{"id":218,"date":"2024-03-06T02:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T07:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=218"},"modified":"2024-03-06T03:44:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:44:50","slug":"1-1-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/1-1-3\/","title":{"raw":"1.1.3 National LTC Standards","rendered":"1.1.3 National LTC Standards"},"content":{"raw":"Two national standards for LTC were developed through collaboration of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Health Standards Organization (HSO) &amp; Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) and include:\r\n<div>\u2022Delivery of safe, reliable &amp; high-quality LTC care &amp; services<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Design, operation &amp; infection prevention &amp; control practices in LTC homes<\/div>\r\nThe standards provide LTC residents, LTC workforce, leaders &amp; governing bodies guidance to:\r\n<div>\u2022Providing evidence-informed, resident-centred care valuing compassion, respect, dignity, trust &amp; meaningful quality of life<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Team based focus to deliver high-quality care that is culturally safe &amp; trauma-informed to meet residents\u2019 goals, needs &amp; preferences<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Enable a healthy &amp; competent LTC home workforce with healthy &amp; safe working conditions<\/div>\r\n<div>\u2022Uphold strong governance practices &amp; an outcome-focused culture committed to ongoing learning and quality improvement[footnote]Health Standards Organization, 2023[\/footnote]<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Two national standards for LTC were developed through collaboration of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Health Standards Organization (HSO) &amp; Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) and include:<\/p>\n<div>\u2022Delivery of safe, reliable &amp; high-quality LTC care &amp; services<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Design, operation &amp; infection prevention &amp; control practices in LTC homes<\/div>\n<p>The standards provide LTC residents, LTC workforce, leaders &amp; governing bodies guidance to:<\/p>\n<div>\u2022Providing evidence-informed, resident-centred care valuing compassion, respect, dignity, trust &amp; meaningful quality of life<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Team based focus to deliver high-quality care that is culturally safe &amp; trauma-informed to meet residents\u2019 goals, needs &amp; preferences<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Enable a healthy &amp; competent LTC home workforce with healthy &amp; safe working conditions<\/div>\n<div>\u2022Uphold strong governance practices &amp; an outcome-focused culture committed to ongoing learning and quality improvement<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Health Standards Organization, 2023\" id=\"return-footnote-218-1\" href=\"#footnote-218-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/div>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-218-1\">Health Standards Organization, 2023 <a href=\"#return-footnote-218-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-218","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions\/287"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/46"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}