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  • Supporting Indigenous Culture in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes: Needs Assessment

    Ontario’s Indigenous people have unique cultural requirements that must be supported by health care, including long-term care. This report summarizes the findings from a needs assessment to explore strategies to better support Ontario’s Indigenous people in long-term care homes.

  • Through Our Eyes: Bringing the Residents’ Bill of Rights Alive

    During this webinar, the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils (OARC) shares an exciting new education program called Through Our Eyes: Bringing the Residents’ Bill of Rights Alive that results in resident engagement and an education session unlike any other for all residents regardless of their abilities. This…

  • A Serious Game Kit: Trigger Match

    A serious game to foster team collaboration in the care of persons with dementia.

  • Our Language Defines our Culture

    This interactive webinar explores the importance of language, and how language helps create a culture of community in long-term care. Examples of words that shift our thoughts, speech, and actions from being institutional to more respectful and resident-centred will be shared. This webinar is part of a…

  • Dementia Resources from Around the World

    An online resource to lessen the complexity, confusion and challenge of locating reliable information about dementia for caregivers and those with concerns about dementia and memory loss.

  • How to Screen Older Adults for Delirium

    This toolkit is designed as a health professions education resource for educators seeking to teach healthcare staff and students on using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) to screen older adults for delirium in long-term care.

  • Caring for Persons with Dementia

    This eLearning module is an update to our popular video. The course shows how to best support residents living with dementia while using a person-centered approach.

  • Safe Work Practices for Clinical Staff: The 1, 2, 3 Approach

    This module focuses on safe body mechanics and safe work practice principles for lifts, transfers, and repositioning techniques to reduce injuries to both residents and staff in long-term care (LTC).

  • Engaging the Stage: Applied Theatre as Simulation

    An overview of the use of applied theatre as a low fidelity simulation technique to enhance team competencies in long-term care.

  • Multi-Faith Practice Guidelines for Caregivers

    A brief and user-friendly multi-faith resource created as a practical guide for leaders and team members in retirement and long-term care settings about 6 major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.