North East Specialized Geriatric Centre — Baseline Functional Status |
Addresses baseline functional status, how baseline functional status is determined and subsequent determination of restorative potential. |
BC Guidelines — Frailty Identification |
Guideline addresses the early identification and management of older adults with frailty or vulnerable to frailty. |
Bone Fit™ |
Provides professional training on the most appropriate, safe and effective methods to prescribe and progress exercise for people with osteoporosis. |
Canadian Frailty Network — Clinical Practice Guidelines for PT Management of Older Adults with Fracture |
Webinars provide information on the implementation of a clinical practice guideline for physical therapy management of older adults with fracture. |
Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) 2.0
CFS Guidance |
Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) designed to summarize the results of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and now commonly used as a triage tool to make important clinical decisions. |
CMAJ Recommendations for preventing fracture in long term care |
Guidelines for fracture prevention in Long Term Care Homes. |
A Competency Framework for Interprofessional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
CGA Self-Assessment Tool (Inter-professional) |
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) guides a multidimensional specialized geriatric team approach to care that determines a frail older person’s biomedical, psychosocial, functional, and environmental needs, and initiates an appropriate treatment and follow-up plan. Competency framework describes detailed practice expectations of health professionals participating in the CGA. |
GERAS Osteoporosis LTC Resources for Health Professionals |
Collection of fracture prevention resources for health professionals working in Long Term Care. |
JOSPT Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults with Hip Fracture |
Clinical Practice Guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health from the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. |
Ontario Health Quality Hip Fracture Quality Standard |
Quality standard based on evidence and expert consensus. Includes patient reference guide, recommendations for adoption, getting started guide and indicator guide. |
Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy |
Health care provider website related to osteoporosis and fracture prevention. |
Osteoporosis Canada — Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in Canada |
Reference sheet for health professionals on the 2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. |
LTC Fracture Prevention Order Set |
Order set to be used for all new residents upon admission. |
Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario Cognitive Screening Toolkit |
Toolkit to help clinicians better understand cognitive screening tools and select the appropriate tool. |