D onna Dill, RN, NUA, MA Gerontology(c), over three decades of experience in Continuing Care that, in Nova Scotia, includes Home Care, Long Term Care, Home Oxygen and Adult Protection services. Donna joined NS Department of Health (DoH) in 1996 and currently is Director of Monitoring & Evaluation, Continuing Care Branch, accountable for licensing and auditing of LTC and Home Care agencies, evaluation of CC initiatives, information management, and deployment of InterRai tools for CC. This employment history, combined with earlier years in acute and pediatric healthcare, volunteer involvements, and participation on many working groups and research initiatives, has enable Donna’s direct involvement in developing numerous policies and programs designed to enhance care of the elderly, including a restraint-free policy, the (now required) provincial Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) program, and multidisciplinary Alzheimer care course.
As a member of the senior leadership team in DoH Continuing Care, she has been a leader, policy developer, and decision-maker, in restructuring the branch, and in the recently developed 10 year CC strategy for NS.
National involvement includes membership on CIHI’s HCRS, and CCRS advisory committees, a Director of Canadian Home Care Association, and a member of NARA.
In recognition of her contributions in this field, Donna received the Award of Excellence for Studies in Gerontology from the Gerontology Association of Nova Scotia in 2005, and in 2006, was awarded a two-year grant from NS Health Research Foundation to support her thesis research on "Factors Influencing Recruitment of Continuing Care Assistants/Home Support Workers to Home Care”.
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