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 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 & Ahmed Negm – 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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A National Comparison of Intensity of End-of-Life Care in Canada: Defining Changing Patterns, Risk Factors and Targets for Intervention
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Up to 70% of older patients are admitted to hospital and/or intensive care units at the end-of-life; however, when asked, most would prefer a less aggressive treatment plan focusing on providing comfort rather than a technologically supported, institutionalized death. This care that may be…
FRAMING-LTC: Frailty and Recognizing Appropriate Medications IN Geriatrics and Long-Term Care
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Older adults in LTC often have multiple chronic conditions that increase their exposure to multiple medications. This places them at risk for PIM use, adverse events and high health care utilization. Optimal prescribing for vulnerable older populations, particularly those in LTC, may be influenced…
Mixed Methods feasibility study of group peer support interventions to engage the public in ACP
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Advance Care Planning (ACP) encourages us all to be more actively involved in decision making about healthcare. Although ACP is something we can do on our own, we often require support from others. Most studies in ACP have focused on experts within the healthcare…
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…