The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) TeamSTEPPS 2.0 for Long-Term Care curriculum reflects updates to the original TeamSTEPPS in Long-Term Care curriculum, which was released...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/11/teamstepps-20-for-long-term-care.html
In partnership with The Economist, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a cross-country survey of adults in Japan, Italy, the United States, and Brazil about people’s views and experiences re...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/11/views-and-experiences-with-end-of-life.html
We worry more often about being cold, rather than too hot, but both are serious for people with dementia. Heat can lead to dehydration, confusion, lethargy, constipation and urine infections that...
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A shift from quality assessment and assurance (QAA) to quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) is becoming a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory reality for p...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/11/legal-discovery-and-qapi-tale-of-two.html
What does it mean to be a young adult who becomes a caregiver for an ailing parent? “Much Too Young” is a documentary that is a powerful and unflinching look at four families struggling to co...
SEDAP was a multi-disciplinary research program funded primarily by SSHRC and centered at McMaster University. It involved 46 academics from fourteen universities in Canada and 3 abroad and ran f...
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The below report examines how the two global mega-trends of population aging and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations. Taking a life-course...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/10/preventing-aging-unequally.html
Demographic changes are now a challenge in Canada as well as in several other countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In Canada, there are now more people ...
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The Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) State Scorecard—a compilation of state data and analysis—showcases measures of state performance for creating a high-quality system of care in order...
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW) has undertaken a major Inquiry into the role of the arts in health and wellbeing, with which the Social Care Institute fo...
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"Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevent...
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Involving people who live in care homes in the creative arts can delight, inspire and even bring health benefits. This resource offers care teams, including activity providers, many practical ide...
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The Canadian Cancer Action Network, in partnership with Carers Canada and the Canadian Home Care Association, recently launched the 2017 report, Advancing Collective Priorities: A Canadian Carer...
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Working in collaboration with construction experts Space Group, the design team at Dementia Services Development Centre is creating the first app of its kind in the world to digitally assess how ...
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The population of seniors accessing home care and residential care in Canada is expected to grow in the coming years. The continuing care sector will face increasing demands and expectations. T...
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Many people have more than one chronic health problem. These diseases add up, and the combined effect is more important than the effect of any one problem alone. Using data from the Canadian Long...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/08/multimorbidity-in-canada.html
With summer here and the temperatures rising, it is important to understand the health risks that excessive heat can bring and know the signs of heat-related illnesses. Older adults and people w...
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Palliative Care Matters (PCM) was launched in June 2016 to ensure all Canadians with life-limiting illness have timely access to high-quality, coordinated, and integrated palliative care. The mai...
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On June 22, Canada became the 30th country to launch a national dementia strategy. The passing of Bill C-233, An Act respecting a national strategy for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, ...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/07/canadas-national-dementia-strategy.html
Designed by Carers UK in consultation with actual caregivers, Jointly is a mobile and online app that brings together key features in a single tool, making caring easier, less stressful and more ...
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As people age and their health starts to deteriorate, their need for help in daily life increases. Cost concerns and personal preferences lead many people to turn to informal care from family mem...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-much-long-term-care-do-adult.html
Given the increase in Canadian seniors who will need continuing care supports over the next 30 years, growth in demand for nursing will far outstrip general labour force growth and therefore requ...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/06/future-care-for-canadian-seniors-primer.html
In the past decade, evidence has shown that when healthcare providers work closely with patients and their families in program and service design and delivery, the healthcare system becomes safer...
http://infoltc.blogspot.com/2017/06/engaging-patients-in-patient-safety.html
The Geriatric Lecture Series, sponsored by the Iowa Geriatric Education Center and the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, is presented online as a series of mont...
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Evidence regarding outcomes in the Geriatric Day Hospital (GDH) model of care has been largely inconclusive, possibly due to measurement issues. A prospective cohort study which took place in Hal...
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