Talking transformation LTCH

What is transformative culture change and what does it mean? The Independent Long-term Care (LTC) COVID-19 Commission has now been established. Terms of Reference have been posted. What can we hope for? The easiest solution for the Independent Commission is to make recommendations that should have been instituted long ago: more staff: full time staff versus casual staff; more direct hours of care; fair salaries; infection control education and practices, elimination of four bed rooms and availability of air conditioning. [ 286 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care Staffing Study Advisory Report, released on July 30, 2020, identified a number of challenges to the current staffing strategy for long-term care. Apart from workload and funding issues as well as increased acuity needs of residents, the Report also identified that the culture of long-term care is one based heavily on compliance, which can create a punitive environment for staff. [ 167 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

Why does it take an outbreak to put long-term care homes back in the news? The news of the latest outbreak in a long-term care home is a stark reminder that residents in long-term care homes have been, and still are, vulnerable to this terrible pandemic. The need for change in long-term care is patently obvious. Although measures to deal with staffing are critical to fix the immediate problem, there is a greater need to fix the culture of long-term care homes for the longer term. [ 170 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

At the end of July 2020, the Ontario Government announced the creation of the Independent Long-term Care COVID 19 Commission. The three commissioners appointed to the Commission are: Angela Coke, former senior executive with the Ontario Public Service; andAssociate Chief Justice Frank N. Marrocco (Chair), member of the Superior Court of Justice since 2005;Dr. Jack Kitts, recipient of the Order of Canada and recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ottawa Hospital. [ 135 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

As you know we are working with CARP Ottawa to bring about transformative culture change in Ontario’s long-term care homes through a grassroots movement. To this end we have asked the members of CARP Ottawa and its collaborating organizations in Ontario to send an email to their own local MPP’s about this matter. We would like to ask you, our blog followers, to do the same. [ 513 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

What does transformative culture change mean for: Infrastructure Many LTC (Long-term Care) homes in Ontario are old and outdated with some residents living four to a room and sharing one bathroom. Support shift from institutional to home-like environments. Require facilities (existing and new) to create an environment that supports a culture of person-centred care, shared living spaces, and private bedrooms. [ 140 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

What does transformative culture change mean for: Staff and Volunteers? Working Conditions Value, support, recognize and respect all staff and volunteers for their work. Provide fair compensation with fitting salaries and benefits including sick leave. Ensure staff positions are full-time wherever possible with staff dedicated to working only in one long-term care home and with realistic Provide more hours for direct care. [ 95 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

CARP Ottawa, as noted in previous blog posts, is advocating for transformative culture change. This post will be the first of three that describes what this actually means along with the key messages detailing what elements are necessary to bring this change to fruition and improve quality care and quality of life for residents in long-term care homes in Ontario. [ 143 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

It is time for Ontario to reform its Long-term Care Home system by undergoing a transformative culture change that improves quality care. What does transformative culture change mean? It means: Using a relationship-based approach to care where residents, staff and families feel part of a community and are treated with dignity and respect Setting up small home-like environments... Providing more hours of direct care for residents Employing full time well-paid staff who are trained in empathy and culture change Recognizing families and caregivers as integral members of the health care team Engaging volunteers who are trained in empathy and culture change Become a part of the change! Share this message with your MPP to help make change happen!

There is no quick fix. It will take time, money and a wrecking ball along with a new public attitude toward aging to fix Canada’s long-term care facilities. The following is an excerpt from a CBC interview on June 27th, 2020 by Evan Dyer. Long-term care needs a long term solution. It's not going to get fixed overnight. And our concern certainly now at the Canadian Nurses Association is it'll be a sort of duct tape solution throw a few more staff in and pay them a little bit more and it will be fine. [ 143 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

Please join our grassroots movement to bring transformative culture change to Ontario's long-term care homes. You can do this by sending the following letter, or something similar in your own words, to the Minister of Long-term Care, Merrilee Fullerton. Please copy your own MPP (MPP names and emails are here) and CARP Ottawa at [email protected] to help us evaluate the interest in this campaign. [ 266 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

The residents, families, and staff of Ontario’s long-term care homes need your help. An urgent update on our work re: Ontario’s Long-term Care Home System. Taken from Wordpress.com We have joined the CARP Advocacy Project whose goal is to strengthen Ontario’s Long-term Care Home system through a transformative culture change. The government has announced that an Independent Commission will be set up in July to review Ontario’s long-term care home system and propose improvements. [ 169 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

St. John’s Green House home in Penfield N.Y: residents eat together at a communal table. The Green House project focuses on residents’ emotional and social well-being. .The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted that we need new ways of providing LTC to protect residents from plagues of communicable disease. But we also need to eradicate the noncommunicable plagues of old age identified by the architects of the Eden Alternative loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. [ 81 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

"Sunnyside Home is adopting a new approach to make the Kitchener long-term care facility feel more like a home, and staff like family, for its residents with dementia. Sunnyside has been working for a few years to improve care by moving away from a medical model. The butterfly approach will take that to the next level to ensure residents have a full life as reported in an article by Johanna Weidner in [ 76 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co

Across Canada, there is a group of health care workers, those working in long term care homes, who are placing their own lives at risk while they do all that they can to care for and protect their residents. Residents living in long term care homes are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and long term care homes are one of the toughest places to contain an outbreak. [ 168 more words ] https://talkingtransformationlongtermcarehomes.wordpress.co