Mount Hope celebrates BPSO pre-designation

Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care begins a three-year journey for designation as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.

St. Joseph's Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care is committed to excellence through continuous quality improvement and enhancing evidence-based practice in long-term care.

This past Spring, Mount Hope was selected by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) “pre-designate” for long-term care.

In celebration of this recognition and to officially “kick off” the initiative, staff held an onsite event on June 20 for staff and physicians. The event featured speeches, displays and promotional materials to help bring awareness and a sense of pride about the recent recognition.

“This pre-designation signifies the tremendous progress our organization has made and positions us as a centre of excellence for the implementation and evaluation of best practice guidelines,” says Morgan Hoffarth, Director of Care at Mount Hope.

Established in 2003, the BPSO designation program supports implementation of RNAO’s best practice guidelines at the organizational and system levels. The Internationally renowned program provides healthcare workers with up-to-date evidence-based knowledge, meant to improve care, quality of life, and health outcomes for long term care residents.

Mount Hope is part of a cohort of 15 Ontario long term care homes that will be implementing evidence-based practices under the program.As part of this process, Mount Hope will engage in the pre-designation period from 2023-2026.  During this period, the home will enhance their evidence-based practice and decision-making cultures, and implement and evaluate multiple clinical practice guidelines.

At the end of the three-year pre-designation period, once all deliverables are met, Mount Hope will become a “Designated BPSO”.

The event highlighted the following four Best Practice Guidelines:

• Person- and Family-Centred Care
• A Palliative Approach to Care in the Last 12 Months of Life
• End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours
• A Proactive Approach to Bladder and Bowel Management in Adults

“We thank all those who attended the celebration and look forward to all the work ahead,” adds Joanne Woodfield, Associate Director of Care. “From focusing on person and family centred care, to providing quality end of life care and palliative approaches - these new practices will benefit long-term care residents across the health care continuum.”