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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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…
Innovation for toilet relocation to ease access for frail elderly at home & Wearable caregiver posture coaching feedback system
Read more about HTIG2014-07 and HTIG2014-11. Innovation for toilet relocation to ease access for frail elderly at home The ability to get on and off the toilet can mean the difference between living at home and having to move into long-term care for frail older adults. Osteoarthritis, affecting over 7 million people in the US…
iGAP- Improving General Practice Advance Care Planning
Click here to view the slides (no audio). Read more about the project here. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a communication process wherein people plan for a time when they cannot make decisions for themselves. It includes reflection, deliberation and determination of a person’s values and wishes or preferences for treatments at the end-of-life. Evidence supports the effectiveness of…
Implementing a Risk Screening Tool in Primary Care for Older Frail Adults
Click here to view the slides (no audio) Read more about the project here. Population aging has led to a greater number of seniors, many of whom suffer from multiple ongoing health problems. Unfortunately, the health care system is currently designed to deal with single, sudden and usually curable problems. Providing care to older adults living with frailty is…