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the Ottawa Project

Coordinating Committee

Project Coordinator: Sylvie Anderson (Council on Aging Ottawa-Carleton)

Alex Cullen (COA Executive Director)
Joyce Snarr
Hubert Frenken
Margaret Labarge
Dr. Campbell Lamont
Cal Martell (Regional Geriatric Assessment Program)
Dr. Rebecca McDermot
Maryan O'Hagan (Seniors Adult Health Program C Health Department O.C.)
Marion Routledge
Joan Skene

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Advisory Committee:

University Representative: Florence Kelner (Carleton University, Deptartment of Sociology/Anthropology)

Municipal Representative: Maureen Murphy (Director, MROC Adult Health Directorate)

Community Project Consultations and Coordination: Rick Wilson (Consultant, Centre for Health Promotion)

Community Organizations Representative: Alex Cullen (COA Executive Director)

Seniors Representatives: Dr. Marie Loyer, Murdo Murchison

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Summary of Activities

2 Coordinating Committee meetings and 1 Advisory Committee meeting to date (see minutes).
Both Committees have discussed and revised focus group compositions. 10 focus groups are planned for January and February 2000.
Both Committees have discussed focus group questions. It was determined that the questions need to be asked in simple and practical terms. For example: "What can your local government do about transportation for seniors?"
The Committees are currently working on the first draft of the focus group questions.
A Ph.D. student is in the process of being hired to facilitate the focus groups, collect the data and write the reports.
The project Coordinator will assist the student.

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Focus Group Compositions

Service Providers

(2 focus groups with a mixture of the following agencies)

Community Care Access Centre
Regional Geriatric Assessment Program
Township of Osgood Home Support Program
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
Somerset West Health Centre
Centre de jour Guigues
Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.
Perley & Rideau Veterans Health Centre
Gloucester Senior Adults Centre
Visiting Homemakers Assoc.
Region of Ottawa-Carleton Health Department
Yet Keen Day Centre
Manoir St-Joseph

Seniors

(7 focus groups)

A seniors lunch club
Le club 60
A senior’s building in River Park, Hunt Club or Lincoln Heights
Unitarian House
A group of seniors from Sandy Hill Community Centre
A group of seniors from Elisabeth Bruyère Day Hospital
A Francophone senior’s building (160 Charlotte)

Municipal representatives

(2 interviews or 1 focus group)

Seniors’ Social and Recreation Clubs:

Cumberland Township
City of Gloucester Gloucester
City of Kanata
City of Nepean
Township of Osgood
City of Ottawa
Rideau Township
City of Vanier
West Carleton Township

Contact

For more information about the Ottawa Project, contact:

Project Coordinator: Sylvie Anderson sanderso@scohs.on.ca

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