Decision making during acute health events is complex and often occurs under conditions of uncertainty, potentially causing emotional strain for staff. This is true for nurses in long-term care where residents are experiencing increased frailty and nurses typically take a lead role. The innovation aims to develop two interactive e-modules to build knowledge and skills. Using branching logic, one e-module would guide learners through the emotions, care pathways and clinical outcomes that can occur in these situations and the other would serve as a supplementary, just-in-time learning tool to support the real-time application of key learnings, promoting practice change.

About The Team

Andrea Liu, MHA, MSc.OT, Daniela Acosta, RN, BScN, GNC(C) and Heather MacLeod, OT Reg. (Ont.), DSc(C) are part of the Quality and Interprofessional Care Team at Perley Health with combined expertise in quality improvement, knowledge translation and gerontology. They share a passion for improving care for seniors and veterans, advocating for evidence-based practices and closing the gap between researchers and clinicians. As part of the Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care, Andrea, Daniela and Heather have participated in the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative programs such as SeeMe® Understanding Frailty Together, a frailty-informed framework that their innovation will leverage in its content.