Item - 2018.MM44.53

City Council on July 23, 24, 25,26, 27 and 30, 2018, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Long-Term Care Homes and Services:

a. within existing resources, to provide better supports for seniors living with dementia in the City's 10 Long-Term Care Home and Service units by implementing key measures inspired by care-based programs such as the Butterfly and Greenhouse Project models;

 
b. to report to the first meeting of the Community Development and Recreation Committee in 2019 on the potential for a full pilot project inspired by care-based programs, such as the Butterfly and Greenhouse Project models, to better support seniors living with dementia, in one of the City's 10 Long-Term Care Homes and Services units, including:

1. outcomes of residents in other jurisdictions living in Long-Term Care Homes employing an innovative care model;

2. financial impacts and potential for savings in the short, medium, and long-term; and

3. supports and resources Long-Term Care Homes and Services would require to further embed a new approach across the City's 10 Long-Term Care Homes; and

 
c. together with the Seniors Advocate, to tour the municipally-owned and operated Redstone House at Malton Village Long-Term Care Centre in Peel Region where the Butterfly approach to dementia care was recently implemented.