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Lived Experience Network South East Ontario Advisory Zoom Chats

We invite you to join us for the Advisory Lived Experience Zoom chat/conversation. Advisory Lived Experience Zoom Chats/Meetings provide a way for health care system leaders, who plan, assess and provide service to people living with dementia or similar diagnoses in South East Ontario to receive advice and observations from people with lived experience (past and present) with the purpose of improving the system of care. Lived Experience Facilitator, Sharon Osvald will facilitate these Advisory conversations.

Dates & Times:

To accommodate as many people as possible, we have set up two dates in October to discuss the same topic. One is in the evening, and one is in during the day.
  • • Monday, October 7th Evening Zoom Chat from 6:00 - 7:30 PM       OR
  • • Monday, October 21rst Daytime Zoom Chat from 1:00 - 2:30 PM

October 2024 Advisory Lived Experience Zoom Chat Topic:

The Advisory Lived Experience Network topic for October will be a continuation of September's discussion:

"How can those who provide care and support to people living with dementia or similar diagnoses and their family/friend care partners, engender hope?"

This will be a working meeting, reviewing and adding to last month's discussions and recommendations. If you missed last month's conversation, you are more than welcome to join us in October. Working together, The Lived Experience Network will be part of the development of a knowledge tool or tools that will be shared by Providence Care across the system of care.
 
Key Questions Were:
Come prepared to share examples of what you experienced through your health care journey of:
  1. What is something that gave you a spark of hope.
  2. What diminished your hope.
  3. What else would you like to share about hope?

“It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.” ~OVID

 

 Zoom Link and Info:
Join Zoom Meeting room: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89041106004

Meeting ID: 890 4110 6004

If you are unable to attend online, but wish to phone in, please dial one of the following numbers:
1 (647) 374 - 4685 or 1 (647) 558 - 0588  You will be asked to enter the Meeting ID # 890 4110 6004 

If you experience technical difficulties when trying to join either of these Zoom meetings, please email Kim at schrybuk@providencecare.ca or call 613-285-4802 for support.
 
The Lived Experience Network South East will hold seven virtual advisory conversations a year through Zoom. These Zoom chats/meetings will take place on both a Monday evening and afternoon (with the same topic for both meetings) in the months of January, February, April, May, September, October and November. Input and suggestions for change will be shared with healthcare professionals providing, planning and evaluating services across the system of care through a quarterly report, in a manner that is confidential and protects your privacy.

Please let us know if you can come, and which date you plan to attend. While it is not mandatory to register, it is very helpful when providing technical assistance, if we have an idea ahead of time of who is coming and so we can provide you with a meeting agenda.

Advisory Lived Experience Zoom Chat Policy

Please read before joining our Zoom call: 

Although, some of our stories are not positive/happy stories, this community is not simply a place to voice our complaints. The Lived Experience Network cannot act as an ombudsman, rather, it is a safe place to share our stories through the lens of hope with the aim of sharing our lived experiences and making things better for others.
  1. Please do not use full names of the people you support. Do not use real names of medical staff, volunteers or the names of hospitals, long term care homes services or organizations. Please keep your comments as general as possible to protect the privacy of yourself and others. Do not share any personal health information about yourself or others. 
  2. Swearing, name calling or comments that are aggressive and assigning blame towards others are not welcome. Participants will be warned and then removed from the Zoom call.
  3. We invite you to take advantage of this online space for the purpose of sharing your insights, stories and suggestions for change, as well as your observations of where you saw good things happening in your care experience. We hope you will feel supported, heard and learn something from each other.
To share your lived experiences, come out to our next Advisory Zoom Chat or contact Sharon Osvald at sosvald@alzking.com or phone Mondays or Fridays at (343) 645-6240.

Email sosvald@alzking.com to register and to receive the Zoom link and info.