Resources

Accreditation Canada - Person and family-centred care
Alberta Health Services - Person Centred Dementia Care
Alberta Health Services - The Patient First Strategy
Saint Elizabeth - Person and family centred care
Covenant Health - Patient and family centered care

Alberta Health Policies

Continuing Care Health Service Standards
Long Term Care Accommodation Standards

Network of Excellence in Seniors Health and Wellness (Covenant Health) - NESHW

Covenant Health Impact: 4 page summary / 18 page report

Resources for Caregivers (c/o NESHW)

Caregiver Resources When Someone Is Dying
Discovery Toolkit - Supporting Family Caregivers of Seniors (Poster)
Financial Supports Available for Caregivers in Alberta
Framework to Assist Family Caregivers in Acute Care (Poster)
Inventories of Resources and Supports for Caregivers in Alberta (Poster)
Resident and Family Councils
Screening for Stress and Burden in Caregivers of Seniors
Toolkit for Assessment of Caregiver Needs (Poster)
Supporting Family Caregivers of Seniors within Acute and Continuing Care Systems Program

Guidelines

Alberta Health Services, Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics Guideline

International Psychogeriatric Association, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Guides:

1. Primary Care Physician's Guide to BPSD
2. Nurse's Guide to BPSD and
3. Specialist's Guide to BPSD

Mental Health Commission of Canada - Seniors Guidelines

RNAO (2016) Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Oder Adults: Assessment and Care

NICE (National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly)

Toolkits

Choosing Wisely Canada

Choosing Wisely Canada - Antipsychotic Toolkit - When Psychosis isn't the Dianosis

Alberta Health Services, Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics Guideline and Toolkit

Shifting Focus: a guide to understanding dementia behaviour (Alzheimer Society of Ontario)

Dementia Evidence Toolkit (UK)

Alberta Health Services - The Behaviour Toolbox Series (kids)

Tool kit originally designed by the Autism Treatment Network to provide parents of children with Autism with an overview of in-home strategies as well as tips to teach and increase desirable behaviors and decrease behavior problems.

Resources

Alberta Health Services, Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics Project

How Nurses Can Support Children With Autism During Medical Visits

Rosehaven Provincial Program

BrainXchange

Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO)

BSO Resources:

Capacity Building Suite Decision Tree

Behaviours Have meaning

BSO capacity building roadmap

The Road Ahead

Person-Centred Team-Based Service-Learning

Person and Practice Based Learning

Person and Practice Based Learning Facilitator Guide

Info Long-Term Care (J.W. Crane Memorial Library, University of Manitoba Libraries)

National Behavioural Support Systems Resources:

National Behavioural Support Systems

NationalBSSProject_2011_v3

Canadian BSS Part 1 June 7

Canadian BSS Part 2 July 29

BSS Report - A framework for care

Alberta Health Services, Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics Project
Rosehaven Provincial Program
BETSI Decision Making Framework July 2012 Final
BETSI_Program_Inventory_July2012FINAL
CAMH's online courses Topics range from Concurrent Disorders, Chronic Pain, Legal Issues, Opioid Dependence - to name a few!
National Institute of Mental Health, "Easy-To-Read" publications - topics such as Schizophrenia, Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder. There is also a section on research in mental health, and older adult and adolescent mental health.
Iowa Geriatric Education Centre - an online module about Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients (IA-ADAPT).
Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Group - University of Waterloo
Institute for Continuing Care Education and Research - ICCER

G8 Summit on Dementia: For the International Strategy on Dementia
MODEM - modelling outcome and cost impacts of interventions for dementia
Alberta Dementia Strategy and Action Plan
Alberta: Addictions and Mental Health - Creating Connections 2011
Alberta Brain Injury Initiative
Alberta Health Services: Complex Service Needs Initiative
A policy framework to guide a national seniors strategy for Canada

Mental Health Commission of Canada
World Health Organization
The Canadian Mental Health Association
The Alzheimer's Society of Alberta and the Northwest Territories

Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health: CCSMH

Covenant Health Network of Excellence in Seniors Health and Wellness
Alberta Health Services Seniors Health Strategic Clinical Network
Alberta Health Services Addictions and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network
Alberta Association on Gerontology

Alberta Caregivers Association
Alberta Council on Aging
Alberta Long Term Care Association

Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association
Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG)

Restraints:

Decision-Making Tool: Supporting a Restraint Free Environment in Residential Aged Care

Health and Safety:

Guarding Minds at Work

RCMP's Senior's Guide to Safety & Security

Life in Long Term Care and Supported Living Environments:

W5 investigation: Nursing home residents at risk

Old and dangerous: Senior's violence getting worse

Respite:

The Respite Learning Portal - an online forum for a cross-developmental online place to learning about respite and agencies that provide respite.

Agewell - Canada's technology and aging network
Alberta Centre on Aging - University of Alberta
Canadian Frailty Network
The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health at Providence Care (CSAH) and the Seniors Health Knowledge Network (SHKN)
Institute for Continuing Care Education and Research - ICCER
RAPP - research on aging policies and practice
Special interest Group on Aging
University of Manitoba - Centre on Aging