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Thursday Afternoon • May 17, 2012
ACT Rocks: A Collaborative Newfoundland Perspective
Learn how three ACT teams in a geographically diverse and remote province planned, implemented and started
ACT. Team managers relied on collaboration, partnership and relationship building to forge new ground and
develop three high fidelity ACT teams.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe a collaborative process between three different
health authorities that led to team effectiveness and high fidelity; 2) Explain how remote ACT teams face unique
challenges and how they can be overcome. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS;
75% DIDACTIC AND 25% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Beverley Barrett, BN, RN, BBA, Program Manager, Assertive Community Treatment and Case
Management Services, Mental Health and Addictions, Eastern Health, St. John’s; Pamela Parsons, BN, RN,
Manager of Mental Health and Addictions, Western Health, Corner Brook; Shannon Pike, BscH, MClSc, OT R
NL, Regional Manager Mental Health and Addictions, Central Health, Grand Falls-Windsor, all of Newfoundland,
Canada
Friday Morning • May 18, 2012
7:45 - 8:45 AM Breakfast
(Prepaid Admission Only)
9:00 - 10:30 AM Concurrent Workshops 54 through 64
The Role of Relatives & Caregivers in ACT
Historically, ACT has targeted individuals in psychiatric institutions whom may have lacked care-giving relatives
and families. However, internationally, deinstitutionalization has also lead to an increase in contact with, and
involvement of, relatives and informal caregivers. In the last decade, family approaches have been successfully
disseminated for this group. The recent nation-wide implementation of ACT in Norway is inspiring us to examine
how relatives and informal caregivers are incorporated into the ACT model.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe three important trends in the literature regarding
the role of relatives and informal caregivers in treating with serious mental disorders; 2) Provide a rationale for why
ACT should incorporate relatives and informal caregivers; 3) Explain a recovery and empowerment based model
for involving relatives and informal caregivers. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL
LEVELS; 70% DIDACTIC, AND 30% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Pravin Israel, Dr. Psychol., PhD, Senior Researcher; Bente Weimand, RN, RNP, RNT, MA, PhD
Candidate, Karlstand University, Sweden, both of Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
Client Death & Its Implication on an ACT Team
This presentation will discuss the implications of ACT clients’ deaths on other clients and to the ACT team. Homeless
individuals experience high rates of early mortality, and persons diagnosed with mental illness also have a reduced
life expectancy dying on average 13.5 and 32.5 years earlier than the general population. The causes of death
vary and can include: AIDS, cancer, hepatic disease, accidental deaths (drowning, MVA, hypothermia),suicide,
homicide/death related to violence, poisoning (illicit drug & alcohol use), heart disease and complications related
to chronic diseases such as diabetes. These stark statistics make death on an ACT Team an inevitable event that
should be anticipated and carefully planned for.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to 1) Examine mortality statistics of homeless individuals in
North America; 2) Describe the impact of deaths of clients on an ACT Team; 3) List ways to address this issue
at their programs in the future. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS; 50%
DIDACTIC, AND 50% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Jennifer Eyford, MSc, BSc, BN, RN, Program Manager – Hospital Team; Shelly Qualtieri, MA, BA,
Program Manager – Justice Team, both of The Alex, Pathways To Housing, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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