Patient and Family Engagement

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Where do we go from here? Older adults’ perspectives on care options in a post-COVID era. This project will investigate how the pandemic has impacted the perspectives of older adults and caregivers on health care in later life, including home care and long-term care. We will explore how the pandemic has impacted older adults’ strategies to age in place and how older adults and caregivers can be supported throughout the journey of achieving it. Picture of an older man and younger woman walking outside
The CHOICE Project. Through this project, funded by the Canadian Frailty Network, we examined how to engage older adults in healthcare research, decision-making, and planning. This led to the creation of the Choosing Healthcare Options by Involving Canada’s Elderly (CHOICE) framework the engagement of older adults in healthcare Picture of four older women sitting around a table with tea..

• Developing strategies and resources to support patient and family engagement with racialized immigrant older adults. Through this project, we investigate how racialized immigrant older adults (RIOAs) are taking a role in their own healthcare, from the perspectives of care providers, older adults, and family caregivers. We seek to develop a suite of tools aimed at improving patient engagement with RIOAs and their families. Picture of an older woman linking arms with a younger woman in a hijab outside
Developing an in-depth understanding of patient and family engagement across care transitions. With funding from the CIHR, we are investigating how older adults and their family caregivers are engaged in care planning and goal-setting as they transition through the health care system. Often older adults have more than one chronic conditions and require care from multiple providers across multiple settings.. Picture of an older person in a hospital bed with two healthcare providers standing at their bedside