Learn more about promising or proven ideas, products, technologies or services that are innovative and have the potential to make a significant contribution to the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the long term sector by visiting the Research Marketplace, Convention Level Foyer:

There will be two dedicated  sessions for delegates to visit the Innovations' Showcase exhibitors throughout the day (Feb. 25): Research Market Place, 9:30 to 10:30 am and 12:45 to 1:30 pm. Innovations'  Individuals are required to be at their display table during the specified  times to facilitate discussion and answer questions.

Delegates will be encouraged to find out about the exciting new products and innovations designed to improve care, reduce cost and create value for long term care, and Vote for the Best New LTC Product or Service Award.  Stay tuned for more details!

BOOTH # 1- SCA Personal Care (with the brand TENA) - Improved Resident Outcomes Through Collaboration and Partnership in Providing Care   Based on Evidence and Data Findings. TENA Solutions - 72-hour Electronic Assessment within a Long Term Care home (TENA Identifi) Click here to view description
BOOTH # 2 - VISION NURSING HOME Hidden Pockets: a Low-tech Front-line Innovation to Prevent Falls in LTC Click here to view description
BOOTH # 3 - BCI NETWORKS SARA Wireless Emergency Call Systems SARA-Read, Hear, & See for Situational Awareness & Response - Because Right Now Matters Most! Click here to view description
BOOTH #  4 - BrainFx BrainFx 360 - An Innovative Tablet Based Clinical Assessment Tool Click here to view description
BOOTH # 5 -  BAYCREST CENTRE FOR LEARNING, RESEARCH & INNOVATION Transforming Care of the Elderly by ‘Taking a Walk in their Shoes’: An Aging Suit Simulation to Shift Values and Attitudes Through Experiential Learning Click here to view description
BOOTH #6 - SMITH & NEPHEW Collagenase Santyl Ointment: an Active Enzymatic Debriding Therapy Click here to view description

We are delighted to host the 2nd Edition of the Innovators’ Den which will take place on Tuesday, Feb 25, 5:30 Plenary Room - Toronto I/II, with six outstanding presenters. Make plans to attend and find out about exciting new products and innovations designed to improve care, reduce cost and create value for long-term care, and vote for the New LTC Product or Service Award! 

Delegates on-site for the announcement of the award will be eligible for a $750 travel voucher Door Prize (draw will take place after the Innovators’ Den, 6:00 pm)!

	Transforming Care of the Elderly by ‘Taking a Walk in Their Shoes’: an Aging Suit Simulation to Shift Values and Attitudes Through Experiential Learning Jennifer Reguindin is an Interprofessional Educator for the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation and is certified in healthcare simulation and gerontological nursing. Previously, she was also an Advanced Practice Leader– Nurse, and served as a Subject Matter Expert for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Long-Term Care Home Common Assessment Project. An experienced staff nurse in the areas of intensive care, cardiac and medical-surgical, her roles included nursing management and education for various Community Care Access Centre and Primary Health Care projects provincially. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ryerson University in 2002. While completing her Master of Science in Nursing degree from York University in 2007, where she also served as one of their Clinical Course Directors.
	Raquel Meyer - As Manager of the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Dr. Meyer leads the development, implementation, management and evaluation of the Centre. Raquel is an Assistant Professor (status) at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing where she completed her doctoral studies and graduate training awards in health services research and policy. She was also the recipient of a Nursing Early Career Research Award through the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Dr. Meyer’s research centers on healthcare management, health human resources, educational innovation and care delivery models. Raquel is an enthusiastic proponent for the relevance of research to clinical practice, education, leadership and policy development!
	72-hour Electronic Assessment Within a Long Term Care Home (TENA Identifi) Shelley Gallant is a Clinical Director with SCA Personal Care. Shelley has been supporting long term care customers,acute and home care, within Ontario for a number of years now. Shelley has a strong knowledge of the customer and the challenges that care homes face in todays’ environment. Shelley in collaboration with this Responsive Home has been heavily involved in TENA Solutions to date and had expert knowledge and understanding of the benefits that it can bring to the care home and the residents that rely on them for care. Bobbie Rogan is well known and respected in the Long Term Care Community. With over 35 years experience in Nursing, she took on the challenge of Long Term Care 27 years ago and has never looked back. Working her way up through the ranks of Charge Nurse, Assistant Director of Care, Director of Care and Administrator she finally landed on the role of Long Term Care Consultant with Extendicare and has remained in that role for the past 21 years. Her unique insight into the needs of our residents, families and staff help to ensure quality care is provided within the Homes. Bobbie has also served on the Quality Care Committee as well as the Resident Care and Service Committee with the OLTCA.
	Collagenase Santyl Ointment: an Active Enzymatic Debriding Therapy Anna Ricci is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years experience in Sales and Marketing in the Medical Device Industry. Since 2004, she has been an Executive Sales Representative for Ontario East with Smith & Nephew Biotherapeutics (Formerly Healthpoint Biotherapeutics), focused in the Wound Care Segment.  Anna is a graduate of the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC), Department of Medicine, Continuing Education, University of Toronto. Anna is an International Sales Trainer and has educated sales teams in the Netherlands, Sweden and England.
	Hidden Pockets: a Low-tech Front-line Innovation to Prevent Falls in LTC Lynne Beer is a Personal Support Worker at Vision Nursing Home for the past 11 years. She is the designer and creator of Hidden Pockets. Lynne has a passion for working with the elderly and has been active on committees in the home including Transfer and Lifts, Palliative Care, Continence Team and the Best Practice Care Team. Through a discussion with the Falls Prevention Team Leads in the home regarding the use and proper placement of the tab monitor, Lynne was able to envision this enhancement and created and designed the “Hidden Pocket”.
	BrainFx 360 - An Innovative Tablet Based Clinical Assessment Tool Tracy Milner is the co-creator of the tablet-based neurofunctional assessment, BrainFx 360. Her mission is to measure and understand the effects of mild to moderate brain disorders on real world function. She is an occupational therapist who has practiced extensively in neurorehabilitation with adults and children for almost twelve years. She has owned and successfully run an Ontario based occupational therapy practice which has grown to a team of 20 people since 2008. Being an early adopter of the use of technology therapeutically, she has been prominent in Ontario in delivering seminars on how to use smart devices in clinical practice. Tracy has been a committee member with the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists for nine years, has co-authored the reflective resource on assessment of attendant care, and worked as a member with the expert panel of the Alliance of Medical and Community Rehabilitation Providers on catastrophic definition, including presentations to government standing committee. She has a BA in Kinesiology and Masters in Occupational Therapy from Western University. Tracy Milner’s work at a Masters level went on to be published in the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy International. Tracy is passionate about neurofunctional assessment and intervention and views BrainFx as her opportunity to combine both research and clinical knowledge to positively impact not only her own clients, but adults and children more globally.
	SARA Wireless Emergency Call Systems SARA-Read, Hear, & See for Situational Awareness & Response - Because Right Now Matters Most! Mark Seidenfeld is President and CEO of BCI Networks. BCI Networks is a single source provider for your entire communications, life safety and security infrastructures. BCI Networks have extensive experience in both retrofits and new constructions of retirement & long term facilities in North America. Mark is very passionate about BCI Networks its capabilities, strengths and is always looking for new solutions to solve difficult problems for his clients. Mark brings cutting edge technology to his clients like the SARA wireless nurse call system. Mark’s vision of technology, innovation, thinking outside the box, commitment to BCI Networks clients, customer loyalty, are a few areas that have helped establish BCI Networks as leaders in the long term care and retirement industry. See for yourself, stop by the showcase, dragon’s den, and experience Mark Seidenfeld’s knowledge, expertise and passion.