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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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…
Translating Science into Better Patient Care in the ICU
Click here to view the slides (no audio) Read more about the project here. The transfer from the ICU to another hospital ward can result in more adverse events because they go to a unit with less intensive care and less resources. Moving from one unit to another can also result in loss of information about the care…
Implementing the ‘Frailty Portal’ in Community Primary Care Practice: Evaluating feasibility, effects and expansion needs
Click here to view the slides (no audio) Read more about the project here. In this community-based study we assessed the implementation feasibility and impact of the ‘Frailty Portal’ in the identification, raising awareness of, care planning and delivery of appropriate care for the frail population in community primary care practice. Primary Healthcare (PHC) providers regularly encounter frail…