Resources
Resources that enhance quality of life for residents in long-term care and their families.
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CHOICE+ Program: Enhancing the Mealtime Experience in Long-Term Care
Resource Type: Program, Toolkit, Website
CHOICE+ is an innovative program that enhances the mealtime experience for residents in long-term care. It focuses on nurturing relationships and creating comfortable dining environments.
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Welcome Poster
Resource Type: Poster
Posters with the word “welcome” in over 40 languages commonly spoken by older adults in Ontario and in long-term care (LTC) homes that serve specific ethnic cultures. Display it in your LTC home as a way of welcoming everyone who sees it.
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2SLGBTQI+ Tool Kit: Leading & Learning with Pride
Resource Type: Toolkit
This toolkit provides context and sets the stage for long-term care homes to achieve social, cultural and organizational competency related to how LGBTQ2S+ welcoming, inclusive and affirming environments can be created and supported by individuals and organizations.
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Person-Centred Language Posters
Resource Type: Poster, Training
Posters with commitment statements and imagery to encourage the use and spread of person-centred language in your long-term care home. Available in English and French versions with additional actions or mainly graphics.
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The Power of Peer Support
Resource Type: Infographic, Project, Research, Video
Exploring a solution to combat the staggering rates of loneliness among LTC residents, using meaningful peer support groups to encourage camaraderie.
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Residents’ Bill of Rights – Multilingual
Resource Type: Website
The Ontario CLRI is supporting the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils (OARC) in enhancing accessibility and inclusion by offering translated versions of the Residents’ Bill of Rights.
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Guidelines for Supporting Adults with a Developmental Disability in Long-Term Care Homes
Resource Type: Website
The Ministry of Community and Social Services and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care developed guidelines to support adults living with developmental disabilities who are applying to, moving into and living in a long-term care (LTC) home. These guidelines provide important information about the developmental services sector, how to apply to LTC homes, and processes that impact LTC home residents.
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Long-Term Care Community of Practice
Are you interested in advancing your LTC home’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) journey? Do you have questions about…
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CHOICE+ Webinar: New Tools and Online Education to Enhance the Mealtime Experience in LTC
Resource Type: Webinar
This webinar describes the six principles of CHOICE+ and introduces tools and resources that teams in long-term care can start using to make change. Two user-friendly tools are shared along with the recently launched CHOICE+ online education modules. The webinar highlights how these tools can be used to improve mealtimes in your home.
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Meaning, Memory & Mystery: Exploring Spiritual Care in Long-term Care
Resource Type: Webinar
Canadian society is shifting from a time when traditional religious expression was common, to greater diversity in our understandings of spirituality. How, then, do we support the spirits of all those in our long-term care (LTC) communities? What addresses our needs for love, hope, peace, joy?