Dear GNAO Member,
Two exciting opportunities below!
Please see the invitation extended by Dr Samir Sinha to all GNAO members. If the links in the email for this event are not functional, please see the attached pdf document. For issues with registration, please contact Sinai Health directly:
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
P: 416-586-4800 ext. 5845
F: 416-586-5113
Email: geriatrics.msh@sinaihealth.ca
Further in the post, see also an invitation from RNAO to all GNAO members. They are seeking participants in a Best Practice Guideline initiative to promote capacity and clinical excellence in long-term care. See the post for more details.
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Dear GNAO Members,
We are excited to announce that we are hosting our 11th annual Sinai Health/UHN Geriatrics Institute Education Day on Thursday June 24, 2021from 9:00 AM - 3:15 PM via ZOOM.
Together we will explore a number of timely and relevant topics including health equity, mental health, palliative care and family caregiving, with a diverse groups of presenters and attendees including leading health experts, allied health professionals, community support service providers, family caregivers and older adults.
Our Back to the Future themed program VIEW HERE will guide our presentations, discussions and networking activities to build on our shared experience of providing or receiving health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as we aspire to collectively transform the future of geriatric care.
Sincerely,
Dr. Samir Sinha
Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network
Early Bird Registration Fee is $25 per person until June 4th and then will be $40 thereafter.
Registration is open until June 18th, 2021. Note that the registration link is best compatible with Chrome or Firefox.
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The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), in partnership with PointClickCare, is launching an exciting and timely initiative to build capacity and promote clinical excellence in the long-term care (LTC) sector. A key deliverable for this initiative is the integration of the following Best Practice Guideline (BPGs) within PointClickCare (PCC) in the form of BPG Order Sets to support standardized and evidence-informed assessments and care planning:
- Person- and Family-Centred Care
- Assessment and Management of Pain (3rd ed.)
- Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls (4th ed.)
- A Proactive Approach to Bladder and Bowel Management in Adults (4th ed.)
- Assessment and Management of Pressure Injuries
- Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care (2nd ed.)
We are currently recruiting senior nurses (RNs and RPNs) in the LTC sector to participate in the working groups that will be tasked with:
- Validating the workflows of the interprofessional team for each of these BPGs;
- Providing feedback on the design of the BPG Order Sets within PCC; and
- Conducting user testing of the BPG Order Sets prior to deployment.
Each working group will meet virtually on a weekly basis for 1-2 hours/week in June while validating the workflows. Once the order sets have been incorporated within PCC the working groups will be reconvened as needed in July–Dec 2021 to provide feedback on the design and to conduct user testing.
If you would like to be considered for one of these working groups, please send an email indicating your preferred group (e.g., falls BPG working group) along with a letter of support from your employer and a copy of your resume no later than June 4, 2021 to Rita Wilson (rwilson@RNAO.ca) and copy Erica D’Souza (edsouza@RNAO.ca). If you have any questions, please email Rita at your earliest convenience.
Thank you kindly for your consideration of this opportunity.
Rita
Rita Wilson RN, MN, MEd.
eHealth Program Manager
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
Phone: 416-408-5591 / 1-800-268-7199 x 267
Email: rwilson@RNAO.ca