Long-term care and assisted living resources for operators
Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to working with all homes in the Coastal, Richmond and Vancouver Communities of Care to deliver the best possible care experience for residents and their families. These resources are provided for operators of facilities offering long-term care and assisted living.
Long-Term Care Community of Practice
The LTC Community of Practice is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or interest in a topic and who come together to fulfil both individual and group goals. (Cambridge and Suter 2005)
The VCH LTC Community of Practice will provide a forum to:
- build connections across the sector,
- share the wealth of knowledge and experience,
- showcase innovative practices that homes are proud of,
- promote best practice and the latest research,
- explore areas of concern and find solutions together,
- provide education.
To receive meeting details or to suggest a topic for a future meeting, please email VCH-LTC-Connections@vch.ca
Past Meetings
- Watch "Caring for ourselves and our community." from June 2021
- Watch "Caring for gender and sexual minorities." from July 2021
- Watch "Supporting Choice & Understanding the Resident Bill of Rights." from September 2021
- Watch "Supporting sexual health & intimacy." from November 2021
Immunization resources
Please contact your Vaccine Campaign Lead for Pre-Printed Orders.
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BCCDC Immunization Manual
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BCCDC Informed Consent for Immunization
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BCCDC COVID-19 Immunization Competency Course for Nurses
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BCCDC Cold Chain Incident Form
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NACI Guidance on an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccines in the spring
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Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
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COVID-19 Immunization demo video for nurses
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COVID-19 Immunization Orders for LTC
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Checkbox Survey Reporting for LTC
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ImmsBC Resources for Non-Health Authority homes
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ImmsBC User Provisioning for Contracted & Private LTC & AL homes
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COVID-19 Vaccine Quick Reference and Storage Guide
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COVID-19 Vaccine Management Tracker with Lot Number
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Vaccine Order Form
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Vaccine Emergency Plans & Response Documents
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Handling Vaccines – What to do in a power failure
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Adverse Event Following Immunization Case Report Form
For Public Health. Please complete the form and submit it to your local health unit by fax or email.
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Report of Adverse Event Following Immunization
For non-public health professionals reporting AEFI. Please complete the form and submit it to your local health authority by fax or email.
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Map of where to report adverse event following immunization
View the map to find the local health unit to submit the report
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VCH Covid-19 Quick Reference & Storage Guide
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VCH Quick Reference for Publicly Funded Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
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Influenza COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ
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Season readiness
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Long-Term Care Facilities and Heat factsheet
VCH factsheet on preparing for the heat season and what to do during a heat alert.
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Child Care Facilities and Heat factsheet
VCH factsheet on how to prepare for the heat season and what to do during a heat alert.
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Staying Healthy in the Heat infographics
Infographics from Health Canada you can share to the public.
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Heat Response Plan Template
Template for creating heat response plans for long-term care and assisted living facilities.
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Resource Guide: Heat Planning
A comprehensive guide to the tools and resources available to support heat-related seasonal readiness.
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Preparation Checklist
An optional resource for sites to utilize to help develop an action plan in areas of opportunity
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Site Assessment Checklist
Use this checklist tool to help assess site readiness in the event of an extreme heat event.
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Heat Response Checklist
An optional checklist for daily use during a heat event to ensure all of your plans are in place.
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Heat Response Temperature Log
An optional resource for sites needing a tool to document temperature.
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Resident Risk Identification Guidance
A tool to help identify residents at the highest risk of heat-related illness.
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Heat Related Illnesses
PHC and VCH prevention and management in long-term care.
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Technical Guide for Health-Care Workers
Best practice guidance documents for health care. Physiology and pathology, risk factors, medications, prevention, and emergency preparedness guidance.
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Viral Respiratory Illness (VRI)
For COVID-19 or influenza immunization information, see “Immunization resources” above.
Resources for managing Viral Respiratory Illness (VRI) in your facility. Please review the resources below for the upcoming respiratory illness season. Pre-season planning will assist with the control of respiratory outbreaks in your facility.
If you have questions, please contact VCH Communicable Disease Control team at (604) 675-3900 Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30am to 5:00pm (excluding stat holidays) or by emailing MHOandCDNurseOnCall@vch.ca
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SOP Testing in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living
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Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection Procedure video
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VRI Specimen Collection
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Virology Requisition
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LTC VRI Case and Cluster Containment Leadership
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LTC VRI Toolkit Frontline Staff
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Resident and Staff Line List
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VRI LTC Outbreaks - IPAC
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Learning HUB TDG Module
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TDG Standard Operating Procedure
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COVID-19 Testing SOP
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COVID-19 Screening Checklist
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BCCDC COVID-19 Care and Treatments
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BCCDC COVID-19 Treatment Assessment Guide for Clinicians
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Health Canada COVID-19 Treatments
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COVID-19 information on vch.ca
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Example of Pre-Printed Orders for use of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) During an Influenza Outbreak
Sample
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Staff Influenza Prophylaxis Letter
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Influenza (flu) on vch.ca
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Other resources
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Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC)
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Shared Health Organizations Portal (SHOP)
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LearningHub
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Health Career Access Program (HCAP)
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Community Initiatives and Support Services (CISS) Project
The Business Initiatives and Support Services (BISS), in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, is offering dedicated additional resources for education and support for housekeeping/environmental services to VCH-contracted long-term care centres (Phase 1) and assisted living centres (Phase 2).
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