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Improved work environments could improve quality of care and quality of life for residents and staff
(Edmonton) – About 80 per cent of nursing home residents in Canada live with some level of cognitive impairment, which means the care needs of this population are increasingly complex. Missed or rushed care is an on-going concern.
Researchers from Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) based at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing, interviewed over 4000 care aides from 93 urban…
Health System Impact Fellowship for Doctoral Trainees and Post-Doctoral Fel…
A funding opportunity offered by: CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), with collaboration from the Institute of Aging (IA), Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), the Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD), the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), the Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH), and the Healthy Cities Research Initiative (HCRI), in…
The CIHR Institute of Population & Public Health is contributing funding towards four pools related to our strategic priority areas in the 2020 Health System Impact Fellowship call.
The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows with a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical health challenges that are being addressed by health system and…
By Laura D. Aloisio and Carole A. Estabrooks
Published originally: Wed., November 27, 2019 in The Winnipeg Free Press
More than 220,000 Canadians currently reside in a nursing home or long-term care facility, with the number projected to increase steadily as the Canadian population ages. This may include our parents, other relatives or friends, and it could include us too.
Unfortunately, staffing shortages have become a perpetual concern for long-term care facilities across the country.…
The CADTH bulletin on dementia villages that was reviewed by Dr. Estabrooks can now be found on their website:
Dementia Villages: Innovative Residential Care for People with Dementia
https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/hs-eh/eh0071-dementia-villages.pdf
Public Lecture: Dr Kate de Medeiros - What counts as “quality of life” in d…
Public Lecture
Dr. Kate de Medeiros
What counts as “quality of life” in dementia care?
Date: October 10, 2019
Time: 12PM
Location: Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) - Room 1-182
Dr Kate de Medeiros, PhD
Gerontologist
Associate Professor
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Bio: Kate de Medeiros (Associate Professor, the Robert H. and Nancy J. Blayney Professor Gerontology), received her PhD in gerontology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2006. Her research interests are concerned…
Public Lecture
Dr Sube Banerjee
Dementia: Meeting & beating a great 21st century health & social care challenge
Date: October 8, 2019
Time: 4PM
Location: Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) - Room 1-182
Dr Sube Banerjee, MBE, MBBS MSC MBA MD FRCPsych
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Professor & Dean
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Bio: Dr Banerjee is active in health system development and works with industry and governments on health systems, policy and strategies to improve health for…
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Estabrooks’ $329K John R. Evans Leaders Fund Grant mitigates Canada's looming long-term care population explosion through accessible data sharing
August 13, 2019
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Fund helps UAlberta researchers conduct leading-edge research by giving them the tools and equipment they need to become leaders in their field.
Canada’s long-term care (LTC) system, already overextended, faces unprecedented growth in the coming decades. With…
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) intends to release new data in 2019 in addition to previously released alphanumeric data from baseline and follow-up 1 (FUP1), baseline biomarkers related to clinical chemistry, genome-wide genotyping, and images from retinal scans, DEXA and carotid ultrasound.
This grant will support research projects that use the available CLSA data in order to better understand how (individually and in combination) the biological, medical, psychological, social,…
By Matthias Hoben and Carole Estabrooks
Published: Sun., July 14, 2019
Nursing homes fill a vital role for older adults unable to remain at home or in other supportive environments.
Nursing home care is costly to governments. In 2017, Canadian governments spent close to $19 billion on care provided in nursing homes and supportive living facilities. Individuals are also expected to contribute to their stay and spent more than $8 million in 2017.
What can we learn from provinces with differing policy…
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