The following is a list of the recipients of the CABHI Spark Funding Program.
|
Recipient Name |
Host Organization |
Project Title |
Theme |
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Dr. Howard Abrams |
University Health Network, Toronto, ON |
Prescribing VR (Virtual Reality) |
Aging at home |
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Renee Climans |
Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON |
The Road to Connection: Combined Model of Caregiver Support and Arts Engagement for Care Recipients
|
Aging at home |
|
Einat Danieli |
The Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer Support and Training, Sinai Health System Toronto, ON |
Dementia Talk App
Note: This project is funded in part by a grant from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s Community Investment Program |
Aging at home |
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Dr. Hillel Finestone; Dr. Lisa Sheehy; Dr. Heidi Sveistrup; Dr. Frank Knoefel |
Bruyere Continuing Care, Ottawa, ON |
An innovative home-based virtual reality training program for individuals with mild cognitive impairment |
Aging at home |
|
Dr. Linda Lee |
Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, Kitchener, ON |
Positive Risk Management |
Aging at home |
|
William Leung |
Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Scarborough, ON |
Play Intervention for Dementia (PID): A Caregiver’s Resource |
Aging at home |
|
Dr. Sandra McKay |
VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON |
Virtual Calm: Using VR Videos to Reduce Dementia Distress |
Aging at home |
|
Marilyn Reed |
Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON |
Toronto HEARS (Hearing Equality through Accessible Research and Solutions): Community-based hearing program for at-risk seniors |
Aging at home |
|
Lacey Sheng |
The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre, Ottawa, ON |
Making therapeutic recreation available to seniors through a multi-media interactive model |
Aging at home |
|
Kimberley Smith |
Providence Health Care, Vancouver BC |
Cover and Comfort Wrap |
Aging at home |
|
Dr. Richard Sztramko |
GERAS institute, St. Peter’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON |
iGeriCare: Online resources on dementia from your geriatrician |
Aging at home |
|
Paul Yost |
Alzheimer Society of London and Middlesex, London, ON |
Rural Support for Care Partners for People with Dementia |
Aging at home |
|
Dr. Keri-Leigh Cassidy |
Nova Scotia Health Authority, Nova Scotia, CA |
The Fountain of Health Initiative Clinical Tools & App Feasibility Study |
Cognitive Fitness |
|
Deana Huntsbarger |
Kawartha Regional Memory Clinic, Peterborough, ON |
Mindfulness Interventions for Caregivers of Patient’s with Alzheimer’s Disease |
Cognitive Fitness |
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Dr. Kelly Murphy |
Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON |
Optimizing health outcomes for older adults at risk of dementia |
Cognitive Fitness |
|
Todd Tran PhD(c) |
Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON |
12-Weeks Brain Fitness Training Program |
Cognitive Fitness |
|
Jennifer Donovan |
York Care Centre, Fredericton NB |
Development of Process for Polypharmacy Management and reduction |
ER avoidance |
|
Dr. Joanne Ho |
Schlegel Villages, Waterloo, ON |
GeriMedRisk, a Scalable Geriatric Pharmacology Consultation Service to Prevent Adverse Drug Events among Seniors: A Pilot Study |
ER avoidance |
|
Dr. Andrea Iaboni |
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON |
A mobile application for direct behavioural observation in dementia |
ER avoidance |
|
Catherine Kohm |
Fraser Heath Authority, Surrey, BC |
Avoiding Hospitalizations for Long Term Care Residents: the PREVIEW-ED© eTool |
ER avoidance |
|
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar |
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON |
Improving Care for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia. |
ER avoidance |
|
Dr. Jacques Lee |
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON |
Preventing Emergency Department Visits by Identifying People with Unrecognized Dementia |
ER avoidance
|
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Raquel Meyer & Jennifer Reguindin |
Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, ON |
SOS! A Gamified App to Improve Early Detection of Acute Deterioration Associated with Unnecessary Emergency Hospitalization in the Frail Elderly |
ER avoidance |
|
Ryan Sneath |
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, Winnepeg, MA |
Using home visits by community paramedics to reduce ambulance and ER use by older adults with dementia |
ER avoidance |
|
Sheelagh Willett |
William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON |
Comprehensive Geriatric Management of LTC Residents with BPSD |
ER avoidance & Aging at home |
|
Juliet Batke |
Providence Health Care Vancouver, BC |
illuminAID: Lighting for fall prevention |
Falls prevention |
|
Bill McIlroy and Don Cowan |
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON |
Toolkit for Assessing Human Balance and Mobility |
Falls prevention |
|
Teresa Lee |
Bruyere Continuing Care, Ottawa, ON |
Intelligent mobile and web-based alerts application to help detect and prevent falls in the long-term care setting |
Falls prevention |
|
Abby Malott |
Stonebridge Community Services, Tillsonburg, ON |
Stronger at Home |
Falls prevention |
|
Tammy Retalic |
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA |
Leveraging Bed/Chair Alarm Removal for Falls Prevention |
Falls prevention |
|
Vepeson Wijeyakulasingam |
Assistive Technology Clinic, Toronto, ON |
The LASER WALK to improve mobility and prevent falls using visual cueing |
Falls prevention |
