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New TREC Publication: Examining fidelity in the INFORM trial: a complex team-based behavioral intervention
Examining fidelity in the INFORM trial: a complex team-based behavioral intervention
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Fidelity in complex behavioral interventions is underexplored. This study examines the fidelity of the INFORM trial and explores the relationship between fidelity, study arm, and the trial’s primary outcome—ca...
Liane R. Ginsburg, Matthias Hoben, Adam Easterbrook, Elizabeth Andersen, Ruth A. Anderson, Lisa Cranley, Holly J. Lanham, Peter G. Norton, Lori E. Weeks and Carole A. Estabrooks
Comparing effects of two higher intensity feedback interventions with simple feedback on improving staff communication in nursing homes—the INFORM cluster-randomized controlled trial
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Effective communication among interdisciplinary healthcare teams is essential for quality healthcare, especially in nursing homes (NHs). Care aides provide most direct care in NHs, yet are rarely included in f...
Matthias Hoben, Liane R. Ginsburg, Adam Easterbrook, Peter G. Norton, Ruth A. Anderson,…
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
OTTAWA / The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Eighty-seven new Fellows in the Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science have been elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Recognition by the RSC is the highest honour an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences.
The RSC…
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On June 22, the University of British Columbia announced the recipients of their 2020 Honorary Degrees. Jim Mann, a member of our VOICES Citizen Advisory Committee, is a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree.
Please join us in congratulating Jim on such a fitting honour.
Details can be found at the following link: https://graduation.ubc.ca/event/honorary-degrees/2020-honorary-degree-recipients/
OPINION: We must act now to prevent a second wave of long-term care deaths
We must act now to prevent a second wave of long-term care deaths
June 10, 2020 11:30AM ET
STANDING COMMITTEE - Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Study on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
New TREC Publication: Role of Policy in Best-Practice Dissemination: Informal Professional Advice Networks in Canadian Long-Term Care
Role of policy in best-practice dissemination: Informal professional advice networks in Canadian long-term care
Keefe J, Cranley L, Berta WB, Taylor D, Beacom AM, McAfee E, MacEachern LE, Boudreau D, Hall J, Thompson G, Squires JE, Wagg A, Estabrooks CA
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement
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This article examines provincial policy influence on long-term care (LTC) professionals’ advice-seeking networks in Canada’s Maritime provinces. The effects of…
New TREC Publication: Citizen and stakeholder led priority setting for long-term care research: identifying research priorities within the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) Program
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Background
The Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program is a longitudinal partnered program of research in Western Canada that aims to improve the quality of care and quality of life for residents and quality of worklife for staff in long-term care settings. This program of research includes researchers, citizens (persons living with dementia and caregivers of persons living in long-term care), and stakeholders (representatives from provincial and regional health…
How COVID-19 overwhelmed Canada’s long-term care system—Interview with Dr. Estabrooks
Tragic death toll among seniors in nursing homes was half a century in the making, says elder care expert.
By MICHAEL BROWN
Canadians are witnessing a tragedy unfold in the nation’s long-term care system that’s been a half-century in the making, according to a University of Alberta elder care expert.
Carole Estabrooks said blame for the mounting COVID-19 seniors’ home death toll should not be placed on front-line workers otherwise known as care aides or personal support workers.
“We’ve been…
Listen to Dr Estabrooks on CBC's The Current on on what needs to happen in Canadian nursing homes now
From CBC Website:
April 16, Part 1: COVID-19 and staff concerns at elder care facilities; Threats to WHO funding; Gender equality in the pandemic
The Current
We talk to staff and management of long-term care facilities; hearing their concerns and distress about the rising COVID-19 death toll in the facilities.
Then, warnings of deadly consequences followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization — but some argue the organization has serious…
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