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, October 30, 2019 at 12 noon EST: The Carer Support Needs Assessment (CSNAT) Intervention: Supporting Family Caregivers of Palliative Patients at Home – Kelli Stajduhar, University of Victoria & Richard Sawatzky, Trinity Western University
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 12 noon EST: Developing patient-provider partnerships across the system – Paul Stolee, 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
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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…
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…