Over the past year, Family Councils Ontario’s YouTube channel has become a go-to resource for caregivers, Family Council members, and long-term care staff across Ontario — from expert-led webinars to full event recordings. Looking back on April 2025 through March 2026, here are the videos and video collections that stood out most, based on what caregivers and councils actually watched, shared, and returned to.
Collection: The Butterfly Approach to Dementia Care
Person-centred, emotion-focused dementia care took centre stage this year — and it’s no coincidence these two videos are among our most-watched of the entire period.
William Osler Health System: The Butterfly Approach
Our single most-viewed video of the year. William Osler Health System shares how its Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit in Brampton adopted the Butterfly Approach to bring warmth, familiarity, and dignity to dementia care.
Meaningful Design for Memory Care
From the FCO Innovation Summit 2025: how thoughtful design choices — like wallpaper murals — can transform a dementia care space into somewhere residents feel calm and at home.
Collection: Highlights from the FCO Innovation Summit 2025
Our Innovation Summit brought together speakers on some of the most pressing topics in long-term care. Three sessions worth revisiting:
Better Experiences, Better Health Care
Co-hosted by the Patient Ombudsman, this session looks at what better experiences and better health care actually look like for residents and the caregivers who support them.
Personality Disorder in Older Adults
Understanding the person, building skillful approaches, and fostering wellbeing — a closer look at supporting older adults living with personality disorders in long-term care.
Improving Care and Services in Nutrition
Co-hosted by OSNAC, this session explores how nutrition, food service, and dining can be improved for residents in long-term care.
Spotlight: St Clair O’Connor Community — An Eden Model in Toronto
This webinar focuses on the transition that St Clair O’Connor Community undertook to create an Eden Alternative–inspired home in Toronto — one of our most-watched spotlights this year, and a powerful look at what culture change can look like in practice.
Spotlight: Building a Small Home at Meadowview Villa
Co-hosted by CARP Ottawa, this webinar previews a small-home model at Meadowview Villa — a glimpse at what the next generation of long-term care design could look like for residents and caregivers alike.
Spotlight: Learning, Caring and Supporting — An Overview of Alzheimer Society Programs
The Alzheimer Society of Ontario, in collaboration with Family Councils Ontario, walks through the programs and supports available to caregivers navigating a loved one’s dementia diagnosis.
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