{"id":698,"date":"2024-04-08T21:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=698"},"modified":"2024-04-08T21:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:57:47","slug":"7-6-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/7-6-2\/","title":{"raw":"7.6.2 Geriatric Program Partners","rendered":"7.6.2 Geriatric Program Partners"},"content":{"raw":"Canadian LTC characteristics:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provinces and territories across Canada have similar statistics with respect to age, dementia, comorbidities, complexities, medications<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Canadian Institute on Health Information published Quality Indicators in LTC, included in this are use of antipsychotic medications, falls, and restraints<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dementia in LTC has the following challenges: responsive behaviours, falls, increased ADL need, wandering, delirium<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOntario LTC homes[footnote]Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA), n.d.[\/footnote]:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Approximately 80% of individuals in LTC have dementia.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The average age in LTC is 83 years old.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the past 10 years there has been a 40% increase of individuals entering LTC with designated high care needs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBritish Columbia LTC[footnote]Office of Seniors Advocate British Columbia, 2020[\/footnote]:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Approximately 64% of individuals in LTC have dementia<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The average age in LTC is 84 years old<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour is 9%<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nProvinces and territories have various specialized geriatric supports for the complex needs of seniors in LTC[footnote]Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d.[\/footnote]. This includes educational programs, consultative services, behavioural outreach or virtual programs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Canadian LTC characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provinces and territories across Canada have similar statistics with respect to age, dementia, comorbidities, complexities, medications<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Institute on Health Information published Quality Indicators in LTC, included in this are use of antipsychotic medications, falls, and restraints<\/li>\n<li>Dementia in LTC has the following challenges: responsive behaviours, falls, increased ADL need, wandering, delirium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ontario LTC homes<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA), n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-698-1\" href=\"#footnote-698-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approximately 80% of individuals in LTC have dementia.<\/li>\n<li>The average age in LTC is 83 years old.<\/li>\n<li>In the past 10 years there has been a 40% increase of individuals entering LTC with designated high care needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>British Columbia LTC<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Office of Seniors Advocate British Columbia, 2020\" id=\"return-footnote-698-2\" href=\"#footnote-698-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approximately 64% of individuals in LTC have dementia<\/li>\n<li>The average age in LTC is 84 years old<\/li>\n<li>Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour is 9%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Provinces and territories have various specialized geriatric supports for the complex needs of seniors in LTC<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-698-3\" href=\"#footnote-698-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a>. This includes educational programs, consultative services, behavioural outreach or virtual programs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-698-1\">Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA), n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-698-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-698-2\">Office of Seniors Advocate British Columbia, 2020 <a href=\"#return-footnote-698-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-698-3\">Canadian Institute for Health Information, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-698-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":21,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-698","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":63,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/698","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/698\/revisions\/701"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/63"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/698\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}