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Evidence to Improve Care

Dementia

Care for People Living in the Community



Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard (credentials at the time of initial development in 2018):

Linda Lee (co-chair)
Family Practice Physician and Director, Centre for Family Medicine Memory Clinic
Schlegel Research Chair in Primary Care for Elders, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Associate
Clinical Professor, McMaster University

Jane McKinnon Wilson (co-chair)
Director
Regional Geriatric Program Central, Hamilton Health Sciences

Gillian Barrie
Occupational Therapist, Adult Physical Medicine and Geriatric Health Clinical Lead
VHA Rehab Solutions

Nirmala Bowman
Lived Experience Advisor

Beryl Cable-Williams
Lived Experience Advisor

Jo-Anne Clark
Geriatrician North East Specialized Geriatric Centre, Health Sciences North

Phyllis Fehr
Lived Experience Advisor

Jami Finlay
Manager
Support Services, Alzheimer Society of Elgin–St. Thomas

Carol Holmes-Kerr
Lived Experience Advisor

Kelly Kay
Executive Director Seniors Care Network

Donna Kearney
Nurse Practitioner
Cottage Country Family Health Team—Muskoka

Lori Lawson
Director of Community Support Services
St. Joseph’s Home Care, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Sandy Linseman
Pharmacist
Grand River Hospital Corporation

Carrie McAiney
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Scott McKay
Family Practice
Physician, London Health Sciences Centre
Associate Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Western University

Kelly Milne
Director
Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario, The Ottawa Hospital

Rakhi Mistry
Care Coordinator
Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre

Frank Molnar
Geriatrician, Medical Director
Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario, The Ottawa Hospital

Craig O’Brien
Nurse Practitioner
Lakelands Family Health Team

Dawn Robinson
Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant
Alzheimer Society of Peel

Dallas Seitz
Geriatric Psychiatrist, Providence Care
Assistant Professor, Queen’s University

Deana Stephen
Community Support Services—System Navigation
Canadian Red Cross

Carmela Tartaglia
Neurologist
Toronto Western Hospital

Natalie Warrick
Senior Research Associate
Dementia Capacity Planning Team, Ontario Renal Network, Cancer Care Ontario

Julie Wheeler
Manager
Community Programs, Region of Waterloo

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