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FLTCA Alignment: 23-Infection prevention and control program

Infection prevention and control program must include evidence-based policy and procedures, and educational component for staff, residents, volunteers, and caregivers, daily monitoring to detect the presence of infection in the residents, measures to prevent the transmission of infection, and a hand hygiene program. There must also be an infection prevention and control lead in the home whose primary duty is the home’s infection prevention and control program, and who possesses the necessary qualifications provided for in the regulations.

  • Essential Care Partner Resources

    The Essential Care Partner (ECP) Resources support Ontario long-term care (LTC) homes with designing, implementing, and/or strengthening an ECP program that includes caregivers as partners within the interprofessional team. These resources were co-designed by a team that included members of the research team, LTC team members and leaders, LTC partner organizations, and care partners. We…

  • Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care

    IPAC eLearning courses are now available! Get tools and resources to equip those working and volunteering in long-term care with the skills and knowledge they need to protect themselves, their colleagues, residents, family members, and community members.

  • Tools to Boost Vaccine Confidence in LTC Teams

    NEW PrOTeCT Framework for Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in LTC Teams to help medical directors, physicians, directors of care & nurse practitioners working in LTC navigate promoting vaccine confidence in their team members.

  • Recent Presentations In Priority Topics

    Below is a collection of videos created for and presented at the annual, first-time virtual This is Long-Term Care conference. These videos explore resources for priority needs within long-term care. Thank you to our co-presenters for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Watch the Recordings The First Wave and Beyond: Tools to Support Your LTC Home…

  • OurLTC App

    The Ontario Universal Resource App for LTC (ourLTC App) is a free, digital resource tailored for LTC by LTC.

  • A Tool to Update Long-Term Care Operational Plans Reflecting COVID-19

    Download a new tool for LTC administrators and leadership to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and inform the development of a plan to move forward.

  • LIPHA: Learning Inter-Professionally Healthcare Accelerator

    The Learning Inter-Professionally Healthcare Accelerator (LIPHA) is a software that combines simulation-, case-, team- & story-based learning in a serious meta-simulation game world. Improve the relational care, capacity and competence levels of your LTC team members and students! Interested? Connect with the LIPHA team! What is the challenge? Team members and students in long-term care need quality training to do…

  • COVID Care Learning

    Learn how to access the online learning management system to support upskilling for health-care workers and military teams redeployed to long-term care for COVID-19.

  • ECHO Care of the Elderly for LTC: COVID-19

    These prerecorded sessions from our ECHO Care of Elderly COVID-19 session in April explore how to manage the pandemic and build resiliency in LTC team members.