Keyword: seniors

Making Music Together Helps Couples Facing Dementia Maintain Strong Bonds — Making Music Together Helps Couples Facing Dementia Maintain Strong Bonds
An electronic music box system played together by couples in which one partner is living with dementia helps them maintain a strong relationship.

26 Oct, 2020 tagged CID v1 / Caregiver Support / dementia / distress / meaningful activities / music / music therapy / recreation / responsive behaviours / seniors / Collaborative Innovation Development Grant (CID)

Communications Neuroscience — Communications Neuroscience
This project focuses on increasing our understanding of hearing, speech perception, and speech production, so this knowledge can […]

20 May, 2020 tagged SOF v1 / Cognitive Health / hearing / seniors / speech perception / speech production / Strategic Opportunity Fund (SOF)

Reconnecting: Technology-Aided Maintenance of Cognitive Function and Social Ties — Reconnecting: Technology-Aided Maintenance of Cognitive Function and Social Ties
GENIE is a communication platform for residents in long-term care

12 May, 2020 tagged Spark v3 / Caregiver Support / caregivers / Cognitive decline / family caregivers / GENIE / isolation / loneliness / long-term care / seniors / social isolation / Spark

Bespoke Baycrest: Customized Online Education for Caregivers — Bespoke Baycrest: Customized Online Education for Caregivers
Customizing e-learning for informal caregivers of people living with dementia

6 May, 2020 tagged Spark v3 / Caregiver Support / caregivers / dementia / e-learning / seniors / Spark

Can Brain Stimulation Reduce Depression and Length of Stay in Hospital? — Can Brain Stimulation Reduce Depression and Length of Stay in ...
What is the issue? Many older adults take medications to treat symptoms of anxiety and depression. An emerging […]

6 May, 2020 tagged Spark v2 / Cognitive Health / anxiety / depression / long-term care / seniors / transcranial direct current stimulation / well-being / Spark

MedSafer API: Tool Links Electronic Health Records with Deprescribing Reports — MedSafer API: Tool Links Electronic Health Records with Deprescribing Reports
MedSafer is an electronic tool that guides point-of-care workers through a prescription check-up

14 Apr, 2020 tagged RCP2 v3 / Caregiver Support / deprescribing / electronic health record / medications / MedSafer / seniors / Researcher Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2)

OPUS-AP: Best Practices for Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics — OPUS-AP: Best Practices for Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics
Stopping the use of antipsychotics among long-term care residents

13 Apr, 2020 tagged QRCP2 v1 / Care Coordination and Navigation / deprescribing / healthcare delivery / long-term care / seniors / Quebec Researcher Clinician Partnership Program (QRCP2)

Lumacare’s Sensory Lending Library: Making Sensory Therapy Accessible — Lumacare’s Sensory Lending Library: Making Sensory Therapy Accessible
Lumacare’s Sensory Lending Library provides convenient access to sensory therapy

13 Apr, 2020 tagged Spark v3 / Cognitive Health / Alzheimer’s disease / health care delivery / seniors / sensory / Spark

Building Capacity for Integrating Dance in Long-Term Care — Building Capacity for Integrating Dance in Long-Term Care
Sharing Dance Seniors is a safe and accessible dance experience

13 Apr, 2020 tagged KMP2 v1 / Cognitive Health / dance / long-term care / seniors / Sharing Dance / Knowledge Mobilization Partnership Program (KMP2)

The Path to Home App: Providing Easier Access to Discharge Information — The Path to Home App: Providing Easier Access to Discharge ...
The Path to Home app provides patients and caregivers with access to discharge information

13 Apr, 2020 tagged Spark v2 / Caregiver Support / care delivery / discharge planning / Path to Home / rehabilitation / seniors / Spark

GERAS: Dancing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE) for Frail Seniors — GERAS: Dancing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE) for Frail Seniors
GERAS DANCE is a 12-week therapeutic mind-body program for 60+

13 Apr, 2020 tagged RCP2 v2 / Cognitive Health / exercise / GERAS DANCE / recreation / seniors / YMCA / Researcher Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2)

Meditation and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Improve Cognition and Well-Being — Meditation and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Improve Cognition and Well-Being
Combining meditation and Hyperbaric oxygen therapy to impact wound healing

13 Apr, 2020 tagged Spark v2 / Cognitive Health / chronic disease / hyperbaric oxygen therapy / meditation / mood / seniors / wounds / Spark