4, 2022 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: Transforming to Integrated Community-Based Services for Older Albertans Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lot_Ap-eRBurcavWacwKDw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Dr. Marie Anne Essam (Clinical Lead and Ambassador for Social Prescribing @London School of Business and Finance and NHS Pathfinder, UK) In over 30 years of GP practice, she thinks the most transformative force for individuals, communities, organizations, & society that she has encountered is social prescribing. “While medicine plays an essential role in health, health is more dependent on the social determinants of health (SDOH).” The SDOH are the non-medical social and environmental conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. “If there are problems with housing, finance, relationships, employment, and nutrition, to name a few, nothing doctors can prescribe medically is really going to help. A social prescription, however, may lead to the patient getting exactly the kind of advice and support they need. Social prescribing enables people to use the clinical services more productively and make personal advances that are both transformative and sustainable. Kahir Lalji M.A., CPG (Provincial Director @Government Relations & Programs, United Way, British Columbia) Kahir Lalji has deep roots in community development. Together with community agencies, local, provincial, and federal governments, and a diverse set of vested partners and donors, Kahir leads the United Way British Columbia Healthy Aging Team in creating healthy, inclusive communities. They deliver programs including Better at Home, Active Aging, Social Prescribing, Therapeutic Activation Programs for Seniors, Family Friends and Caregivers Support, Safe Seniors, Strong Communities and Community and Sector Development initiatives, such as Healthy Aging CORE and Project Impact. “Simply put, we are establishing an integrated and supportive senior’s health network that can respond to individual community needs and that can support seniors’ independence, resilience, and social connectedness.” says Kahir Lalji. Karen McDonald (Executive Director of Sage, Chair of Healthy Aging Initiative @Sage Seniors Association) Executive Director of Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton, and Chair of the Healthy Aging Alberta Initiative. After spending a decade in seniors’ supportive housing, she joined Sage, first as a program coordinator and now serves as the executive director. Sage is a community-based seniors serving organization that provides social services, community development, and life enrichment programming. Karen co-founded MatchWork in 2015 to support older adults facing barriers to employment. This interactive employment training and assessment tool is now used by employment support organizations to guide and support those who face barriers to employment, including older workers and caregivers. Additionally, Karen acts as the chair of Healthy Aging Alberta which is seeking to create a provincial network of organizations that are united by the shared vision; “We want Alberta to become one of the best places in the world to grow old.”

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