Course Topic: Long-Term Care Basics

  • Preventing, Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care

    After completing this course, you will be able to recognize the various types of elder abuse and signs of resident abuse or neglect; recognize the power imbalance between care providers and residents; identify roles and responsibilities of incident reporting of elder abuse and neglect and relevant legislation; explain the connection between self-regulation and abuse prevention…

  • Respecting and Promoting Resident Rights in Long-Term Care

    After completing this course, you will be able to explain the importance of the Residents’ Bill of Rights; respect and promote residents’ rights while working or volunteering in a long-term care home; explain the responsibilities of long-term care team members in respecting and promoting residents’ rights.

  • The Food Services Team and the Resident Dining Experience

    After completing this course, you will be able to explain how LTC team members in various roles support residents with eating food that is safe and healthy; contribute to creating a dining experience that helps a resident to enjoy their meals; explain which parts of the Ontario Fixing Long-Term Care Act (FLTCA) affect food services.

  • Facilitating Client and Family-Centred Learning Best Practices

    In this course, you will learn about the fundamental health literacy best practices for engaging clients and families.

  • Diet Report, Food Texture, and Fluid Consistency

    After completing this course, you will be able to use a diet report and diet order; check for a resident’s diet type, food texture and fluid consistency; identify food textures and fluid consistencies.

  • Resident Interaction for Environmental Services Team Members

    After completing this course, you will be able to respond to residents, family members, and other team members in different situations you may encounter during your shift.

  • Caregivers as Partners in Long-Term Care Series

    After completing this course series, you will be able to describe the variety of experiences and challenges faced by caregivers in LTC, recognize caregivers as valued members of the interprofessional team, identify effective communication practices when partnering with caregivers, describe how cultural factors affect communication, and articulate your role in supporting and empowering caregivers.

  • All-In: Practicing Cultural Humility in Palliative Care

    After completing this course you will be able to define cultural humility and differentiate it from cultural competence and sensitivity, recognize its role in person- and family-centered care, understand how interprofessional teams foster cultural safety, and empathize with diverse residents to tailor care to their unique needs.