We are happy to report that the national study of the e-Learning program for Nursing Assistants has been launched. We have 15 participating institutions – at least one from each province and we have tried to obtain a mix of rural and urban long term care homes. Colleagues at participating institutions have been very enthusiastic about the project and are facilitating completion of the program by ten Nursing Assistants and one nursing supervisor at each facility. We expect to have data by the end of April and hopefully can provide a summary of the results at out thme group meeting at the NICE conference May 19th.
The Caregiver Calendars were printed for 2011 and continue to be requested by both clinicians and caregivers.
The dementia Caregiver Assessment Tool has been digitized (can be completed via the Internet) and is in the process of being evaluated at two participating clinics – Baycrest Brain Health Clinic and Peel Alzheimer’s Society. We will have some feedback to share with our theme group at May meeting.
As you know NICE is undergoing a transformation with regard to funding but the vision remains – that is, each theme group is committed to continue to develop and disseminate information tools. For our group these will be for caregivers – formal and informal. With that in mind, our theme group will need to think about submitting grant proposals to support our ongoing initiatives – will discuss at meeting in May.
All the best
Elsa
