Interprofessional Complex and Long-Term Care Program at George Brown College

FULL DESCRIPTION

The Interprofessional Complex and Long-Term Care program will teach you how to work with adults and families who require complex and/or long-term care either at an institution or in their own home.

As a student in this program, you’ll learn a team-based approach to key aspects of care that include:

• an evidence-based approach to the planning and delivery of care that focuses on both the client and the family
• how to conduct a comprehensive patient assessment
• common age-related changes that impact social, psychological and biological functions
• how to evaluate your patient’s ability to care for themselves and interact with their social and physical environments
• the ability to assess and respond to a client’s health condition as it changes over time
• effective communication skills

PROGRAM STANDARDS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the program the graduate will be able to reliably demonstrate the ability to:

• Advocate for client care plans as a member of an interprofessional team, to support client well-being and quality of life.
• Communicate with clients, family members and health-care professionals to promote relational care and strengthen interprofessional collaborative practice.
• Manage changes in client’s ability to interact with their environment to provide support to client and family care needs.
• Support long-term client care and quality of life within complex social, economic, legal and political systems.
• Manage changes in client conditions through the use of evidence-informed approaches, tools and techniques to identify and address client health.
• Integrate principles and philosophy of end of life (EOL) care to support clients and their families in complex and long-term care settings.

YOUR CAREER

Graduates will be prepared to work as coordinators or managers in health-care facilities that use an interprofessional approach. This would include long term care homes, retirement homes, complex continuing care, rehabilitation, home health services, home visiting health services and seniors’ day services.