Osteoporosis Long-Term Care

Thank you for attending the national call on Falls in Long Term Care…

Osteo_Admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:20:56 +0000

Thank you for attending the national call on FALLS IN LONG TERM CARE WITH FOCUS ON FRACTURE PREVENTION held Monday, December, 10, 2012.
The call was presented by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
For those who weren’t able to attend the call, a recording and the accompanying slides are available on the Safer Healthcare Now!
To Download Slides: Click Here
To Download Recording: Click Here
Learn more about Reducing Falls and Injury from Falls Intervention at www.rnao.ca and www.saferhealthcarenow.ca.

Courtney Kennedy receives recognition for work exploring frailty and bone health

Osteo_Admin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:46:43 +0000

Courtney Kennedy Phd(c) is a Research Methodologist in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine – St. Peters Hospital, and a doctoral student in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster.
Courtney recently received a Young Investigator Annual Meeting Travel Grant at the 2012 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), and had a plenary poster in the opening reception, for her work exploring frailty and bone health in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). Her frailty work was supported by an Osteoporosis Canada-CaMos Fellowship Award (2011-2012), and she was awarded this fellowship again in 2012-2013 to continue this work.
About the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos):

Website Resource: Saferhealthcarenow.ca

Osteo_Admin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:03:02 +0000

Website Resource
www.saferhealthcarenow.ca
The Saferhealthcarenow.ca website offers quality information on reducing falls and injury from falls. The site includes a "Getting Started Kit".
To visit the website Click Here
To download the Getting Started Kit Download Kit

How are LTC homes reducing hip fractures and improving bone health?

Osteo_Admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:01:41 +0000

Forty LTC homes in Ontario have partnered with the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Long-Term Care to do just that.

Osteoporosis clinicians, educators and researchers are working closely with LTC homes’ care teams to see what they say helps and works best for them and to make sure those residents get the best treatments available and care interventions to reduce hip fractures and other fractures from falls.

It’s called ViDOS (the vitamin D and osteoporosis study) and it’s using a mix of new thinking, new ways of sharing up-to-date knowledge along with new treatments and care approaches.

Using webinar technology, osteoporosis specialists deliver three interactive sessions to LTC health care teams and who meet regularly to improve resident care by reviewing performance reports, using point of care tools, and working together on action plans. More information will be available at the end of 2012.

Oct.2012 – Reading List: Osteoporosis

Osteo_Admin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:00:27 +0000

Reading List: Oct. 2012

General Reading List: Osteoporosis

Please download the latest reading list provided by SHKN. Download Reading List