Grant: Team Grant: Personalized Health

By the age of 65, half of all Canadians will be living with multiple chronic conditions. These conditions are common, but they require people to monitor their health, take medications, attend appointments and sometimes, experience side effects of the condition or it's treatment. The more conditions people have, the more work it is to look after oneself as medication and appointment schedules get increasingly complicated. When people are able to engage in fair and balanced discussions with the doctors about what medications and investigations make sense for them-a process called Shared Decision-Making- they are often happier with their care and more successful in keeping healthy. Unfortunately, Black, Indigenous and older people are all less likely to experience Shared Decision Making. This is a problem as Black, Indigenous and older adults are also more likely to have several chronic conditions. Even more concerning, Black, Indigenous and older adults want to be involved in their care and are simply not getting the chance to be. The Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care is focused on creating a more fair and balanced approach to care for people living with complex health and social situations. We will work to create tools and strategies that will promote comfortable, safe discussions about what care should look like for each person.