Minimizing Restraint Use in Long-Term Care eLearning Course
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Everyone working, volunteering, or visiting a long-term care home 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 well-being.
In the Minimizing Restraint Use in Long-Term Care eLearning Course, team members will learn how to support the care of all residents.
Through this course, learners will develop evidence-based practices to minimize the restraining of residents. Team members will learn what restraints are and their types, when restraint use is appropriate, how to safely apply and monitor restraints when necessary, and the alternatives to restraint use.
This short course takes 10 minutes to complete and ensures teams have the knowledge and skills they need to reduce the use of restraints and explores alternatives to using restraints.
The Orientation eLearning Series, developed by the Ontario CLRI at the RIA, provides education for new long-term care team members during orientation and for existing team members during their annual training. They were developed using evidence-based best practices and adult education principles, in collaboration with subject matter experts and LTC leaders.
This interactive eLearning course aligns with the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, and is available at no cost!
Acknowledgements
This eLearning course, part of the Orientation course series, was developed by the Ontario CLRI at RIA in 2024 with the generous support of Schlegel Villages. We would like to thank the people who contributed to the development and review of content for this course including:
- Sherri Toleff, Director of Care, Fairview Seniors Community
- Jaimie Killingbeck, Associate Vice President, Quality & Innovation, Schlegel Villages
- Christine Hames, Quality Specialist, Schlegel Villages
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