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Long-Term Care (LTC)
- COVID-19
The emerging COVID-19 crisis in LTC saw the Baycrest Centre for Educa on quickly pivot to address LTC learning needs.
Pandemic redeployment training: The COVID Care
Learning for LTC and Resident Support Aide (RSA) websites
The Baycrest Centre for Educa on, in collabora on with the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innova on in
Long-Term Care (CLRI) at Baycrest, was invited to lend its geriatric exper se to curate, design and develop the LTC sec on
of the new "COVID Care Learning" website at www.covidcarelearning.ca in response to staff from acute and community
care being redeployed to LTC. This was the second phase of the website development; the first was at the beginning of the
pandemic when the MOHLTC engaged the University Health Network (UHN) to develop the educa onal website to support
staff redeployment to cri cal care.
We also designed similar curriculum for the Ministry of Health "Ontario Workforce Reserve for Senior Support" portal for
new Resident Support Aides hired into LTC.
Ontario Centres for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) at Baycrest
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario CLRI program at Baycrest responded to emerging needs in the sector. The Ontario CLRI led and
collaborated on several COVID-19 ini a ves; for example, COVID-19 specific resources were curated and disseminated via the Ontario CLRI website
www.clri-ltc.ca, including a family huddle tool eLearning module for suppor ve conversa ons with LTC teams.
Accelerator for Learning
Inter-Professionally in Healthcare App
In partnership with the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innova on (CABHI), the Ontario CLRI also received funding from the
Ministry of Colleges and Universi es for the "implementa on, spread and scale of the 'ALPHA' program (Accelerator for
Learning Inter-Professionally in Healthcare App) to expand skills and employment opportuni es in long-term care." ALPHA
provides a virtual simula on-based learning solu on to support rapid, centralized virtual orienta on, training, and clinical
experiences for staff and students. ALPHA was an extremely valuable pla orm that will support PSW, RPN, and RN training
and orienta on to LTC during the pandemic.
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