Long-Term Care

Long Term Care facilities are under accumulative pressure to upgrade staff development opportunities and evaluate their annual staff education. This pressure stems from the need for facilities to implement, monitor, and…

Influenza is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Clinical attack rates may reach up to 70% of long-term care home residents, with case fatality rates up…

What is Train the Trainer? The Train the Trainer provides a successful approach to equip employees and subject matter experts with new knowledge on how to teach others and how…

Long Term Care facilities are under accumulative pressure to upgrade staff development opportunities and evaluate their annual staff education. This pressure stems from the need for facilities to implement…

Environmental Services (EVS) professionals are one of the fundamental cornerstones of infection prevention, and a key player for patient safety in health care facilities. Their role is critical to a…

Nursing homes in Ontario have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although unsettling, infectious disease outbreaks need not induce panic for our long-term care partners. Outbreak preparedness…

Quality assessment and assurance are based on continuous quality improvement, which is the complete process of identifying, describing, and analyzing strengths and problems, and then testing, implementing, learning from, and…

Throughout the Pandemic, stress has been at an all-time high. Whether it’s implementing solutions for testing, or mitigating outbreaks in Long-Term Care homes, there has been no shortage of challenges….

With so many outbreaks occurring in Long Term Care currently, a big focus is being placed on ensuring the health and safety of both residents and staff. While outbreaks are…

Personal protective equipment (PPE) plays an integral role today in the prevention of infectious disease transmission in long term care settings. But where did PPE originate? The concept of PPE…