CAG 2013: Aging from Cells to Society, Halifax
The Canadian Association on Gerontology’s 42nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting was an eventful time for our team. Linda Sheiban, a MSc student presented thesis research during the Student poster competition, on the topic of health care provider experiences in primary care memory clinic. Findings from the evaluation of the Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network were presented in poster format. Our PhD students’, Heather McNeil and Jacobi Elliott, presented work on engagement strategies in older adults in health care and the initial research surrounding our Seniors Helping as Research partners (SHARP) initiative.
Findings from our team’s work with Dr. Jen Walker, associate professor with Nipissing University, of a systematic literature review on how programs utilizing the Chronic Care Model evaluate their outcomes and how these relate to the model’s components, were presented during the Saturday program.
Our team also participated in a CAG Divisional Symposium on social policy & practice entitled “Getting Engaged: Building Partnerships with Seniors for Health Research and Planning”. The symposium was chaired by our PhD student Heather McNeil. We were honoured to have with us a senior discussant, Flora Dell, from the Seniors’ Information Centre in New Brunswick.
Home Care Summit 2013: A Profile of Physiotherapy Service Provision for Total Hip and Knee Replacement Home Care Clients
How can we effectively use home-based physiotherapy for total hip or total knee replacement patients? Dr. Angela Hovey along with Linda Sheiban presented at the 2013 Canadian Home Care Association conference in Gatineau-Ottawa on a profile of physiotherapy service provision for total hip and total knee replacement home care clients in Ontario. They presented data from one rehabilitation agency's client profile including goals met within the allotted number of visits and days on service.
Publications 2013
- McMurray J, Hicks E, Johnson H, Elliott J, Byrne K, Stolee P (2013) "'Trying to find information is like hating yourself every day': The collision of electronic information systems in transition with patients in transition", Health informatics journal, 19(3)
- Glenny C, Stolee P, Sheiban L, Jaglal S (2013) "Communicating during care transitions for older hip fracture patients: Family caregiver and health care provider perspectives", International Journal of Integrated Care, 13
- Mairs K, McNeil H, McLeod J, Prorok JC, Stolee P (2013) “Online strategies to facilitate health-related knowledge transfer: a systematic search and review.”, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 30(4):261-77
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Johnson H, Forbes D, Egan MY, Elliott J, Stolee P, Chesworth BM (2013) “Hip-fracture care in rural southwestern ontario: an ethnographic study of patient transitions and physiotherapy handoffs.” Physiotherapy Canada, 65(3):266-75