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Schlegel Centre for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long Term Care

Living Classrooms for Learning

Teaching Long-Term Care Home Program

• Develop and evaluate a Living Classroom environment at the Village of Riverside Glen, Guelph.
• Establish a new long-term care home on north campus at University of Waterloo as Ontario’s first purpose-built Teaching Long-Term Care Home, to open in 2015 (see North Campus).
• Assist other long-term care homes work with local colleges and universities to implement Living Classrooms via:
  i. Toolkit and partnership development guide
  ii. Coaching program

Enhanced Practice Program

• Package and disseminate Excellence in Resident Centred Care training program (10 modules, each 45 minutes, taught by PSWs to PSWs) .
• Explore and use distance education technologies.
• Develop seniors-relevant content within college programs for PSWs, PNs and PSW-PN bridging.
• Develop and implement interprofessional practice courses and learning strategies.
• Innovate in methods for integrated learning that involve residents and staff in long-term care.

Leadership Program

• Develop, deliver and evaluate a 120-hour Leadership program comprised of 6 courses:
  1. Leadership Foundations and Philosophies
  2. Approaches to Leadership
  3. Leadership Strategies and Concepts
  4. Leadership Skills and Techniques – Managing People
  5. Leadership Skills and Techniques – Managing Resources and Processes
  6. Leadership in Quality Improvement
• Implement a program of student rotations and residency opportunities.