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Report To: Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
From: Paul Myre, Chief (A) Paramedic Services
Date: January 28, 2021
Re: Community Paramedicine for Long Term Care (CPLTC) - Issue Report
To provide the Board with information on a 3-year funding proposal opportunity for Community Paramedicine funded by the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
The Ontario government is accelerating its expansion of Community Paramedicine programs by investing $14.5M this fiscal year to support more communities. The Ministry of Long-Term Care has invited an additional 29 communities with existing Ministry of Health or Ontario Health funded Community Paramedicine programs to express their interest in receiving funding to implement CPLTC starting in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Communities interested in moving quickly to implement the program were invited to submit a budget and implementation plan if they meet the following criteria:
The Long-Term Care sector is faced with increasing capacity pressures. As of August 2020, the wait list to access a bed had more than 38,000 people on it. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this capacity challenge. There has been an estimated reduction of approximately 6,000 beds due to Long-Term Care homes implementing COVID-19 protocols, such as restricting admissions into multi-bedrooms and creating space for isolation. The goal of the CPLTC framework is to help address system capacity issues by supporting individuals to safely stay in their own homes for as long as possible, while also providing “peace of mind” for caregivers. It will do this through preventive and responsive care, such as home visits and remote patient monitoring. This 100% provincially funded program will focus exclusively on seniors in three categories of eligibility:
The CPTLC is program is based on four guiding principles:
On January 7th, 2021, Paramedic Services submitted our budget template and implementation plan based on a notional funding allocation of one million dollars per year or $250,000.00 per quarter. Should we be successful in securing this funding, we would need to be fully operational for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
If the 3-year funding is approved, staff will develop a plan that includes staffing profiles for this time limited 3-year project.