Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Long-Term Care
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Practical knowledge of equity, diversity and inclusion enables long-term care home teams to build respectful, affirming and inclusive environments, that foster a sense of belonging and safety for those who live, work and visit there. This suite of resources, tailored to long-term care settings, offers practical strategies and tools to help advance equity, and support inclusivity and belonging.
Led by the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health and supported by the Ontario CLRI at the RIA, this work is guided by a dynamic Advisory Committee with representatives from across the sector, including LTC home representatives (including residents living in LTC homes in Ontario), sector partner organizations and associations, and researchers.
We host a quarterly Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in LTC Community of Practice for representatives from Ontario-based LTC homes. If you are interested in participating, please register here.
Resources and Materials
Embracing Diversity: A Toolkit for Supporting Inclusion in LTC Homes
The Embracing Diversity toolkit is a go-to resource that includes practical suggestions, reflection questions, an organizational self-assessment tool, and stories from Ontario-based LTC homes to deepen your understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion in the LTC context.
Diversity & Inclusion Calendars
This calendar is a comprehensive collection of cultural and religious days of significance, awareness days, and health promotion days – provides an easy way to keep track of and learn more about significant dates in people’s lives. Available in digital and printable formats.
Welcome Poster
These posters feature the word “welcome” or a similar meaning word in over 40 languages commonly spoken by older adults in Ontario. Posters provide a visual cue to show that a LTC home is welcoming and inclusive.
What Would You Do? Poster Series
This series of 14 posters are conversation starters to support LTC home teams in engaging in conversations about a range of situations that arise in day-to-day life in LTC homes. A facilitation guide accompanies this resource.
Golden Rule Poster
The Golden Rule poster lists the key guiding principle for more than a dozen religious, spiritual and faith-based practice. A poster that can be hung in or near a multi-faith space within a LTC home. Inspired by and developed with permission of Paul McKenna and Scarborough Missions.
Video: Cultural Humility in Action: Nurturing Inclusion in Long-Term Care
This video and companion resources provide an introduction to cultural humility as an approach, and examples of actions and practices that support an inclusive environment in long-term care settings.
Education and Training
All-In: Practicing Cultural Humility in Palliative Care eLearning Course
This introductory eLearning course reinforces the core tenets of cultural humility, and explores how the tenets apply differently to each member of the interprofessional team. This 20-minute course features interactive LTC-specific scenarios, and encourages reflection on implications of having ‘typical’ care practices on residents with culturally diverse needs.
Creating a Culture of Belonging: From Awareness to Action
This 4-hour virtual workshop explores key strategies for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the long-term care (LTC) context. This highly interactive workshop offers LTC team members and leaders practical strategies, tools and knowledge to support affirming and belonging-centred environments.
Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion in LTC Training Program
This training offers LTC team members the knowledge and skills to foster 2SLGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming environments for residents, care partners/caregivers and colleagues. Training provided and delivered by Rainbow Health Ontario, supported by the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health.
Knowledge Exchange
Supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Long-Term Care Community of Practice
This Community of Practice is an opportunity for LTC professionals to come together to learn strategies on how to build an inclusive, welcoming and affirming organizational culture for everyone living, visiting and working in LTC.
Allied for Inclusivity in LTC: A Forum to Build Connections
The Allied for Inclusivity Forum to Build Connections was a virtual event hosted in 2022. This event brought together LTC home representatives with researchers in EDI and aging to facilitate knowledge exchange and learning among attendees. Watch the recording and explore the key learning document and curated resources.
Sign-up for our EDI in LTC Newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter includes stories from Ontario LTC homes efforts to advance equity and inclusion, highlights relevant resources and upcoming learning opportunities.
Resource Libraries
Indigenous Resources
Explore this curated collection of resources to support Indigenous culture in LTC homes.
2SLGBTQI+ Resources
Explore resources to support the 2SLGBTQI+ community in LTC homes.
EDI Resources
Explore a broad range of additional equity, diversity and inclusion resources relevant to LTC homes.
Acknowledgments
The Supporting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiative is led by the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health and supported by the Ontario CLRI at the RIA, with the guidance of the EDI Advisory Committee. We express our humble gratitude to all of the individuals who have contributed to this work since 2017, for your guidance, wisdom and expertise.
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