Voices of Care: Insights from LTCH Support Workers' Survey Results

Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time: 1000 PT, 1100 MT, 1200 CT/SK, 1300 ET, 1400 AT, 1430 NL
Duration: 1 hour.
Zoom call details provided at a later date. 

Deadline for registration is Friday, January 10, 2025. 

This webinar is for IPAC Canada Members and Non-Members.

The language of this webinar is English. 

1 IPU will be provided by the Certification Board of Infection Control.

Description

Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) initiatives in long-term care homes (LTCH) rarely involves support workers (SW) in decision-making roles, yet rely on them to ensure infection prevention and control (IPC) best practices are carried out, and to provide the best care for residents. Support workers are heavily underrepresented in research on AMS and IPC, particularly in the LTCH setting. The Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force share findings on the perspectives and barriers from the first ever survey illuminating the experience of SWs in LTCHs across Canada. Our presenters dive into the data and lives of SWs and discuss the implications for AMS in the LTCH setting. / Les initiatives de la gestion des antimicrobiens dans les foyers de soins de longue durée (FSLD) font rarement participer les travailleurs de soutien dans les rôles décisionnels, mais on s’appuie sur eux pour s’assurer que les meilleures pratiques exemplaires de prévention et de contrôle des infections (PIC) sont mises en œuvre et pour fournir les meilleurs soins aux résidents. Les travailleurs de soutien sont fortement sous représentés dans la recherche sur la gestion des antimicrobiens et la PIC, en particulier dans les FSLD. 

Le Groupe de travail sur la résistance aux antimicrobiens communique les conclusions sur les perspectives et les obstacles relevés dans la première enquête qui a permis de mettre en lumière l’expérience des travailleurs de soutien dans les FSLD partout au Canada. Nos présentateurs se plongent dans les données et la vie de ces travailleurs et discutent des répercussions sur la gestion des antimicrobiens dans les FSLD.

PRESENTERS

KATHLEEN QU is a Field Epidemiologist from the Canadian Field Epidemiology Program.She is passionate about population health and implementing research into action. Kathleen’s work at the Task Force has focused on personal support workers in long-term care homes and involving them in antimicrobial stewardship. 

TIBERIUS STANESCU is an internationally educated registered nurse with extensive experience in various medical disciplines. He found his passion in long-term care and contributed to developing the Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Prevention exam with the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology and co-chairs the IPAC Canada’s Long-Term Care Interest Group, demonstrating his commitment to improving care standards and preventing infections in long-term care facilities. Tiberius will provide insights as a frontline healthcare provider.