Implementation Resources

Evidence Booster: The impact of the implementation of Assessment and Management of Pain BPG

Villa Colombo Toronto is a Long-Term Care (LTC) Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) serving seniors for over 45 years and is highly regarded for the provision of culturally appropriate long-term care and community services. The home has implemented RNAO’s Assessment and Management of Pain (2013) best practice guideline (BPG) in a systemic organization-wide approach to assist healthcare providers to use the best available evidence when assessing and managing pain in their practice and improving the quality of care for residents.

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Evidence Booster: Tilbury Manor Nursing Home

Tilbury Manor Nursing Home Implements Best Practice Guidelines to Improve Resident Care and Create a Healthy Work Environment

Background

As public reporting of quality indicators become a greater focus in the long-term care sector, long-term care (LTC) home leaders and staff have sought new ways to improve resident outcomes.
One of Tilbury Manor is a 75-resident LTC home in the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network, Ontario, Canada.

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Evidence Booster: William A. ‘Bill’ George Extended Care Facility’s Champions empowered to create change

The "Bill George" is a 20-bed long-term care (LTC) home located in Sioux Lookout, which is one of the most northern LTC home in Ontario. Many residents are of indigenous background and are non-English speaking. The home's goal is to respect and recognize cultural and language diversity through the integration of traditional and modern medical practices.

In 2016, the Bill George began a three-year partnership with RNAO as a LTC Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (LTC-BPSO®) pre-designate and committed to implement five best practice guidelines (BPG) across the entire home focusing on falls, continence, oral health, pressure injuries and pain.

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