Education

Long Term Care (LTC) Pharmacy - Calgary Zone

AHS Terms of Use

Cardiovascular Systems

• Orthostatic Hypotension Education for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses
• Nitroglycerin Patient Teaching
• The Absolute CVD Risk/Benefit Calculator
• Tools to assess anticoagulation: SPARC (Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Tool)

Psychiatry

• Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics (AUA) Toolkit for Care Teams
• Behaviour and Symptom Mapping Tool (BSMT - Legacy Tool)
• Delirium & Agitation Tool - Nursing Management of ‘Distressing’ Symptoms for LTC/SL Residents
• Restraint as a Last Resort Toolkit

Respiratory

• Inhaled Medication Assessment Tool
• CANA Education Sheets on Inhaler Devices (see “Device Education Sheets”)
• Canadian Lung Association - How to Use Your Inhaler

Endocrinology

• Diabetes Targets in LTC

Pain Management

• Opioid Tracking Tool
• Opioid Patch Handling
• Pain Management Guidelines for Continuing Care
  • Care Centre Guideline for Pain Screening, Assessing and Monitoring
• ISFL Opioid Resource Tool (Palliative Care)

RAI/MDS

• RAI-MDS Scores and the Clinical Pharmacist
  • A beginner’s view of RAI outputs and how they can be used to flag clinical pharmacist issues and be utilized in medication reviews

Polypharmacy & Deprescribing

Resources

• AHS Seniors Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN)
• AHS & Covenant Health Edmonton Frailty Tool
• Canadian Deprescribing Network
• AHS Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Deprescribing
• AHS Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) Deprescribing References
• Geriatric Medicine Research
  • Dalhousie University Clinical Frailty Scale
• STOPP/START Criteria - Appropriate Use of Medications in Elderly Patients (registration may be required)
• STOPPFrail - Screening Tool of Olders Persons Prescriptions in Frail Adults with Limited Life Expectancy (registration may be required)
• Beers Criteria - A Summary of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among the Elderly (registration may be required)

Apps, Online Tools & Paper Tools

• Bruyère Deprescribing Guidelines App for iPhone or Android (Deprescribing.org)
  • Download the app for iOS
  • Download the app for Android
• Online calculator to help with determining frailty and prognosis
  • ePrognosis
• Online tool to help clinicians and patients make a deprescribing plan
  • Medstopper

Miscellaneous

• Continuing Care Connection (login required)
  Standards, policies, and resources for AHS staff and contracted service providers.
• Management of Nausea in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
• Medication storage and dating of select eye, ear and injectable medications in Long Term Care (full chart)
• Medication storage and dating of select eye, ear and injectable medications in Long Term Care (exception chart)
• BC Inter-Professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines (BC Centre for Palliative Care)