Restorative Care Education Training (RCET)

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Empowering Caregivers. Supporting Independence. Improving Lives.

We’re excited to announce the relaunch of the Restorative Care Education Training (RCET) with refreshed content and a brand-new delivery model! Participants in our updated sessions in fall 2024 and winter 2025 experienced a dynamic blend of on-demand, self-paced modules combined with live, hands-on interaction. This flexible approach allows learners to learn theory at their own pace and then gain practical skills through real-time guidance and peer collaboration.

About Restorative Care Programming

Restorative care focuses on enhancing the quality of life for frail older adults by promoting independence, boosting self-esteem, and supporting greater engagement in self-care activities.

This training equips participants with strategies to:

  • Improve functional mobility and physical functioning
  • Encourage participation in daily living tasks
  • Deliver restorative care in both individual and small group formats

Prerequisite(s): None, Registration Fee: $575.00 + applicable provincial tax.

Who Should Take the RCET?

This training is ideal for:

  • Healthcare professionals and caregivers working with frail older adults
  • Staff in long-term care, retirement, or home care settings
  • Anyone supporting individuals who require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) or mobility

Course Outline

Pre-Course Learning (Self-Paced)

  1. Factors that contribute to vulnerability in older adults
  2. Physical activity as an integral part of healthy living
  3. Basic review of key anatomy & physiology concepts
  4. Effective communication with older adults

Introduction to Restorative Care

  1. Definition of restorative care and scope of practice
  2. Overview of the Ontario Long-Term Care Homes Act (LTCHA) 2007 and Fixing LTCHA Act 2021
  3. Role of the restorative care team and understanding scope of practice
  4. Developing individualized plans of care
  5. Safety and risk management
  6. Screening, assessment, goal setting, and documentation

Positioning, Transfers, and Mobility

  1. Promoting comfort and safety through proper positioning
  2. Transfer techniques from minimal to advanced 2-person transfers
  3. Ambulation strategies and use of gait aids
  4. Fall prevention strategies

Restorative Exercise (RE) Programming

  1. Core components of restorative exercise:
    • Range of motion
    • Flexibility
    • Balance
    • Strength
    • Cardiovascular endurance
  2. Creating and maintaining a safe exercise environment
  3. Screening and evaluation tools
  4. Supervising and monitoring group programs
  5. Supporting bed-based and individualized exercises
  6. Monitoring, documenting, and communicating progress

Communication

  1. Identifying barriers to effective communication
    • Language, sensory impairments, cognition, culture, generational differences
  2. Implementing strategies for clear, respectful, and effective communication

Safe and Effective Eating Support

  1. Effective assistance of residents with safe and comfortable feeding support practices
  2. Recognizing, documenting and reporting signs of swallowing difficulties

Be part of a movement that restores dignity and independence for older adults.

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