Webinars
CFN believes that caring for older adults living with frailty is a complex, Canada-wide issue that requires multi-faceted, national strategies and solutions, and our monthly webinars are one way we bring together talented people to focus on this goal.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at noon ET: New Approaches to Evaluating Frailty in Solid Organ Transplantation — Lianne Singer, University Health Network (FRA2015-B-13)
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at noon ET: Pilot study of an automated one-year mortality prediction tool to trigger Advance Care Planning — James Downar, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CAT2015-16)
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at noon ET: Cardiac Surgery among the Frail and Elderly Towards Optimal Decision Making — Greg Hirsch, Nova Scotia Health Authority (FRA2015-B-22)
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at noon ET: Care of acutely ill older persons living with frailty: Making health care work like a system — John Hirdes & George Heckman, University of Waterloo (SIG2014F-31)
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The eDosette Study: Optimizing medication use and safety in community dwelling seniors
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. As our population ages, the number of chronic medical conditions and medications given to the elderly increases. It is, therefore, not surprising to find that frail elderly patients have trouble keeping track of and taking their medications as told by their doctor. Blister…
An ounce of prevention: intensive resistance training to optimize health in pre-frail older adults
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Our population is aging, and while many older Canadians live healthy and active lifestyles, others begin to move slower, become weaker and less active over time. These are signs of frailty, which can lead to loss of independence, higher risk for falls and fractures,…
Identifying older patients at high risk of poor outcomes after joint replacement surgery
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Frailty is a condition that describes the build-up of problems across multiple body systems, and is common as people age. Having frailty before surgery increases the risk of a bad outcome, and older patients have surgery more often than any other age group. Unfortunately, clinicians don’t know what…
Which inpatient care experiences matter most to patients? Valuing items from the Canadian Patient Experience Survey
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Health care that reflects the individual needs and preferences of patients is a key priority of health care systems around the world. In Canada, standards set by Accreditation Canada require organizations to report data on patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) to assess quality and safety…
Introducing electronic quality of life assessments in hospital palliative care: A micro-meso-macro framework
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Routine assessment of the perceived healthcare needs of older adults with advancing and life-limiting illnesses is necessary to ensure that patients’ and family caregivers’ concerns are visible to healthcare professionals, so that they can be effectively monitored and addressed. These types of assessments involve…
Canadian Frailty Priority Setting Partnership
Click here to view the slides (no audio). The purpose of the Canadian Frailty Priority Setting Partnership was to involve individuals with direct experience of frailty in older adults, either personal or professional, in defining priorities for research. These research priorities will be shared with researchers and research funding organizations so that more research is carried out…
More-2-Eat: Improving nutrition care in hospital by implementing improved practices for detection, treatment and monitoring of malnutrition
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Almost half of adult patients admitted to Canadian hospitals, and specifically medical and surgical care, are malnourished. This malnutrition develops in the community as a result of social and disease factors. Malnutrition, regardless of its cause, extends the length of the hospital stay and…
TELEPROM-G: A Study Evaluating Access and Care Delivery of Telehealth Services Among Community-Based Seniors
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. The number of older people in Canada is growing. Many have depressive symptoms and other physical health problems, which contribute to frailty. This project tested a new system (TELEPROM-G) developed by a Canadian health informatics company (InputHealth). Tablet devices and assessment tools allowed…
Improving Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Homes Using Participatory Action Research
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. There is a clear and pressing need for palliative care approaches suitable to this complex healthcare environment, given the growing prevalence of residents with palliative care needs in LTC. To meet the project’s objective a multiple case study design and participatory action research approach…
Incorporating a frailty dimension into LOCUS for seniors in a medical-psychiatry population
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Seniors with mental health disorders commonly have significant medical comorbidities that increase impairment, disability and health service utilization. Although high healthcare utilization rates by older adults have been well documented, no validated tools exist to accurately identify which patients within this population will require…