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Supported Living Level 4 Designated Assisted Living Model
AgeCare Communities of Care and Wellness implemented the new Alberta Level 4 Designated Assisted Living Model. This provided an opportunity to look at individual clients according to new criteria. Findings show that the Licensed Practical Nurse / Homecare Case...
Read MoreSystematic Distress Screening for People with Cancer
At Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (HDQ) under CHUQ, systematic distress screening was introduced under a clinical project that began in April 2009. A committee had worked previously to develop a French-language tool consistent with the reality of our facility. The tool was...
Read MoreSkills Development for Supervisory Staff
The practice of skills development for CHUQ supervisory staff is one of the organization’s powerful levers for promoting stability, sustainable development, and quality of services delivered to clients, while creating loyalty and maintaining the skills of its...
Read MoreNurse Navigator – Support Measure for Private Homes
A nurse works with staff and clients in the private homes to track vulnerable clients, promote rapid intervention, provide liaison with the caregiving team, and equip staff in the homes. This type of support and intervention promotes quality of care for seniors while...
Read MoreSummer Measures for Work-Life Balance and Optimal HR Planning
To foster a positive culture in the workplace, support a sound balance between work and life, and to achieve management agreement targets, it is important to implement action strategies to meet the needs of employees and managers. Several measures have been...
Read MoreIntergenerational Cooperation Program
The Intergenerational Cooperation Program provides staff members aged 50 or over (about 10 per year) with the capacity to reorganize their work time so they can identify their professional legacy through a Legacy Circle, optimize their mentoring skills through...
Read MoreHeating Project Using Forest Biomass
As part of cost reduction efforts, the Ministère asked the organization to cut energy costs. The project was developed with this in mind and uses forestry waste that was previously left unused on the forest floor. This waste is now recovered, chipped, and then shipped...
Read MoreAdditional Precautions (AP) for Basic Infection Prevention Practices
The “AP SI-SALÉ” project supports the use of additional precautions (AP) for basic infection prevention practices during infection occurences in nursing homes, especially when residents must be isolated. Posters and small signs, using pictograms and a colour code to...
Read MoreTransfer of Accountability Model
The College of Nurses of Ontario defines “transfer of accountability” (TOA) as “an interactive process of transferring client-specific information from one caregiver to another, or from one team of caregivers to another, for the purpose of ensuring...
Read MoreST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Care
Medical studies show that patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) benefit more from primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) treatment than from traditional thrombolytic therapy, also known as the use of the enzyme tenecteplase (or TNK...
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Health Standards Organization (HSO) and its affiliate, Accreditation Canada, have been identifying and publishing Leading Practices in the Leading Practices Library for over 15 years.
A Leading Practice is an innovative, people-centred, evidence-informed practice that has been implemented by teams in an organization. The leading practice has demonstrated a positive change related to safe and reliable care/service, accessible and appropriate care/service, and/or integrated care/service.
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