Person-Centred Language: An Overview for Long-Term Care Team Members

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Person-Centred Language: An Overview for Long-Term Care Team Members

Learn what person-centred language is and why it is important when supporting residents.

Outline

Learn what person-centred language is and why it is important when supporting residents. Explore the four Commitment Statements designed to promote its use in long-term care environments.

Objectives

Explain what person-centred language is and why it is important.

Use the four Commitment Statements to help you to practice person-centred language on a daily basis and support others to do the same.

Audience

Long-term care home team members including:

Personal Support Workers (PSWs)
Registered Practical Nurses (RPN)
Registered Nurses (RN)
Nurse Practitioners (NP)
Recreation Therapists (RT)
Behaviour Therapists (BT)
Occupational Therapists (OT)
Social Workers (SW) and Social Service Workers (SSW)
Health Care Aides (HCA)
Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant (PRC)
Educators
Food service workers

Credits

This course may complement other professional activities that you are doing. Once you complete the course, you’ll be able to download a Certificate of Participation that you may use to demonstrate continuing professional development with your professional regulatory body.

Developers

Kate Ducak, Schlegal-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
Tina Kalviainen, Behaviour Supports Ontario (BSO)
Tammy Cummings, Ontario Centres for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long-Term Care (OCLRI)
Monica Bretzlaff, Behaviour Supports Ontario (BSO)

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