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, November 27, 2019 at 12 noon EST: Developing patient-provider partnerships across the system – Paul Stolee & Jacobi Elliott, University of Waterloo
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 12 noon EST: Integrated Approach to Palliative Care in Acute Care (iPAC-AC) – Kelli Stajduhar, University of Victoria, Neil Hilliard, Fraser Health Authority & Richard Sawatzky, Trinity Western University
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 12 noon EST: Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment-using Biological samples to Identify & provide Optimized care (EASE-BIO) – Rachel Khadaroo & Amritpal Bhullar, University of Alberta
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at noon EST: Supporting quality of life assessments of frail older adults and their family caregivers – Richard Sawatzky, Trinity Western University & Kara Schick-Makaroff, University of Alberta
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Anticipatory Long-term care Electronic Resident Triage Tool (ALERT) for Canadian Long-term Care Homes
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Seniors hospitalized for non-life-threatening conditions are at higher risk of confusion, complications and death compared to elders treated at home. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations (PAH) may occur if long-term care homes (LTCHs) staff do not identify early warning signs of illness, missing opportunities to modify…
Development and Feasibility Evaluation of a Web-based Intervention for Family Carers of Persons with Dementia Residing in Long-Term Care
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Frail older adults residing in 24 hour care facilities have complex health needs. The majority of these adults have dementia. Family carers continue to provide care and support for their relatives/friends in care facilities. Unfortunately when their relative is admitted to a care facility, they experience…
Helping the primary care system identify, plan and care for seriously ill older adults living with frailty
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Doctors find it difficult to know when patients are nearing end-of-life (EOL). As a result, patients who would benefit from having conversations with their doctors about their goals and wishes for care (i.e. advance care planning) are often identified when it is too late…
The Essential Frailty Toolset in Older Adults Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement
Read more about the project here. FRAILTY-AVR was a Canadian-led study in which >1,000 older adults undergoing transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement were enrolled prospectively to determine the impact of frailty on mortality, morbidity, and patient-centered outcomes. This study generated a wealth of data on frailty and ancillary geriatric domains, which are being integrated in the pre-procedural…
Reducing post-discharge potentially inappropriate medications amongst the elderly: a multi-centre electronic deprescribing intervention
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Polypharmacy, or the concomitant use of five or more drugs, is a serious health concern affecting more than half of Canadians aged 65 years and older. Medications can be essential, but each additional one increases the risk of an adverse drug event (ADE). Polypharmacy…
Academic Scholarship Webinar
For novice researchers, and even those with more experience, navigating academic scholarship can sometimes be a daunting task. What constitutes scholarship, as opposed to professional activities? How can you leverage your scholarship to contribute to the larger academic community? How do you ensure that the outcomes of your scholarship are disseminated to the widest audience?…
Acute-Care Frailty Ladder
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Hospital care for an elderly person, either as an out- or in-patient, indicates a complex health condition that may put the senior at risk for developing or aggravating frailty and subsequently progressing to potentially irreversible functional impairments, limitations and restrictions. Hospital care is also…
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…