The following is written by our friends at C.A.R.P. Ottawa Chapter who have taken a very active role in advocating for the need to Change LTC NOW.
On February 20th C.A.R.P. Ottawa Chapter and the Family Councils of Ontario co-hosted a webinar – Moving from Institutional to Emotion-based Care
The webinar featured Mary Connell who implemented the first Butterfly Model home in Ontario in Peel Region and Gerry Kupferschmidt whose wife lives in a Butterfly Model unit at Sheridan Villa Long-term Care Home in Mississauga.
An emotion-based model of care is the heart of all the innovative models (Eden, Hogewey, Butterfly, and Green House) that have been implemented in some long-term care homes in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.
A video recording of this webinar is now available and can be viewed by clicking the following:
Find out more about emotion-based care at this link where you can also sign up for their blog post.