Older Canadians represent 16.1% of our current population but 40% of hospital admissions and 60% of hospital days across Canada every year. While they represent our system’s greatest users, it is clear that while its users have changed, our system hasn’t. In dealing with a hospital system that was designed 50 years ago when the average Canadian was 27 years of age, it is clear we need to adapt it to meet the needs of the older patients with increasingly complex needs that now rely on it the most. In his talk, Dr. Sinha describes how he came to understand a great opportunity to develop and research a new effective way to care for older adults called the Acute Care for Elders or ‘ACE’ Strategy that is now being spread across Canada and around the world.
Dr. Samir Sinha is a passionate and respected advocate for the needs of older adults. He currently serves as the Director of Geriatrics with the Sinai Health System and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto and as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A former Queen’s student and subsequent Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha's breadth of international training and expertise in health policy and the delivery of services related to the care of the elderly have made him a highly regarded expert in the care of older adults. In 2012 he was also appointed by the Government of Ontario to serve as the expert lead of Ontario's Seniors Strategy and is now working on the development of a National Seniors Strategy. In 2014, Toronto Life named him one of Toronto’s Best Doctors while Maclean’s proclaimed him to be one of Canada’s 50 most influential people and its most compelling voice for the elderly.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
4 апр 2016
