COVID-19 Self Care Strategies for Healthcare Workers
August 11, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4:00-5:00pm
This series of a 3 webinars for healthcare workers where speakers will introduce healthcare workers to Self Care Strategies. The speakers will be psychogeriatric resource consultants Thérèse Lawlor, BSW, RSW, CLTCAd, Charlene Marshall, BSW, MSW and Tony Schembri, MA, BA....
COVID-19 LTC Orientation for Redeployed healthcare Workers and Long-Term Care Home Staff: Preventing and De-Escalating Responsive Behaviours
July 14, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This series of webinars is for healthcare workers working in Long Term Care homes (LTCH). Speakers will introduce healthcare workers to Preventing and De-Escalating Responsive Behaviours. Presenters are psychogeriatric resource consultants Tara Resnick, BA, RSSWG and Lindsay Stacey, MA, BASc ...
COVID-19 LTC Orientation for Redeployed Healthcare Workers: Supporting Residents with Responsive Behaviours during Feeding and Medication Administration
June 23, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This series of webinars for healthcare workers being redeployed to Long Term Care homes (LTCH) to support the COVID - 19 pandemic action plan. Speakers will introduce healthcare workers to Supporting Residents with Responsive Behaviours during Feeding and Medication Administration. Presenters...
Caring for a Frail Senior during COVID-19: Exploring Frailty, Fall Prevention and Nutrition
June 18, 2020, 12-1pm
In collaboration with the Ontario Caregiver Organization, the Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto presents this free webinar designed for family caregivers to learn about frailty. Older adults living with frailty rely considerably on their family caregivers. We reached out to...
COVID-19 Long Term Care Orientation for Redeployed Healthcare Workers: Webinar 4
June 9, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This series of webinars for healthcare workers being redeployed to Long Term Care homes (LTCH) to support the COVID - 19 pandemic action plan. Speakers will introduce healthcare workers to Supporting Residents with Responsive Behaviours during Personal Care. Presenters are...
COVID-19 LTC Orientation for Redeployed Healthcare Workers: Understanding and Supporting Residents Who Wander
May 26, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This series of webinars for healthcare workers being redeployed to Long Term Care homes (LTCH) to support the COVID - 19 pandemic action plan. Speakers will introduce healthcare workers to Understanding and Supporting Residents Who Wander. Presenters are Psychogeriatric Resource Consultants:...
COVID-19 LTC Orientation for Redeployed Healthcare Workers: Effective Communication when Supporting Residents with Dementia
May 14, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This is the second of a series of webinars for healthcare workers being redeployed to Long Term Care homes (LTCH) to support the COVID - 19 pandemic action plan. Speakers introduce healthcare workers to effective communication and interaction strategies to...
COVID-19 LTC Orientation for Redeployed Healthcare Workers: Supporting Clients with Dementia and Responsive Behaviours
May 5, 2020, 9:30-10:30am and 4-5pm
This webinar will focus on concepts and practice of behaviour support, dementia & related responsive behaviours and quick tips on best practices in supporting people living with dementia in long term care. Presenters are Psychogeriatric Resource Consultants: Mario Tsokas, BSW,...
Telehealth Webinar Mini-Series, Part Two: Practical Use of OTN with Frail Older Adults
March 6, 2020, 12-1pm
This webinar will focus on practical tips and considerations for those wanting to incorporate OTN/virtual care into their existing practice. Presenters: Dr. Philip Lam, Virtual Care Lead and physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre,...
Development of a Specialized Geriatric Services Decision Making Tool
Feb 28, 2020, 12-1pm
This webinar reviewed the findings from a population-based retrospective cohort study evaluating the patterns, outcomes, and determinants of geriatric medicine services use by older home care clients in Ontario, as well as introduced a standardized decision-support tool that was developed...
Telehealth Webinar Mini-Series, Part One: The Virtual Touch – Does it Work?
Jan 31, 2020, 12-1pm
This webinar features 5 clinicians who discussed distinct approaches to virtual care in a clinical geriatric context. Presenters: Mireille Norris, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Sunnybrook Rita Mileykovsky, RN, Baycrest Marisa Zorzitto, MD, FRCPC, Unity Health Janny Lee, RN, Sinai Health/Unity Health...
Sunnybrook’s ‘In Chairs 4 Meals’ Mobilization Intervention
Jan 24, 2020, 12-1pm
Learn more about the successes and lessons learned from the In Chairs 4 Meals pilot at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Sunnybrook's Senior Friendly team is currently working on spread to other areas of the hospital as part of a larger...
InterRAI Home Care Assessments: Now that We Can Finally See Them, Here is How to Make the Most of them in Your Clinical Decision Making!
Nov 5, 2019, 12-1pm
Every Person who received LHIN funded home care and nursing home care is assessed and reassessed routinely using InterRAI Assessments. These are powerful software-based care assessment and planning tools whose results can do more than just determine eligibility for services....
Reporting on fitness to drive in dementia in Ontario: what’s new since 2018
Oct 18, 2019, 12-1pm
In this webinar a geriatrician and a geriatric psychiatrist describe dementia-related driving risks, review recent changes to Fitness to Drive reporting policy in Ontario, and discuss how to interpret and deal with these changes in clinical practice. Presenters: Dr. Gary...
sfCare Caregiver Education Project
Sept 19, 2019, 12-1pm
The Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario (RGPO) is co-designing educational resources with family/friend caregivers of older adults living with frailty. RGPO hosted focus groups with caregivers across Ontario to understand experiences, learning needs, and preferred method(s) of learning through a project...
Senior Friendly Care Learning Series
July 26, 2019, 12-1pm
The Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto, in partnership with the Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario, has launched a series of clinical educational modules as part of the "sfCare Learning Series". The audience for these materials is clinicians across the continuum...
‘End PJ Paralysis’ Alberta – Say goodnight to hospital gowns, get up, get dressed, get moving
Aug 22, 2019, 12-1pm
You will be informed about the global movement of ‘End PJ Paralysis’ and its link with mobilization, dignity, and respect for older adults in hospital. Come learn how you can become a part of the movement to end PJ Paralysis,...
An update on hypertension management in older adults
May 24, 2019, 12-1pm
Presented by Dr. Patrick Jung The webinar reviews the most current guidelines on hypertension management from Hypertension Canada. It also includes an update on more recent evidence on the relationship between hypertension management and cognitive impairment risk found in the...
A Collaborative Approach to the Prevention and Management of Delirium: The Medical Psychiatry Alliance Adult and Seniors Inpatient Delirium Project
April 26, 2019, 12-1pm
Presented by Dr. Jason Kerr, MD, and Mary-Lynn Peters, NP This presentation will be about a collaborative approach to the prevention and management of delirium. Speakers will discuss the Medical Psychiatry Alliance and the delirium project at Trillium Health Partners....
Development of the Patient Experience survey items for Specialized Geriatric Services in Ontario
March 29, 2019 12-1pm
Presented by Ronaye Gilsenan, MA, Rhonda Schwartz, MA, Iris Gutmanis, PhD About This Webinar: The Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario has developed, tested and validated an evidenced-informed core set of survey items for measuring patient experience in specialized geriatric services...
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