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Laura Smith

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Thornhill
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Centre Street Square Unit 4 1136 Centre St. Thornhill, ON L4J 3M8
  • tel: 905-731-1178
  • fax: tre Street Sq
  • Laura.Smith@pc.ola.org

  • Government Page
  • Jun/5/23 11:40:00 a.m.

It is with great pleasure that I would like to introduce a number of individuals: Kyle Fitzgerald, director of government relations with the Alzheimer Society; Catherine Barrick, chief executive officer; Sanah Manickam, policy coordinator, government relations; and Kari Quinn-Humphrey, chief executive officer of ASO York region.

Also, with RetiSpec, it is my great pleasure to introduce Eliav Shaked, co-founder and CEO of RetiSpec, and Catherine Bornbaum, head of clinical operations and partnerships.

And, with the Ontario Brain Institute, I would like to introduce Christa Studzinski, manager, partnerships; and Jordan Antflick, director of integrated discovery at OBI.

It is also my great pleasure to introduce Michael O’Leary, dean of the faculty of applied health and community studies at Sheridan College.

And it is also my great pleasure that I introduce from ORCA, the Ontario Retirement Communities Association, Mr. Grant Gonzales, senior manager of government relations and corporate affairs.

(1) The Minister of Health must develop a provincial framework designed to support improved access to dementia care. The minister must table a report setting out the provincial framework in the Legislative Assembly and, afterwards, must prepare and table a report on the state of dementia care in Ontario. Each report must be published on a government of Ontario website.

(2) The Ministry of Colleges and Universities must review its Personal Support Worker Standard to determine if certain changes should be made, including whether to require in-depth learning about person-centred dementia care.

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