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As an Essential Care Partner (ECP) at UHN, you may be able to help care for your family or friend while they are in the hospital. These resources can also help you learn and remember the key details of helping to care for your loved one.

Before you provide care to a patient in hospital, discuss it will the healthcare team. Your team will provide you with training so you are able to safely provide this care.

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Resources for ECPs Supporting Care Activities

Resource TopicResource Title/LinkFormatSource
Infection Control
Putting on and taking off personal protective equipment		 Personal Protective Equipment Instructions  PDFUHN
Meal Support & Nutrition
Important! Always check with the patient's nurse or other healthcare team member each day before providing any food. Patients may have restrictions before certain tests and procedures.		 Mealtime Assistance Program Handbook  PDFBridgepoint Health
How to help with eating and drinking as a caregiver  VideoCareChannel (Saint Elizabeth Foundation)
Bedpan Assisting the client with a bedpan  VideoGeorge Brown College
Underwear/Briefs Change Assisting the client with a brief change  VideoGeorge Brown College
Hygiene
Bathing
 How to give a bed bath in the home - tips for caregivers  VideoCareChannel (Saint Elizabeth Foundation)
Cleaning the area between the legs  VideoGeorge Brown College
Bathing and dressing  VideoCaregiver College
Oral Care
Cleaning mouth, tooth brushing, false teeth (dentures)		 How to help with tooth brushing  VideoCareChannel (Saint Elizabeth Foundation)
Assisting a client with denture care  VideoGeorge Brown College
Mobility & Falls Prevention
Important! Check with the patient's nurse or other health professional before helping the patient with getting up or raising the head of the bed. Sometimes patients need to limit movement – so check before you start to help each day.		 How to help with moving around in bed  VideoCareChannel (Saint Elizabeth Foundation)
Turning patients over in bed  TextMedlinePlus Encyclopedia
Caregiver guide and instructions for safe bed mobility  TextAmerican Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Walker to tub transfer  VideoUHN
Wheelchair to toilet seat  VideoUHN
How to help someone use a walker  VideoCareChannel (Saint Elizabeth Society)
Helping Someone onto the Commode  VideoCurePSPHowTo
Getting Out of Bed  VideoCurePSPHowTo
Helping Someone Out of Bed without a Handrail  VideoCurePSPHowTo

Resources in Other Languages

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TopicEnglish LinkLink with SubtitlesFormatSource
Nutrition Nutrition Spanish subtitles
Chinese Traditional subtitles		  VideoFamily Caregiver Alliance
Bathing Bathing a patient in bed Spanish  TextMedlinePlus
Oral Care (tooth brushing) Dental Care Spanish subtitles
Chinese Traditional subtitles		  VideoFamily Caregiver Alliance
Tooth brushing – information for caregivers Spanish  PDFNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
Moving in Bed Pulling a patient up in bed Spanish  TextMedlinePlus Encyclopedia
Turning patients over in bed Spanish  TextMedlinePlus Encyclopedia
Mobility and Falls Prevention
Important! Check with the patient's nurse or other health professional before helping the patient with getting up or raising the head of the bed. Sometimes patients need to limit movement – so check before you start to help each day.		 Over toilet aid Multilingual (Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Macedonian, Chinese Simplified, Greek)  PDFHealth Translations | Victoria Government, Australia
Preventing pressure ulcers – information booklet for patients Multilingual (Arabic, Croatian, Italian, Somali, Turkish, Chinese, Macedonian, Greek, Spanish, Vietnamese)  PDFHealth Translations | Victoria Government, Australia
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