RCA initiatives support best practice care for community-dwelling older adults.
A more detailed list of activities for all RCA initiatives is found here.
Frail Seniors Rehabilitative Care Best Practice Framework | |
Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults Living With/At Risk of Frailty: From Frailty to Resilience (December 2021) What to do next: |
Sets out core elements and processes of care required when providing rehabilitative care to older adults living with/at risk of frailty, recommended best practices and how to implement them within specific domains of care. See February 23, 2022 webinar here. Please note: This new document replaces the earlier Frail Seniors Rehabilitative Care Best Practice Framework: Bedded Levels of Care (June 2020) and the Frail Senior/Medically Complex Compendium (2015). |
Frail Seniors: Guidance on Best Practice Rehabilitative Care in the Context of COVID-19 | Provides best practice recommendations to guide provision of rehabilitative care services to frail seniors in the pandemic context. |
Pathways to Post-Fall Rehabilitative Care | |
Quick Reference to Post-Falls Pathways for Older Adults (November 2021) | Overview of support available from RCA to help organizations implement pathways. |
Pathways to rehabilitative care for frail older adults in the community presenting to primary care or ED post-fall: Pilot Report (July 2020) | Initial findings from the pilot, including implementation strategies and tools. |
Post-Fall Pathway: Emergency Department (August 2021) | Clinical pathway for ED assessment and referrals. |
Post-Fall Pathway: Primary Care (August 2021) | Clinical pathway for primary care assessment and referrals. |
Direct Access Priority Process (DAPP) | |
DAPP | Supports early identification of individuals with restorative potential who require inpatient rehabilitative care and facilitates referrals directly from the community. |
Hip Fracture Rehabilitative Care Best Practices | |
Hip Fracture Framework (March 2017/Rev September 2018) Addendum to the Rehabilitative Care Best Practice Framework in the Context of COVID-19 (October 2020) |
Includes the framework, referral decision tree, and process indicators for support performance monitoring and QBP-related outcomes. Additional resources are available here. Additional evidence-based recommendations that align with current COVID-19 restrictions. |
A&R Evaluation | |
Assess & Restore 2018-19 Initiatives Summary (January 2020) | Description and outcomes of all 2018/19 A&R initiatives. |
Assess & Restore Shared Provincial Indicators (January 2018) | Description and technical definitions of standardized indicators for Assess & Restore reporting. |