Based on findings from a national qualitative review with family partners and health system leaders across Canada1, the Long-term Care+ program helps organizations prepare for and respond to future COVID-19 waves in six key promising practice areas: preparation; prevention; people in the workforce; pandemic response and surge capacity; providing quality and culturally safe care; and the presence of family. Resources are available for each promising practice area.
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The goal of the coaching sessions was to provide just-in-time, facilitated conversations and peer-to-peer learning where we shared relevant and best practice information to support your journey.
LTC+ Acting on Pandemic Learning Together: Six Promising Practices
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CFHI – Identifying Barriers, Facilitators and Recommendations to Long-term Care
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BC Long-Term Care: Self-Assessment
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LTC+: November Coaching Session – Sharing Initiatives From LTC+
Posted in Featured, Long-Term Care, Long-Term Care Webinars, People in the Workforce on November 30, 2021
Long-term Care Webinar November 2020 Resource: Staff Safety
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Choosing Wisely in Long-Term Care
Posted in Long-Term Care, LTC+, LTC+, Providing Quality and Culturally Safe Care on December 6, 2021
Organizational Review for Health Care
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Streamlining Medication Use during COVID-19
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Posted in Long-Term Care, LTC+, LTC+, Presence of Essential Care Partners on November 26, 2021November 26, 2021
Policy Guidance for The Reintegration of Caregivers As Essential Care Partners
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From 2015 to 2019, the Clear initiative supported long-term care homes to address the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), with a focus on reducing antipsychotics prescribed and used on people without a diagnosis of psychosis.
References
1. Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Reimagining care for older adults: Next steps in COVID-19 response in long-term care and retirement homes [Internet]; [July 2020][cited May 5, 2021] Available from: https://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/innovations-tools-resources/item-detail/2020/07/20/re-imagining-care-for-older-adults-next-steps-in-covid-19-response-in-long-term-care-and-retirement-homes
