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Course Topic: Long-Term Care Basics

  • Dysphagia and the Elements of Safe Eating

    After completing this course you will be able to identify the causes, signs, symptoms, and impacts of dysphagia and the appropriate actions to support residents, explain the elements of safe eating and drinking, and the importance of following them properly, promote safe and supportive eating and drinking techniques by using the appropriate adaptive devices and…

  • Team Essentials Preventing Acute Deterioration

    You will discover evidence-based tools to support yourself, residents, families and your team to work together. By acting on your desire to offer kindness, caring, and willingness to help, the tools and strategies offered in this course will help improve care experiences for yourself and others.

  • For Team Members: Answering Family Phone Calls Using the Huddle Tool

    After completing this course, you will be able to use the Huddle Tool to effectively receive and respond to phone calls from a resident’s family member, sharing care information with compassion and respect.

  • For Families: Phoning Your Long-Term Care Team Using the Huddle Tool

    After completing this course, you will be able to use the Huddle Tool to communicate clearly and effectively by phone with the long-term care team about you or your family member’s wants and needs.

  • Team Essentials for Engaging Families in Distress

    In this course, you will learn about how to overcome initial reactions to family distress by regulating emotions through mindfulness and compassionate communication. This includes learning about family loss and grief, and learning to shift initial survival emotions from fight, flight and freeze to compassion. You will also learn the Family SBAR communication tool for…

  • PREP LTC for Preceptors and Students

    In this course, you will learn about the roles of preceptors and students in clinical placements, key long-term care (LTC) practices, effective learning strategies, reflective feedback, anti-oppressive practice, conflict management, and evaluation.

  • Caring for Persons with Dementia

    In this course, you will learn key facts about dementia, recognize its symptoms and stages, explore effective support techniques, and understand the importance of a person-centered approach to dementia care.

  • Supporting Residents’ Mental Health and Wellness in Long-Term Care

    After completing this course, you will be able to recognize indicators of mental illnesses or conditions that are common among older adults; understand the importance of using person-centred language when talking about mental health and mental illnesses; respond empathetically to residents who are in distress; support residents’ mental health and wellness; explain which observations about…

  • Skin and Wound Care in Long-Term Care (Non-Clinical Team Members)

    After completing this course, you will be able to explain which risk factors impact skin integrity and wound healing in older adults; explain which skin and wound care issues are of particular concern in long-term care; recognize some indicators that a resident is experiencing skin and wound care issues; explain what non-clinical team members should…

  • Skin and Wound Care in Long-Term Care (Clinical Team Members)

    After completing this course, you will be able to explain which risk factors impact skin integrity and wound healing in older adults; explain which skin and wound care issues are of particular concern in long-term care; recognize indicators that a resident is experiencing skin and wound care issues; explain when to assess residents for skin…