{"id":23244,"date":"2020-05-02T21:44:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/?p=23244"},"modified":"2020-12-17T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:44:35","slug":"how-to-care-for-seniors-in-long-term-care-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/how-to-care-for-seniors-in-long-term-care-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to care for seniors in Ontario long-term care homes during COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should no more count coronavirus deaths. We should now count coronavirus deaths in LTC homes!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to government sources, Canada has multiple cases and fatalities in long-term care homes &#8211; 29 resident deaths in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinecrest Nursing Home Bobcaygeon (Ontario), Lynn Valley Care Centre (British Columbia) with <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsnews.com\/news\/5-residents-of-third-north-van-care-home-die-of-covid-19-1.24117726\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 fatalities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lafl\u00e8che long-term care centre (Quebec) with <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/central-quebec-still-needs-more-health-care-workers-union-says-1.5530835\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 deaths<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After waking up late, the coronavirus strategy of the government and LTC homes is now centralized to senior care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>How are LTC homes protecting seniors from coronavirus?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/hamilton-hospitals-launch-virtual-care-with-senior-homes-during-covid-19-outbreaks-1.5539015\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in CBC, Hamilton hospitals recently launched a virtual care program with LTC homes during the coronavirus outbreak. CEO of the local LTC home said that this is the game-changing program for seniors as they now have rapid access to healthcare services without stepping out of their rooms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up until April 6 when the virtual care program has been launched, residents who got injured or fell sick were transported to hospitals where chances of getting COVID-19 infection are very high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But now, all thanks to virtual care tools and uninterrupted Internet, nurses in LTC homes can schedule a virtual meeting between sick residents and physicians who can provide expert assessment remotely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the question arises here is:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Is virtual care the best practice to care for seniors in Ontario long-term care homes?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get an answer to this question, I would like to draw your attention to problems LTC homes are facing to effectively carry out senior care during a coronavirus outbreak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is both risky and time-consuming to transfer sick and non-COVID-19 residents to the hospital where they become more vulnerable to coronavirus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid rising concern over COVID-19, physicians working in LTC homes are reducing their number of visits which results in delayed access to care.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While regular in-person health checkups, if a physician carries a virus even on his PPE, it can easily transmit to residents.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since a virtual care tool solves all of these challenges, virtual care is undoubtedly the best practice to care for seniors in Ontario long-term care homes during COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>How does virtual care solve challenges of senior care during a pandemic?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual care through a virtual care tool provides the same effective treatment to residents without causing them transportation and hospitalization pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without being physically present at an LTC home, physicians can diagnose residents and prescribe them.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All medical and personal data of the residents can be stored and accessed anytime from the virtual care tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A virtual care tool significantly increases the time to access healthcare services.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If an LTC home deploys a remote patient monitoring system and integrates it with a virtual care tool, physicians can know the real-time biometric information of residents on mobile devices automatically.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a virtual care tool, residents can virtually talk to their family members and gather mental strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, it is worth mentioning that before deploying a virtual care tool to care for seniors during COVID-19, an LTC home should build the foundation to run technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Virtual care tool implementation requirements\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, it is needless to say that a virtual care tool is the best solution to care for seniors in Ontario long-term care homes during coronavirus outbreak. However, LTC staff cannot derive maximum benefit from virtual care tool without basic requirements such as,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u2b9e Requirement 1: Uninterrupted Internet<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A virtual care tool doesn\u2019t work offline. It requires uninterrupted high-speed internet. Meaning, LTC homes should deploy or upgrade the network infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u2b9e Requirement 2: Network support team<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network errors are common. But when a network shows the error, it matters how fast LTC home can solve it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A network support team keeps evaluating networking hardware to ensure high availability. And if a network error pops up, the network support team solves it remotely to save LTC home\u2019s time, efforts and cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u2b9e Requirement 3: Staff training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To derive maximum and instant benefits from the virtual care tool, LTC staff should know basic practice to get everything out of technology. On-site or virtual staff training is very crucial to prepare staff to leverage technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Let\u2019s connect to strengthen #OntarioSpirit\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With coronavirus deaths in Ontario LTC homes continue to rise, it is a need of the hour to strengthen the #OntarioSpirit by saving our seniors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being one of the top Ontario-based IT management and consulting firms,\u00a0 we understand the pain of LTC homes. It is a waste of time and money to satisfy IT needs from different sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with my teams of network engineers, hardware and software specialists, security experts, and developers, I am addressing LTC homes\u2019 all IT requirements &#8211; virtual care tool deployment, network setup, network monitoring, and staff training &#8211; as the single source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Ontario Government\u2019s $243 million funds for LTC homes, we will save seniors and strengthen <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#OntarioSpirit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s schedule a virtual meeting to discuss the tech-enabled COVID-19 senior care strategy and implement it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/contact\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SYS-Meeting-Image.png\" alt=\"Schedule One-on-One- Meeting\" width=\"658\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SYS-Meeting-Image.png 914w, https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SYS-Meeting-Image-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SYS-Meeting-Image-768x270.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We should no more count coronavirus deaths. 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