How We'll
Work: A
Team Effort
The key to moving health care
"Closer to Home" is team work.
Now, instead of individual
departments, (like Community
Health Nuring) we're building
six multidisciplinary teams
representing specific regions.
These teams will be pioneering a
proactive stance of health and
wellness for each neighbour-
hood! Teams consist of nurses,
health inspectors, physiothera-
pists and social workers, working
to meet the needs of each area. If
your team doesn’t have the
answers to your questions, they'll
work together to access the

information from any of their
countless community resorces.

The Six New Teams:

1. W. Vancouver

2. N. Van. District East

3. N. Van. District West

4. N. Vancouver City

5. Central Health Services

6. Child and Adolescent Team

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What's In It

For You?

Bringing health care "Closer to Home"
means better health for you. Here are
just a few of the benefits.

« The latest technologies for receiving
treatments at home will help keep you
out of the hospital and in the comfort
of your own home.

@ The teams could eventually move to
small clinics and community offices,
where you can walk in off the street to
get help and advice imincdiately. This
could help eliminate stresses and help
build on-going health relationships.

¢ With health care "Closer to Home",
fewer trips to the hospital are needed.
This racans we all get more for our
health care dollar. Best of all, these
savings can be passed directly into new
and existing programs to help the
entire community on the North Shore
live well.

¢ The bottom line is we can all focus

on preventing illness instead of waiting

and reacting to it. The cost savings
could be tremendous.

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Working For
You?

North Shore Health is your Community
Health Service located on 132 West
Esplanade in North Vancouver. We're
reorganizing to bring our services
“Closer to Home" to help you live well.
FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES:

We handle services like home nursing
care, rehab, long term care assessment
and placement, community nursing in
schools and other key locations, child
and adolescent mental health services,
and even specch and language therapy
for preschoolers! Part of our job also
includes dealing with all of the licensing
of child care centres, group homes, and
facilities for our frail and disabled
community members.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES:

Our broad range of services extends to
our public health inspectors who insure
we have clean restaurants and food
suppliers. They monitor the quality of
our air, water and sewage systems here
on the North Shore as well.

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we move e Health Care ‘Closer to.

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AND RESPONSIBILITY: “ ne

' People can make informed nA
choices about their own health .
care. We want members of the
public on our Regulatory 2 and
Regional Health Boards.

‘° RESPECTING Care Givers:

We must include both the
volunteers and health care
professionals in the planning of
our new system.

® EFFECTIVELY MANAGING OUR
New System:

Clearly defined goals are a must.
We're aiming for the highest
possible return for every health