Collaborative Waterloo-Grand River Hospital project awarded funds to improve quality of life for older adults
An innovative and inexpensive tool kit to better assess balance and improve quality of life for older adults, as well as people who have suffered strokes, injuries, and other disorders has been awarded $50,000 to further testing and improvement.
The collaborative project between researchers at the University of Waterloo and physicians at Grand River Hospital (GRH) stems from a partnership launched between Waterloo and GRH two years ago. The Tool Kit for Assessing Human Balance and Mobility will be tested at the hospital’s outpatient rehabilitation clinic at GRH’s Freeport campus. Freeport specializes in rehabilitation, including supporting the needs of older adults and stroke patients, as well as individuals recovering from accidents.
The tool kit was one of 31 projects to receive funding totaling $1.4 million from the Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, in collaboration with Baycrest Health Sciences through its Spark program. The program provides funding to point-of-care workers in the North American health care delivery or service industry to further develop their grassroots ideas into proof-of-concept or prototypes that have the potential to improve brain health or quality of life for older adults.
Full Article [Office of Research News], [Grand River Hospital News]