METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 61 This r esulted in impr oved quality of ser vice for clients and participants in CPNP pr ogramming In 20122013 30 individuals participated in CPNP pr ograms on an ongoing basis while many others participated on a onetime basis A GI n G A t Ho M e AAH The MNO Aging At Home AAH pr ogram facilitates client safety independence and connectivity to their community by pr oviding home support ser vices light housekeeping cooking laundr y and help with gr oceries banking and lawn car esnow r emoval Recent notable achievements In 20122013 the Aging At Home pr ogram continued to maintain a full caseload and pr ovide ongoing ser vices thr oughout the year Aging at Home moved fr om yearly contract to permanent funding with the Local Health Integration Network The Aging At Home pr ogram expanded partnerships with existing MNO pr ograms in Midland C HR on IC D I se A se s u R ve I ll A n C e cd S The MNO Chr onic Disease Sur veillance CDS pr ogram conducts populationbased studies to determine the pr evalence of chr onic disease rates among Metis It uses various health administrative databases cr ossr efer enced with data fr om the MNO citizen r egistr y thr ough the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences ICES Studies completed to date have focused on diabetes cancer car diovascular disease and r espirator y disease rates tr eatment and outcomes of car e An additional study to assess pr evalence and incidence of musculoskeletal dis ease has begun while a study to assess r enal disease is scheduled to commence in the fallwinter of 20132014 Recent notable achievements In the fall of 2012 MNO successfully submitted thr ee abstracts and an outline for a 90 minute workshop to the Canadian Public Health Association CPHA Annual Confer ence held in Ottawa June 912 2013 Four MNO staf f pr esented in collaboration with ICES and other university partners at this confer ence The workshop was accr edited by the Royal College of Physicians and Sur geons with all participants r e ceiving Continuing Medical Education cr edits In December 2012 and Februar y 2013 MNO s CDSP r esear ch coor dinator pr esented CDSP r esults at two meetings of the CANRADnetwork a national network that shar es information on arthritis r esear ch acr oss p ro G ram de T a I ls Funder Public Health Agency of c anada PHA c n umber of s taf f 225 fulltime equivalent s taf f located in o ttawa e ligible Clientele M no c itizens p ro G ram de T a I ls Funder f unding funnelled thr ough the Barrie Ar ea n ative Advisory c ouncil BA n A c fr om the n orth Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration n etwork n SM LHI n n umber of s taf f 1 fulltime and 1 parttime staf f and 1 shar edparttime supervisor s taf f located in Midland and o ttawa e ligible Clientele Metis and others aged 55 and over who ar e frail and need assistance to r emain in the home f or some services pr oof of fnancial need is r equir ed