Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
Live Webinar: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Reflecting Together: 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST (see further below for more details)

The Collaborative Conversations Series brings together researchers and people with lived experiences to share their journeys and lessons learned in patient-oriented research. Reflecting Together will take place immediately following this live, virtual conversation at 1:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for community members to come together and share their thoughts on the topics discussed during this event. We hope you will be able to join us as we continue the conversation and take our learnings into action.

Register: https://collaborative-aging.mcmaster.ca/events/collaborating-for-change-long-term-care/

Webinar Details
Resident engagement in long-term care (LTC) home organizational design and governance refers to involving residents in roles where they influence decisions about their homes. It is a resident-identified priority and is legislatively mandated for LTC homes in Ontario. Yet, there are gaps in resources to support this engagement.

This session highlights the resident-oriented process and key learnings from a three-part project that identifies and promotes ways for residents to be engaged in the organizational design and governance of their homes. The project brings together the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils (OARC), people living and working in LTC homes, and researchers to:

• Synthesize knowledge through a scoping review of existing research literature
• Assess community capacity for engagement, from the perspectives of people who live and work in LTC homes, through qualitative interviews
• Co-design a toolkit/resource to enable meaningful resident engagement in LTC home organizational design and governance

Learning Objectives

• Explore ways to include knowledge users within the research process
• Understand current practices, barriers, enablers, and impacts of resident engagement in organizational design and governance