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58 Appendix ONE - An Overview of the Tools for Living Well Pilot Project with Lessons Learned Tools for Living Well ● good knowledge of the community and connections with businesses and community organizations; ● affiliation with a credible health profession. The Occupational Therapists and Public Health Nurses in our pilot sites were viewed as credible and knowledgeable. 4. Involve Program Volunteers in approaching businesses Two of our sites made use of Program Volunteers. Two did not. Advantages to using Program Volunteers include: ● Seniors are often retired. While it is a mistake to assume that seniors are not busy with a variety of commitments and activities, they are more likely to have discretionary time during the peak work-week hours (Monday to Friday day time), which are the times when you are most likely to be able to speak to a business manager. ● Seniors have skills developed over a lifetime. They may have specific business skills. They may have pre-existing relationships with business owners and may be life-long customers. ● Seniors will pay more attention to their peer group. Seniors connect with other seniors as peers and contemporaries. They may be better able to convince other seniors (more effectively than could health professionals) that ALL seniors are susceptible to a fall. In particular, seniors can be effective spokespeople at displays and community events. ● Program Volunteers can make a point of saying that “I’m a volunteer. I’m doing this because I believe in it.” They may use the product themselves, and may therefore have credibility. However, supporting seniors can be time consuming. The sites where seniors were not available and where Site Coordinators made all contacts with businesses were no more or less successful. It comes down to a matter of choice and what “fits” best in your community. 5. Allow for at least a 2-year time period for implementation These pilot projects ran over a 1-year period. This year was used to recruit CAT members, Program Volunteers, and businesses; to increase community awareness; and to support businesses through change. Although this time frame allowed us to test the tools and
Appendix ONE - An Overview of the Tools for Living Well Pilot Project with Lessons Learned learn from our experiences, it was not long enough to have an impact on business sales of assistive devices, assistive device use by seniors, or on the rate of falls (in particular injurious falls) in the communities. All 4 sites expressed disappointment when the program ended, saying that they just had time to establish good relationships with their businesses and had started to get community recognition for the project when the implementation phase of the project formally came to a close. A 2-year time frame for project implementation would have allowed: ● 1 month for training a Site Coordinator; ● 6 months to recruit the CAT and Program Volunteers; ● 6 months to recruit businesses; ● 10 months to work with the businesses and run community events to promote the products and the businesses; and, ● 1 month for evaluation. A 3-year time frame would have provided sufficient time to focus on retailers (in our experience, the most receptive business group) in the first 12-18 months while spending time to learn more about the hotel and homebuilder community. The last year could be spent concentrating on builders and working with hoteliers. 6. Approach businesses at a convenient time of the year Different businesses run on different annual schedules, which need to be considered. Fall and pre-Christmas is a very busy time for retailers. Spring and summer is busy for homebuilders. A longer time frame would allow Site Coordinators to select the time of year that would work optimally for the different business communities, rather than time frames that were project-driven 7. Offer businesses the opportunity to promote their affiliation with the sponsoring organizations Businesses appreciated being affiliated with Tools for Living Well, the CAOT and the University of Ottawa. We offered a small poster that businesses could display stating that they supported the Tools for Living Well project. It also highlighted which assistive devices they were promoting and who to contact to get more information on assistive devices. For the business, this demonstrated their good will in the community. For customers, this provided an opportunity to learn more about assistive devices. Tools for Living Well 59
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