2022 PROGRAM (draft – do not edit anymore!!!!)

The Provincial Government has recently enacted the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and amendments to the Retirement Homes Act.   David M. Golden and Lisa Corrente of Torkin Manes LLP will provide an overview of this legislative overhaul and share their legal perspectives regarding new provisions affecting operators.

The Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and care of older adults. Learn how the RIA’s resources and programs can be used to build your own ‘toolkit’ to support positive culture change in your organization.

Are you ready for our ‘New Senior’?  Delegates will learn about their nutritional needs and expectations for today and moving forward.  They will learn about the importance of Seniors nutrition, the challenges of our sector and our recommendations to support the change needed to improve resident and staff outcomes for today and into the future.

It is time to upgrade your seniors’ dining experience. This session will demonstrate tips and tangible action items your team can use to execute consistent, excellent dining service that will WOW residents and guests. Our goal is to assist you in developing a meal program that consistently fulfils the needs of your seniors and ensures they leave the table satisfied.

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Environmental Services staff play an important role in preventing healthcare-associated infections from spreading by prioritizing areas that pose immediate safety risks and following guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting. This training session will expand on best practices and quality assurance checks of an Environmental Services Program.

Cleaning and disinfection is not as straightforward as wiping a surface with a disinfectant cloth. Common errors made during cleaning and disinfection will be discussed. Steps for analysis of current processes, what to look for in a disinfectant and validation of practice will be presented.

Certain microorganisms can enter a facility, spread quickly and make residents sick, sometimes causing an outbreak. However there are daily practices that can either keep the microorganism out of the facility, or that will limit the spread once in the facility. Numerous simple daily practices will be discussed.

Although bed rails are commonplace in long-term care, they can pose the risk of entrapment. In this presentation, we discuss the importance of rail compliance audits to prevent patient entrapment plus how to tell if your bed rails are compliant with entrapment guidelines.

COVID-19 had an unprecedented impact on the operation of senior living facilities. EVS have been on the frontline, ensuring high-quality care, personalized hospitality, resident/workplace safety. EVS teams were challenged to maintain service/standards with extraordinary demands on staffing. What can we learn and apply to the ‘new normal’ future state?

Understand how technology can be used as a resource to help address the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), which have been proven to drastically impact aging. Technology can be a fun, impactful, and scalable way to enhance mental well-being and create a meaningful impact in your communities.

This session will focus on defining a Good Day and the importance on how Therapeutic Recreation professionals are able to create a “good day” with residents resulting in a decrease of personal expressions and a realignment of resources.

This session will focus on engaging all members of a senior’s living facility. With a general goal of health and wellness in mind, team members and residents will cooperate to achieve goals while promoting existing supports and creating new supports that meet the needs of the community.

Long-term care and retirement staff can attest to the importance of finding little rays of sunshine amidst a global pandemic. Building a capacity of integrating high-quality care into activities of daily living starts with the fundamentals of dance and music. Everyone needs a little fun!

The mission of Therapeutic Recreation Program is to build capacity within multi-disciplinary team through education on 1:1 engagement, huddles, modelling behavior, and transfer of knowledge. Through collaboration and communication across circles of care, the ultimate goal is to promote the quality of life and well-being by utilizing evidenced based practice.

The purpose of this session is to provide leadership and caregivers working in homes with a better understanding of how Therapeutic Recreation supports the wellbeing of individuals living in their care. Delegates will feel encouraged to work collaboratively with Recreation Therapists to restore leisure and meaning to residents lives.

Attendees will (1) expand their knowledge about evidence-informed competencies associated with bathing people living with dementia; (2) be shown screenshots and video clips from the Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) Bathing eLearning curriculum; and (3) consider how to implement the curriculum in their organizations to promote person-centered bathing practices.

Our training session will provide education on a few of the key elements that are part of a larger program offering – Fundamentals of Infection Control in LTC & Senior Living. The full program would provide the learner with the appropriate steps to plan, implement, manage and evaluate an effective Infection Control Program.

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Incontinence is prevalent among long-term care residents but the personal care support workers (PSWs) receive variable training and lack continuing education opportunities. To empower and equip PSWs to provide evidence-informed, person-centred continence care, Conestoga College and Essity developed two data-drive online modules with case studies, interactive features, and rich media.

To empower and equip UCPs to provide evidence-informed, person-centred dementia care to Canada’s growing population of seniors living with dementia, an online course was developed and delivered by the Canadian Institute for Seniors Care. UCP and employer surveys demonstrated that it is both an effective and acceptable educational resource.

Although bed rails are commonplace in long-term care, they can pose the risk of entrapment. In this presentation, we discuss the importance of rail compliance audits to prevent patient entrapment plus how to tell if your bed rails are compliant with entrapment guidelines.

To meet the needs of residents today and in the future, Ontario’s long-term care system is going to need every tool at its disposal. And while beds and staffing are fundamental, there is an opportunity to recognize technology as the third pillar of a strong and effective LTC system. Join PointClickCare and thought leaders from across the healthcare system, including Doris Grinspun (RNAO) and Dr. John Hirdes (interRAI) to hear how technology and digitization are driving transformational changes in how long-term care is delivered, and elevating the role of LTC homes in our health system. From transitions in care to medication management and infection prevention and control, digitization can improve quality, reduce administrative burden and empower staff to focus on residents.

Raised by a poor single mom in a small city, Amanda Lindhout escaped the violence of her childhood home by paging through issues of National Geographic magazine and imagining herself in its exotic locales. As a young woman, her wanderlust led her to some of the world’s most beautiful and remote places, and its most imperiled and perilous countries. Insatiably curious about human potential, Amanda became a journalist based in war ridden Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2008 she travelled to Somalia to report from “the most dangerous place on earth.” Abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road, Amanda would spend 460 days as a hostage, moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, surviving on strategy, fortitude and hope. Her story of survival builds suspense and momentum to reveal life changing insights into mind conditioning. Amanda’s physical and mental pain led to a pivotal moment where she understood that despite everything, she still had choice and control over the mindset with which she faced each day. Using conviction, affirmation, gratitude, and positive thinking, Amanda survived the unimaginable. With astonishing clarity and self-reflection, she teaches through her powerful example that the stories we tell ourselves become our experiences, and that changing our narrative can transform our struggles into opportunities for growth. Amanda outlines how coping strategies like mindfulness, visualization, and self-talk strengthen resilience. She describes what qualities enable not only survival, but also the capacity to thrive in the face of adversity. A captivating, unforgettable speaker, Amanda facilitates a shift in consciousness, leaving the audience with actionable takeaways to develop new thought habits, deeply inspired to take on challenges with a new perspective, and empowered to transform stories of pain into stories of power.

In an age of disengagement, distraction and fatigue still lingering from the pandemic, how we work and live has been tested. As we navigate on-going uncertainty, we are busy, stretched, and stressed and it can feel difficult to stay positive and work effectively.
Health and Productivity Expert Cederberg shares research from her new book The Success-Energy Equation to help regain focus and tap into a well of energy that will increase productivity and reduce overwhelm and stress in every area of your life.You’ll discover how to:
• Get clear on your own definition of success; what really matters to you in work and life, and what drives you to do what you do – particularly in a post pandemic world.
• Look at typical barriers that get in the way of success, how you can effectively navigate them, and work productively despite them.
• Discover four science-backed variables that contribute to higher levels of goal achievement and overall well-being and how to improve in each.
• Embrace a simple but powerful daily habit to ensure on-going success with everything you do that’s important to you (what it is may surprise you).
Full of hilarious stories, anecdotes and innovative strategies, you’ll leave this session with a renewed sense that it’s possible to break free from stress and drive your success, through the pandemic and beyond. That’s Success-Energy, and it’s a formula worth calculating.

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Communication is the essence of life; when someone has lost the ability to communicate, research has shown that high-tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems are a useful tool. This seminar will review how AAC use can promote communication and how staff training can create an environment that supports communication.

Canada Lands Company is developing the William Baker neighbourhood in Toronto (www.williambakerneighbourhood.ca) to include seniors housing and supportive uses. Feedback has been received from 45 groups, including community organizations and seniors housing operators. Next steps are to identify seniors developers/providers to potentially deliver several seniors housing projects to the community.