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FLTCA Alignment: 16-Medical services 

Ensuring the existence of an organized program of medical services for the home.

  • 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.

  • Clinical Nursing Leadership 3: Being a Leader

    After completing this course, you will be able to recognize your day-to-day leadership potential, describe several characteristics of transformational leaders, recognize leadership myths and misconceptions and be able to describe the differences and similarities between managers and leaders.

  • Clinical Nursing Leadership 2: Handling Conflict with Care

    After completing this course, you will be able to differentiate between effective and ineffective strategies for managing conflict, recognize the possible consequences of both and be able to apply effective conflict management strategies in a variety of contexts.

  • Health and Well-Being Careers

    Do you want a career in health care? If you enjoy: Then consider a career supporting the health and well-being of long-term care home residents!  Explore the many options available to you below. This page is part of our Careers in Long-Term Care Initiative. Explore health care careers Personal Support Worker What they do Personal support workers…

  • Nurse Practitioner as a Career

    This page provides an overview of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in long-term care (LTC) based on the information given to us by nurse practitioners in the field and the sources outlined below. The role of a nurse practitioner will vary based on the long-term care home and region in Ontario. For a more comprehensive…

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

    Everyone working, volunteering, or visiting long-term care homes plays a significant role in ensuring residents feel at home, are treated with kindness and respect, and receive the necessary support and services for their health and well-being. In the Supporting Residents’ Mental Health and Wellness in Long-Term Care eLearning Course, team members will learn how to support the…

  • Think Tank on Moral Distress in Long-Term Care

    The Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) hosted a Think Tank on Moral Distress in Long-Term Care, in Waterloo, Ontario, on September 29, 2023. The goals of the Think Tank were to share and learn about current Canadian perspectives on moral distress and moral injury, understand how this knowledge can be applied to the long-term…

  • Learning Inter-Professionally Healthcare Accelerator (LIPHA) Microcredential

    Boost your resume with our LIPHA Microcredential simulation game! We are offering a shorter version of the Learning Inter-Professionally Healthcare Accelerator (LIPHA) to students going into long-term care and long-term care team members! Using an evidence-based simulation game, learners will explore real world care scenarios, gain access to evidence-informed multimedia resources, and practice communication and care planning…

  • Polypharmacy and Deprescribing

    This module will help improve your understanding of polypharmacy and provide you with an approach for deprescribing. You will learn how polypharmacy develops over time, as well as how to recognize common drug-induced symptoms and prescribing cascades. Throughout the module you will apply an approach for deprescribing to a fictional case.

  • Physiotherapist as a Career

    A physiotherapist working in Long-Term Care (LTC) supports every resident’s physical health and well-being by assessing and diagnosing symptoms of pain and limited mobility caused by illness, injury, or disability.