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About the CampaignEvery day, thousands of families across Ontario face the quiet, overwhelming struggle of navigating an under-resourced home-care system. "No More Silent Battles" is a community-driven campaign and documentary film featuring director Dr. Jennifer Ingram. Our mission is to shine a light on the reality of family caregiving, elevate community voices, and drive urgent legislative change. Through province-wide documentary screenings, interactive Q&amp;A panels, and targeted advocacy with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs), we are taking real stories straight to decision-makers. Grounded in clinical leadership and specialized care expertise, this awareness project is proudly led by the not-for-profit Geriatric Health based in Peterborough. Our 7 Strategic ReformsDementia cannot wait. Your support helps us mobilize communities and push for direct government action across these seven critical policy reforms:   <ol><li>Home Care at Diagnosis – Trigger support at diagnosis, not at crisis:A diagnosis of Dementia is frightening. Most people elect to avoid public acknowledgement. Often the early years seem outwardly normal, active and full, despite everyday tasks becoming a quiet struggle. Managing medications, appointments, and finances are often creating avoidable distress and potential harm veiled in a cloak of secrecy. Supports through Home Care must begin at diagnosis building relationships and trust, not paperwork and data. Ontario must pledge to support those with dementia from diagnosis with regular consistent predictable care hours to create supports that grow and expand as needs change.   </li><li>Family-Centred Care Decisions – Give families formal authority over their care plans:Ontario must legislate the right of people living with dementia and their families to exercise meaningful, formal authority over their own care plans - including the selection of providers, the design of services, and the timing and sequencing of support. Funding must follow the individual, not the administrative convenience of the system.   </li><li>Family Caregiver Benefits – Income protection for caregivers in Canada who leave work to provide care:A dedicated caregiver benefit must provide meaningful income replacement during leave, extending the federal EI Compassionate Care framework to reflect dementia's chronic, progressive nature and cover part-time, contracts, and self-employed workers currently excluded from existing protections.   </li><li>Dementia Care Pathway – Merging Early Diagnosis and Support (Connect Medical Care, Home Care, and Community Services into one clear Dementia Care Pathway):Every person with dementia in Canada should be provided with written confirmation of their diagnosis, what to expect, and who to call. A standardized dementia care pathway must begin with a diagnosis that automatically generates support and links family physicians, primary care professionals, specialists (geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatry, and behavioural neurology), home care, community services, dementia support workers, and hospitals.   </li><li>Dementia Credential Support Workers – Train and certify all dementia frontline workers / Create a dementia workforce:Create a provincial Dementia Support Worker (DSW) designation. This must be required, enforced, and appropriately compensated to reflect the specialized skills necessary. Dementia health and care require broad skills to manage relationships, behaviours, and communication issues, so complex in dementia. This training must be provided through provincial education programs.   </li><li>Dementia Care Ontario – A dedicated provincial agency under Ontario Health:In 2019, Ontario committed through the Connecting Care Act to create health system reforms that centralized care delivery under Ontario Health. The integrated health agencies were created to address cancer care (Cancer Care Ontario) and cardiac, stroke, and vascular care (CorHealth Ontario). Ontario Health must now address dementia. Dementia Care Ontario must be established to coordinate services from prevention and early diagnosis, through home care and community services, to long-term care and end-of-life support.   </li><li>Dementia as Core Eligibility Criteria – Specify dementia explicitly in all provincial programs:Dementia is underrecognized as a condition despite being over-represented as a challenge to health care delivery. Government program eligibility criteria should be designed to ensure that Dementia is listed as an eligible condition across all relevant provincial programs including hospital and community care, such as the Family Managed Home Care Program. Replace static functional assessments with tools suited to the fluctuating progressive course of dementia and the burden of care experienced in the community by their care partners. </li></ol> How Your Donation HelpsZeffy allows 100% of your donation to go directly to our campaign without processing fees. Your contribution directly funds:<ul><li>Community Screenings &amp; Panel Events: Renting accessible community venues, libraries, and hosting live Q&amp;A panels with geriatric health experts, clinicians, and lawmakers across Ontario.</li><li>Educational &amp; Advocacy Materials: Printing campaign toolkits, policy briefs, infographics, and petition packages delivered directly to provincial ridings.</li><li>Digital Outreach &amp; Mobilization: Running targeted awareness campaigns to connect residents with their local MPPs to demand policy reforms.</li></ul>Suggested Donation Tiers<ul><li>$50 – Community Advocate: Covers campaign educational packets and petition toolkits for 10 community members.</li><li>$100 – Caregiver Voice: Helps fund digital outreach to connect caregivers directly with their local MPP riding representatives.</li><li>$250 – Event Supporter: Sponsors venue accessibility and technical setup for a local documentary screening and Q&amp;A panel.</li><li>$500 – Campaign Champion: Directly supports provincial advocacy efforts, policy brief distributions, and regional event logistics.</li><li>Custom Amount: Any contribution, big or small, directly fuels systemic reform in Ontario home care.</li></ul> Together, we can ensure no family fights this battle alone.Thank you for standing with Ontario caregivers, patients, and geriatric health advocates. Every contribution brings us closer to a fairer, more compassionate healthcare system.

No More Silent Battles | Transforming Dementia Home Care & Caregiver Support

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