Kawartha Lakes Ontario Health Team

Wellness Connections Program

The Wellness Connections Program is designed for people aged 65+ to learn about healthy changes and choices to age well and to connect to local service providers offering supportive programs. The program can be accessed virtually through our website or with in-person support.

We are currently accepting new referrals. Click below to learn more and apply!

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Our Vision and Purpose

Kawartha Lakes Ontario Health Team aims to provide a seamless health system for the people we serve with a relentless focus on supporting people to live their healthiest possible life.

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Your Ontario Health Team

The health care providers and organizations comprising Kawartha Lakes OHT commit to working better together towards common goals related to improved health outcomes, patient/client/resident and provider experience, and value.

Leads and Partners

What are Ontario Health Teams?

Ontario Health Teams are being introduced to provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients and their local communities. Under Ontario Health Teams, health care providers (including hospitals, doctors and home and community care providers) work as one coordinated team - no matter where they provide care.

The intent of the Ontario Health Team model is to alleviate constraints and allow providers to deliver better, faster, more coordinated and patient-centred care. For more information, check out our FAQs, or visit the Ontario Ministry of Health’s website.

Priority Population

Kawartha Lakes OHT will focus initially on enhancing coordinated care and services for adults 65 years and older who:

Live alone or have a poor support network
Experience functional decline, mobility challenges, multiple illnesses or cognitive challenges
Have been hospitalized within the 12 months

As the work of our team evolves, the population we serve will expand - eventually coordinating all care and services within the City of Kawartha Lakes.