Tue, Oct 20, 2009 12:00 pm to:1:30 pm
OPTMIZING HEALTHY
AGING
Carol L. McWilliam, RN,
MScN, EdD
Professor, School of Nursing,
University of Western Ontario
Member, Aging
& Health Research Centre, University of Western
Ontario
Tuesday,
October 20, 2009
12:15 pm –
1:30 pm
Optimizing health becomes increasingly
challenging as one ages, particularly inasmuch as 83% of people 65 years of age
and over have one or more chronic diseases. Such medical conditions necessitate
repeated contact with health care professionals, and often demand and command
the attention of older people themselves, their family and their friends.
Efforts to assist older people in addressing or preventing problems associated
with their chronic disease often quite unintentionally undermine their health as
a resource for everyday living, however. This presentation draws on the
findings of a 20-year program of research to illustrate how this happens, and
what might be done to optimize healthy aging. Principles for relational health
promotion at the individual level, organizational culture changes for promoting
evidence-based practice of relational health promotion by individuals, teams,
and partnering agencies, and program and policy considerations related to widely
espoused models for self-care management of chronic disease will be
addressed.
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Dr. McWilliam’s research program has
focused on health promotion, particularly aiming to refine health care practice
and policy to achieve greater independence and resource for every day living
amongst older people. Her earlier investigations identified the disempowering
experiences that frail, chronically ill older people confront in seeking and
receiving health care. Other studies therefore have tested evidence-based
practice approaches and service delivery strategies to create a more equitable
balance of knowledge, status and authority between seniors and the
professionals, informal caregivers, and systems they encounter in seeking health
care. At the macro level, Dr. McWilliam has led an interdisciplinary National
Consensus Process to promote and test the transfer of knowledge from all
credible research on issues related to seniors’ economic, health, and social
independence to the policy, programming, and interdisciplinary professional
practice arenas. She has also served as a consultant to numerous local,
provincial, and national groups, including the Seniors’ Directorate of Health
Canada, Veterans’ Affairs Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Health Canada
and several home care programs across Canada. Currently, Dr. McWilliam is
evaluating the full-scale implementation of an empowering partnership model to
in-home health services delivery and collaborating in the offering of a national
research training program to develop Canada’s research capacity in
interdisciplinary primary health care.
Seminars are free, held at the Institute, 222 College
St. (Field’s Building 1st floor), right beside the Bookstore.
This
seminar may also be viewed by clicking on the event link:
http://hosting2.epresence.tv/AGING/1/live/23.aspx
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Please direct any questions about this seminar and webcast to Nina Carlton, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, nina.carlton@utoronto.ca / 416-978-0377. Please do not contact NICE with questions about this event.