It has been a busy start to the new year for IFIC Ireland as we launched our new webinar series for 2020, signed a partnership agreement with SláinteCare and had numerous speaking engagements
Please Note, in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions in place, we regretfully inform you that the National Forum on Integrated Care in Ireland has been postponed.
SláinteCare Partnership and Integration Fund Projects Learning Network
Prof Áine Carroll speaks to the Irish Dental Association about Integrated Care
Prof Áine Carroll was featured in the December 2019/January 2020 edition of the Journal of the Irish Dental Association speaking about her role in leading the National Clinical Programmes, establishing the Integrated Care Programmes in Ireland and the continuing work of improving the integration of health and social care across the island of Ireland with the support of IFIC.
Making Integrated Care Happen Webinar Series
Inclusion Health and understanding the Social Determinants of Health
Tuesday, 11 August 2PM GMT
Inclusion health is a service, research, and policy agenda that aims to prevent and redress health and social inequities among the most vulnerable and excluded populations. Addressing social inequalities to ensure the best health outcomes for populations at risk at the earliest possible point of intervention can help to benefit lifelong health.
Dr Sharon Lambert will outline how childhood traumatic events can impact on health outcomes throughout life. The need to design services for appropriate delivery for individuals handling trauma and the impacts of stressful and traumatic circumstances will also be explored. Prof Clíona Ní Cheallaigh will speak about her work on improving access to healthcare for some of Ireland’s most vulnerable and socially excluded populations and how integration of services should address social inclusion at its core
Role of volunteers and community development organisations as partners in the delivery of Integrated Care
Tuesday, 8 September 2PM GMT
Michelle Nelson of Sinai Health System and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto will speak about the important role that volunteers and third sector groups play as partners in delivering integrated care, Voluncaring is the work or practice of volunteers or non-statutory organizations as partners in the delivery of health programs and services. Today’s volunteers are more diverse than ever – ranging from teenagers to retirees, coming from a variety of backgrounds and bringing a multitude of professional and life experiences. What they have in common is the desire to help others. In health services, volunteers are an often under-recognized or underutilized resource that can help to meet patient and family needs. The term Voluncaring reflects people’s motivations for volunteering, the care work that many volunteers do, and the benefits derived by patients, families, clinicians and organizations.
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) challenges the traditional deficit-based approach that tries to solve urban and rural development problems by focusing on the needs and deficiencies of individuals, neighbourhoods, towns, villages, etc. ABCD demonstrates that local assets (people, physical assets etc.) and individual strengths are key to ensure sustainable community development, and that people have a life of their own choosing. Cormac Russell of Nurture Development will provide an overview of the ABCD approach and how a strengths-based approach can benefit integration care programs.
NFICI20 Postponement
The National Forum on Integrated Care in Ireland 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing national response to Covid-19 and advice regarding large gatherings. We are working with our event organisers and UCD to reschedule to a later date. All submissions made to date will be retained for review and we look forward to meeting you all at a safer time.