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SUMMARY:ILCA Workshop: Housing Needs of Older Adults: homelessness\, housing stabilization\, continuum of housing & care\, and retirement communities
DESCRIPTION:AN ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR HEALTHCARE & OTHER PROFESSIONALS\nWhen: Monday\, March 9 – Sunday\, April 5\, 2026 (4 weeks) ONLINE weekly at your discretion\nCost:    $240 (Students $120)  \nThe housing challenges and needs of older adults can often be complex\, depending on socioeconomic status\, physical and mental health conditions\, available supports\, and life history. This workshop is designed to help participants become familiar with the range of housing options available to older adults with diverse needs. This includes information that will help professionals and caregivers to assess housing needs and assist older adults in exploring housing options and using strategies to mitigate housing instability. The workshop will provide an overview of a variety of housing types and arrangements and present concepts to guide human service professionals in situating housing within the larger paradigm of age-friendly communities and services. Topics include homelessness among older adults\, housing stabilization\, continuum of housing and care and retirement communities – Role of social work and other health professions. \nWeek 1 – Topic:   Homelessness among older adults \n\nBiopsychosocial needs of older homeless populations\nHousing First model and older adults\nSuitability of homeless shelters for older adults\nPalliative care for homeless people\n\nWeek 2 – Topic: Housing stabilization \n\nSupportive housing\, including dementia-friendly housing\nHow housing subsidies interact with old age benefits\nOlder tenants’ vulnerability\, e.g.\, housing unit takeovers\nHousing mediation with landlords and older adult tenants\nEviction prevention for older adults (e.g.\, voluntary trusteeship\, addressing hoarding)\n\nWeek 3 – Topic: Continuum of housing and care \n\nIntergenerational housing\nAging in place\, Home First\nAssisted living and independent living\nLong-term care and home care\n\nWeek 4 – Topic: Retirement communities – Role of social work and other health professions \n\nNaturally Occurring Retirement Communities\nRetirement villages – programs\, rights\nCommunity gardens in older adults’ residences\nUniversal design principles\, accessibility and building suitability for older adults\nRole of health professionals in contributing to age-friendly cities\n\nInstructor: Helen Rose Lam\nHelen Rose is a policy analyst who holds a Master’s of Social Work from the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto\, with a specialization in gerontology. She is also registered with the Ontario College of Social Work and Social Service Workers. Additionally\, she has a Master of Public Policy & Administration from Carleton University. Her professional background is characterized by a multifaceted experience in the field of housing\, ranging from direct practice to policy research. In addition to her role as a policy analyst\, she works as a residential support worker at a transitional housing organization in Ottawa and is involved in some senior living residences as a group facilitator. \nVisit the ILCA workshop website for registration information.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/ilca-workshop-integrating-emotion-focused-therapy-principles-and-interventions-in-working-with-older-adults-2/
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SUMMARY:FIFSW Postdoc Talks: "Navigating Antiretroviral Therapy Access in Colombia: An Exploratory Study with Venezuelan Migrant and Colombian Gay and Bisexual Men Living with HIV\," with Dr. Julien Brisson
DESCRIPTION:Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis has triggered the largest mass migration in Latin America\, with Colombia now hosting nearly three million Venezuelan migrants. For people living with HIV\, this displacement has been driven in part by severe disruptions to care in Venezuela\, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) stockouts and reliance on expired medications. Colombia’s national public healthcare system formally guarantees universal access to HIV care and ART\, and\, in response to large-scale migration\, has adopted policy measures to extend this coverage to Venezuelan migrants. \nDrawing on 66 in-depth interviews with gay and bisexual men living with HIV – 26 Venezuelan migrants and 40 Colombian nationals – this qualitative study examined how ART access is experienced and negotiated within Colombia’s public healthcare system. Participants identified multiple\, intersecting factors shaping ART access\, ranging from health policy and administrative processes to environmental and everyday constraints such as traffic congestion\, long travel distances\, and extreme weather events. \nAnchored in a justice-oriented analytical framework\, this presentation highlights how structural\, policy\, and environmental conditions within a universal public health system can nonetheless produce uneven and inequitable experiences of HIV care. The findings underscore that formal entitlement to ART does not automatically translate into effective or equitable access for all people living with HIV in Colombia. \nEvent details\nWhen: Monday March 9\, 2026\, 12:10-1pm\nWhere: FIFSW Webinar Rm# 422 and Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84581707460)\nTitle: Navigating Antiretroviral Therapy Access in Colombia: An Exploratory Study with Venezuelan Migrant and Colombian Gay and Bisexual Men Living with HIV\nWhat to expect: In this talk\, Dr. Brisson addresses how the country’s universal public health care system\, despite its nominal coverage\, produces uneven and inequitable experiences.\nLight lunch will be provided.\nPlease RSVP by March 4 by filling out this form\n\nParticipants are encouraged to attend the session in-person; however\, a Zoom link is included in the invite for those that need to attend virtually.\nWe look forward to seeing you on March 9.\nAbout Dr. Julien Brisson\nDr. Julien Brisson is an interdisciplinary global health researcher whose work focuses on ethics\, HIV\, sexuality\, and adolescent health. He is currently a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at FIFSW/UofT\, and his supervisor is Dr. Carmen Logie. This summer\, Julien will join the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal as an Assistant Professor in the division of Medication and Population Health.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/fifsw-postdoc-talks-navigating-antiretroviral-therapy-access-in-colombia-an-exploratory-study-with-venezuelan-migrant-and-colombian-gay-and-bisexual-men-living-with-hiv-with-dr-julien-brisson/
LOCATION:FIFSW Room 422\, 246 Bloor St\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 1V4\, Canada
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