Workforce Utilization Project
The Workforce Utilization to Inform Care Delivery in Continuing Care Facilities study, funded by Alberta Health and conducted by Workforce Research & Evaluation Branch, Alberta Health Services and the Institute for Continuing Care Education & Research, explored how services can be enhanced by addressing current workforce utilization in two long-term care facilities (Bethany Airdrie, Airdrie AB and CapitalCare Dickinsfield, Edmonton, AB), and one supportive living facility (Whitehorn Village, Calgary AB). The following four workforce-related concepts deemed crucial to high quality resident, provider, and system outcomes were targeted: resident-centred care, collaborative practice, staff working to their full potential, and optimal staff mix.