Curating and creating practical, senior friendly resources to optimize the care during pandemic timesfor older adults living with frailty, across the care continuum.
Delirium Prevention Tools
1. Delirium Prevention Poster in Three Indigenous Languages - This summer we are translating our popular 6 Ways to Prevent Delirium Poster into multiple languages. Click below to access Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Mohawk translations. Stay tuned for more languages in the coming weeks! *RGP Resource*
2. Restoring Trust: COVID-19 and the Future of Long Term Care (PDF)- A federal policy brief where Dr. Carole Estabrooks and Dr. Sharon Straus, alongside 8 experts in the LTC working group outline 9 recommended steps to solving the workforce crisis in nursing homes.
3. Preventing and De-Escalating Responsive Behaviours (July 14) - This is the sixth webinar in a series of webinars for redeployed healthcare workers and staff in long term care homes. The speakers will be psychogeriatric resource consultants Tara Resnick, BA, RSSWG and Lindsay Stacey, MA, BASc.
4. Infographics from Canadian Malnutrition Task Force & Canadian Nutrition Society - Patients with COVID-19 who required a hospital stay (including ICU or in a hospital ward) will have a long road to recovering after they return from home and nutrition is the key in a patient's recovery process. The following resources were developed to help patients and their families, and nutrition clinicians across the country.
5. Stretch, Lift or Tap (SLoT) - How Older Adults Can Stay Active Indoors (PDF) -
A practical resource for frail older adults who are unable to leave their living spaces during the pandemic. **The RGP is currently seeking feedback on this resource** Older adults who participate in a brief before and after survey will be entered in a draw to win a gift card! Email [email protected] to learn more. Please share with your networks.
