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Below is an excerpt from an from the article "From Early Birth to Old Age" in Apple Magazine.
Estabrooks’ study is looking at the links continuing care providers rely on to help their patients
Information sharing in continuing care
As Alberta’s baby boomers age, the number of seniors in the province grows rapidly—as do health-care costs. Experts predicted this change but have still been caught somewhat off guard. “What we perhaps did not anticipate is the significant increase in rates of dementia, a diagnosis that frequently lands people in long-term care facilities,” says nursing…
Cooper SL, Carleton HL, Chamberlain SA, Cummings GG, Bambrick W, Estabrooks CA. (2016). Burnout in the nursing home health care aide: A systematic review. Burnout Research, 3(3), 76-87.
Cooper SL, Carleton HL, Chamberlain SA, Cummings GG, Bambrick W, Estabrooks CA.
Burnout Research, 3(3), 76-87.
Objective
To systematically review the evidence on factors that influence burnout in health care aides working in nursing homes.
DesignSystematic literature review.
Data sourcesTwo search engines (Google and EBSCO Discovery Service) and five databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Proquest Dissertations & Theses) through to August 2013. Keywords: nursing…
Estabrooks CA, Knopp-Sihota J, Cummings GG, Norton PG. (2016). Making research results relevant and useable: Presenting complex organizational context data to non-research stakeholders in the nursing home setting. Worldviews on Evidenced-based Nursing, 13(4), 270–276.
Making Research Results Relevant and Useable: Presenting Complex Organizational Context Data to Nonresearch Stakeholders in the Nursing Home Setting.
Estabrooks CA, Knopp-Sihota J, Cummings GG, Norton PG
Worldviews on Evidenced-based Nursing, 13(4), 270–276.
BACKGROUND:
The success of evidence-based practice depends on clearly and effectively communicating often complex data to stakeholders. In our program of research, Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC), we focus on…
SCOPE grant receives funding for 3 years from CIHR.
Adrian, Carole, and the TREC team are delighted to announce that the SCOPE grant was successful at the CIHR Project Scheme competition and received funding for 3 years.
Adrian would like to thank all those who helped in the submission process, including the investigators and knowledge users for their CVs and support letters.
We are excited that our SCOPE project is finally funded and we look forward starting the project in more regions.
The TREC 2016 AGM Report providing information presented and discussed is available for viewing.
A big thank you to everyone who participated in the TREC 2016 AGM in June!
A copy of the TREC 2016 AGM Report providing information presented and discussed can be found on Igloo
Click to viewPlease save the date and plan to join us for our next AGM on June 22-26, 2017 in Banff.
Best wishes,
Cecilia
Birtukan Adamu who joins the TREC program today (Monday 11 July) as a Data Analyst in the Data Unit.
Please welcome Birtukan Adamu who joins the TREC program today as a Data Analyst in the Data Unit.
Birtukan holds a Master’s degree in Bio-Statistics from the University of Alberta and has several years’ experience working as a data analyst, statistics lecturer and data base manager.
Welcome to Birtukan!
Cecilia
Please share this SALTY Post-doc opportunity with your network….
TREC is currently seeking a postdoctoral fellow to play an integral role in Stream 1 of Seniors – Adding Life to Years (SALTY). The purpose of Stream 1 is to develop a set of quality measures to monitor the trajectory of modifiable symptom burden and potentially inappropriate care practices at the end of life in LTC.
Please share this SALTY Post-doc opportunity with your network….
LINK to posting:
http://www.trec.ualberta.ca/Opportunities/SALTYPostDoc.aspx
Thank you.
Cecilia
I am sure you will join me in congratulation Carole for being named a Member of the Order of Canada.
The Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours issued twice yearly, which recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. The citation about Carole was “Carole Anne Estabrooks. CM. For her contributions to translating research into health-care improvements for older Canadians.”
Stephanie Chamberlain was recently awarded the Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP) Doctoral Award
TREC doctoral student Stephanie Chamberlain was recently awarded the Alzneimer Society's Doctoral Award. Her research project is titled: Unrepresented Older Adults: The Impact of Public Guardianship on Resident Health and Care Needs in Long Term Care.
Stephanie's project proposes to examine the impact of public guardianship on health and care needs of older adults in long term care. Older adults under public guardianship are individuals in long term care facilities with little support…
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