Toronto Long-Term Care Homes and Services
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Educational Resources
Toronto Long-Term Care Homes and Services believes in the value of education and in the creation of high-achieving, learning environments – for staff, volunteers, residents and families. Knowledge increases our ability to solve problems, explore ideas and issues, build trust, create effective teams and solutions. Through education, we draw on each other’s culture, experiences, expectations and knowledge to make improvements.
Long-Term Care Homes and Services has designed programs and training opportunities to ensure our staff provides professional services that are at the leading edge in long-term care. Now, through the Long-term Care Education Series, we can share this training with colleagues across Canada.
Each program in the Long-Term Care Series offers trainers an easy-to-use, made-in-Canada training solution to critical long-term care issues. Each program has been designed for use by an interdisciplinary team, based on our commitment to the interdisciplinary approach to care.
Training programs include trainers' notes, overhead transparencies, PowerPoint presentations, videos and other supporting materials needed to deliver the training. Each program also includes sample policies and procedures followed by Toronto Long-Term Care Homes and Services, so that other organizations may adapt, if desired.
It's our goal to continue to be leaders in long-term care, and you are invited to share the knowledge we have learned along the way with others.
List of programs
Dysphagia: Difficulties Managing Swallowing
Cost: $1,000 (plus shipping and handling)
Enhancing resident meal times is a priority for long-term care facilities. Staff must ensure that residents are able to eat safely, remain well nourished and enjoy their meals. This poses a special challenge for residents with swallowing disorders.
This program reviews training material to help trainers:
- describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the normal swallow
- review the principles of positioning for all residents
- describe strategies for safe and comfortable feeding for all residents
- describe the signs and symptoms of swallowing difficulties
- demonstrate some special techniques which may be prescribed for residents with swallowing difficulties.
This training program includes: manual, detailed trainer's notes and text to accompany overhead transparencies, a master copy of transparencies, and Toronto Long-Term Care Homes and Services' policies and procedures for managing resident swallowing problems. Training material can be divided into two 45-minute presentations, and the package includes suggested staff activities to support the learning.
Dehydration in the Elderly
Cost: $1,000 (plus shipping and handling)
Dehydration poses a severe risk to the elderly, but it is frequently unrecognized by nursing, dietary and medical staff.
The purpose of this training manual is to deliver basic information on dehydration in the elderly, and to help identify and manage residents with dehydration.
The training manual includes trainer's notes, a master copy of transparencies, policies, a suggested reading list and is also in PowerPoint format.
This manual is designed to address the following learning objectives:
- To identify the three types of dehydration.
- To identify the causes of dehydration.
- To describe the clinical signs and symptoms of dehydration.
- To describe the methods and treatment of dehydration.
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