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| Simon Akinsulie R.N., MHA, CHE Bruyère Continuing Care Simon Akinsulie is the Program Director of Long-Term Care, at Bruyère Continuing Care. Bruyère Continuing Care is one of Canada’s largest complex continuing care hospitals. Simon has previously worked at The Ottawa Hospital one of Canada’s largest academic teaching hospital in various leadership roles. In addition, Simon was a member on the Provincial Bariatric Advisory Board of Ontario. | |
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| Speaker - Applied Research Day, Phil Woods PhD, RPN, RMN University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing Phil Woods has been a nurse most of his working life, starting as an 18 year old nursing assistant in a large health hospital in England and discovered an interest in forensic psychiatry. His work at a large forensic mental health hospital engaged nurses in the whole care spectrum with individuals who had varying degrees of complex mental health problems. His 10 years here was challenging and rewarding and in 2000 he completed PhD. Moving to Canada in 2005 , his research has focused on forensic mental health nursing with main interests in violence prediction, risk assessment and management, instrument development, and developing practice within forensic mental health nursing. His career includes a number of research projects, including a co-principal investigator in a large multi-country study funded through the European Fifth Framework Programme. Currently he is completing a Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation funded study examining how risk assessment and management is applied within Saskatchewan forensic and mental health units. | |
| Plenary Speaker - Applied Research Day, Colin Preyra MA, MSc, PhD GTA Rehab Network Dr. Colin Preyra, Director of the Canadian Health Services Research Group, and Affiliate Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences is an experienced researcher and policy advisor. He specializes in the application of economic and statistical methods to financing, delivery and planning problems in the health care sector. His expertise includes development of risk and case mix adjustment systems, econometric cost analysis, and performance based contracting. He has been a member of, and advisor to, numerous multidisciplinary committees and is a reviewer for most leading Health Services Research journals. He holds graduate degrees in Statistics, Economics, and Health Care Management and Evaluation. | |
| Plenary Speaker - Applied Research Day, David C. Grabowski PhD Harvard Medical School David C. Grabowski, PhD, is a professor of health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the economics of aging with a particular interest in the area of long-term care. His research includes issues related to long-term care financing, organization and delivery of services. Dr. Grabowski received his BA degree from Duke University and his PhD in public policy from the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. | |
| Plenary Speaker - Applied Research Day, Greg Arling PhD, BA Indiana Center for Aging Research Dr. Arling conducts applied research to improve the effectiveness of health and long-term care for older people. His studies address issues such as quality assessment, policy and program implementation, nursing resource use, organizational performance, and transitions between care settings. | |
| Plenary Speaker - Applied Research Day, Tiffany Chow MD, MSc Rotman Research Institute & University of Toronto Dr. Tiffany Chow is Senior Clinician-Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, staff Behavioural Neurologist at Baycrest’s Brain Health Centre Memory Disorders Clinic and holds a dual appointment as Assistant Professor of Neurology and Geriatric Psychiatry with the University of Toronto. She studied or trained variously at Stanford, Rush Medical College, UCLA, and was Clinical Core Director at the University of Southern California Alzheimer’s Research Center with a research program for frontotemporal dementia. Her current research focuses on behavioural disturbances brought on by dementia as well as their apparent opposite, apathy, and how these symptoms relate to brain chemistry as seen with functional neuroimaging. | |
| Plenary Speaker - Applied Research Day, Valerie Cooke BA, BS Minnesota Department of Human Services Valerie Cooke is the project director for the Alternative Payment System (APS) for nursing facilities. Valerie is responsible for managing the nursing facility performa nce-based incentives. Valerie participated in the development of the nursing facility quality measures and the pay for performance system including the Nursing Home Report Card. Valerie has 18 years of experience with the Department of Human Services in nursing facility rate setting and policy development. | |
| 0 | Antoni Basinski MD, PhD UHN Toronto Western Hospital |
| Lynne Beer Vision Nursing Home Lynne Beer is a Personal Support Worker at Vision Nursing Home for the past 11 years. She is the designer and creator of Hidden Pockets. Lynne has a passion for working with the elderly and has been active on committees in the home including Transfer and Lifts, Palliative Care, Continence Team and the Best Practice Care Team. Through a discussion with the Falls Prevention Team Leads in the home regarding the use and proper placement of the tab monitor, Lynne was able to envision this enhancement and created and designed the "Hidden Pocket". | |
| 0 | Catherine Bennett NP-PHC Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation Catherine received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Western Ontario and her NP-PHC certificate from York University. In her current role, she provides nurse practitioner care to 418 residents in three Long Term Care Homes in the Central LHIN, working with an inter-professional team at each of the homes to ensure residents receive timely access to care for acute episodic conditions as well as chronic disease management. Dementia care and palliative care are particular areas of interest for her, and increasing the in-home utilization of telemedicine (OTN) to access hospital specialist consults for residents has been a recent project. Catherine works with the Simcoe County Alzheimer Society to facilitate an education/support group for community caregivers. She is a volunteer board member with the Georgina NP Led Clinic. |
| Katherine Berg PhD, PT University of Toronto Dr. Berg is the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Therapy, the Executive Chair of the Rehabilitation Sciences Sector; and the Chair of the Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is a fellow with interRAI, an international team of academics, clinicians and other professionals committed to developing and using standardized assessments to improve the quality of care. She is a member of the interRAI Instrument and System Development (ISD) Committee. Dr. Berg’s area of clinical expertise is in geriatrics. Her thesis work involved the development and validation of a Balance Scale widely used in rehabilitation and geriatrics. Her research interests include disability and fall prevention as well as health services research examining quality of care and outcomes following post-acute interventions. Current research projects include “A Tai Chi-based exercise program provided by Telerehabilitation compared to home visits in patients who had a stroke and who return home without intensive rehabilitation: a clinical randomized non-inferiority trial”. | |
| 0 | Kieran Bergmann MA Ontario Renal Network Kieran Bergmann is a Senior Analyst for funding policy at the Ontario Renal Network (ORN). The ORN is leading the province of Ontario’s implementation of the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Quality-Based Procedure (QBP) and has been working since 2009 in close consultation with clinical, policy & financial experts to develop a framework that links funding to best practice patient care. Kieran is leading the expansion of this funding framework into the community, including the provision of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Long-Term Care Homes. |
| Robin Bonifas PhD Arizona State University Dr. Robin Bonifas is an Assistant Professor at the Arizona State University School of Social Work. She has over 15 years experience working with elders and their families in both long-term care and inpatient psychiatric settings. Her research focuses on enhancing psychosocial care for persons with chronic illness and disability, especially those with comorbid mental health conditions and those requiring nursing home care, and on evaluating curricular interventions designed to prepare social work students for effective practice with older adults. Her current projects examine resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes, late-life bullying and other challenges to social relationships in senior care organizations, and the impact of interprofessional education on students’ competencies for collaborative healthcare practice. She is a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar in Geriatric Social Work and earned her doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. She serves on the board of directors for the Association of Gerontology Education in Social Work and is a consulting editor for Health and Social Work. | |
| Dot Broeders-Morin RN Rosebridge Manor Dot is a registered nurse and Administrator of Rosebridge Manor. She completed her nursing, a degree in health administration and is currently pursuing an MHA. She has worked in a variety of roles, including chronic care, rehab, acute care, oncology, as a travelling nurse in US, a repatriation consultant at the Minister of Health’s office, administrator of retirement homes, manager of community nursing agency, and is now an administrator in long term care. Dot is very engaged in her work and the community, sitting on many committees such as the Local & Regional Elder Abuse Prevention Network, Behavioural Support Services, Mental Health & Addictions, Complex Care Resolution Committee, and will soon be joining the BSSTU. She is also playing a role in designing the behavioural support treatment unit in the SE. | |
| Lora Bruyn Martin MASc Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Lora Bruyn Martin is a Research Application Specialist at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. The RIA is an innovative partnership of 12 long-term care and retirement communities, the University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College. The RIA focuses on practice-relevant research and translation of research to practice. As Research Application Specialist, Lora is responsible for putting research into practice one initiative at a time. With a MASc in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, she is a systems level thinker with a strong background in applied research and knowledge transfer. | |
| Elizabeth Bryce Leisureworld Caregiving Centre St. George After receiving a Bachelor of Science, Elizabeth Bryce found herself with a continued eagerness to improve the quality of life and well-being of people, leading her to study social work and specialize in gerontology. Elizabeth graduated with honours and began to work at Leisureworld Caregiving Centre St. George as an Activation Aide, moving up quickly to Program Manager and in 2013 became the Director of Administration. | |
| 0 | Beryl Cable-Williams RN, BScN, MN, PhD Trent / Fleming School of Nursing Following expensive experience in elder care in the community and in LTC facilities, Beryl has taught at the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing for over a decade. She recently completed doctoral studies at the University of Alberta where her focus was on the end of life in advanced old-age. She teaches courses about nursing research methods, living with chronic illness, and contemporary issues in aging. |
| Karen Campbell BSc, MSc, PhD University of Western Ontario Karen has functioned as an advanced practice nurse in psychiatry, continence, wound care and geriatrics. Currently she is field leader for the Master’s of Clinical Science in Wound Healing at Western and Wound Care Project Manager at Aging, Rehabilitation and Geriatric Research Center of Lawson Health Care Research Institute, St Joseph’s Health Care London. She has co-lead the development of Canadian Best Practice Guidelines for Pressure Ulcer prevention and treatment in the spinal cord injured individual. She has played a role in the development or revision of all 4 RNAO Best Practice Guidelines for Wound Healing; she has published several articles and book chapters on wound healing, and has been an active presenter and many wound care conferences. | |
| Sienna Caspar BSc, MA Sienna Caspar graduated in 1990 from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation. She worked as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) in long-term care (LTC) settings in the US and Canada for over 20 years. From 2003 to 2007 she was a national trainer for the American Therapeutic Recreation Association's Dementia Practice Guideline--Competency Training. In 2008 she received a MA in Gerontology from Simon Fraser University. Her MA thesis explored the relationship between long-term care staffs' access to empowerment structures and their perceived ability to provide individualized care. She continued to study this important topic at the University British Columbia, where she is currently a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program. For her dissertation she conducted an Institutional Ethnography in three residential, long-term care facilities in British Columbia. The aim of her research is to improve our understanding of how the social organization of resident care within continuing care settings supports or inhibits the provision of person-centred care. | |
| Larry Chambers PhD, FACE, HonFFPH Alzheimer's Society of Canada Dr. Larry W. Chambers is the Scientific Advisor to the Alzheimer Society of Canada with experience in research and research administration. From 2001 to 2011, he was the President and Chief Scientist with the Bruyère Research Institute, a partnership of Bruyère Continuing Care and the University of Ottawa to support research into continuing care and quality of life for older adults. Dr. Chambers also remains active in research. He maintains an appointment with the Bruyère Research Institute, as well as with the University of Ottawa, McMaster University (Professor Emeritus), York University and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. His research and consultation interests focus on epidemiology and program evaluation issues related to healthy aging, public health, and post-professional education. He is an investigator with the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and most recently, he was among those presented with a 2012 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Top Achievements in Health Research Award for the program of research on the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program. Over the past 10 years, he was principal and/or co-principal investigator for 30 externally funded, peer-reviewed projects totalling over $14 million. During his career, he has been lead author or co-author on over 160 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals. Dr. Chambers is a fellow with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a fellow with the American College of Epidemiology and honorary fellow with the Faculty of Public Health in the United Kingdom. | |
| Paula Chidwick PhD William Osler Health System Dr. Paula Chidwick is the Director Research & Corporate Ethics and Ethicist at William Osler Health System. She was the first full-time Ethicist to be hired at a community hospital. She has a PhD in Philosophy specializing in Bioethics from the University of Guelph and a Fellowship in Clinical Ethics from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Paula provides ethics services to health care organizations throughout Ontario. She publishes and lectures widely on a variety of topics including ethics in transitions, ethics quality improvement, ethics and error, end-of-life, and advance care planning. She has served on the Canadian Bioethics Society Executive, Health Canada’s Scientific and Expert Advisory Panels, MOHLTC Critical Care Coaching Teams and Critical Care Services Ontario. She is currently a member of the Education and Training Committee of Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network and a founding member of the Clinical Ethics Summer Institute (CESI) and the Healthcare Consent Quality Collaborative (HCQC). | |
| 0 | Sara Clemens Ontario Personal Support Worker Association Sara Clemens is the CEO, Principal Consultant at Sara Clemens & Associates; a consulting firm providing health policy, management and evaluation supports to various health care sectors across Ontario. Currently Sara Clemens is assisting the Ontario Personal Support Worker Association of Ontario in the development of provincial PSW standards and supportive policy documents. Sara is the former Director of Policy at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario and a PhD candidate at University of Toronto's Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. |
| 0 | Josie d'Avernas MSc Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Josie d’Avernas is Vice President of the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging (RIA) and part of the Schlegel Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care. The RIA is an innovative partnership of 12 long-term care and retirement communities, the University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College. The RIA focuses on practice-relevant research and translation of research to practice. Josie has a Master of Science degree in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo. |
| 0 | Orlagh Daly University of Ulster, UK Orlagh Daly, Occupational therapist & KTP Associate, University of Ulster Orlagh’s work with the University of Ulster is on product development, research and clinical trials. She delivers training to allied health professionals all over the UK & Ireland on the importance of seating and correct positioning for their patients. She is currently researching the effectiveness of seating provision for nursing home residents, and working on the development of clinical training handbooks in seating and postural management. |
| Lindsay Delima BAH Providence Care Lindsay Delima is currently in the 2nd year of her Master's of Science degree in Rehabilitation Science at Queen's University. She holds a B.A.H. in Psychology and Health Studies also from Queen's University. She is working as a research student with Dr. Rosemary Brander and Dr. John Puxty at the Centre for Studies in Aging & Health at Providence Care. Her research interests lie in mental illness and community integration, with a secondary interest in older adult health and aging. She intends to pursue a Master's in Occupational Therapy. | |
| Deirdre Downes LCSW Jewish Home Lifecare, US Deirdre Downes, LCSW is the Director of Social Work at Jewish Home Lifecare in New York and has worked in the field of aging for over twenty years. She received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her master’s degree from Hunter College School of Social Work. She is currently a Ph. D candidate at City University of New York Graduate Center. | |
| Don Fenn Caregiver Omnimedia Don Fenn is a 40 year veteran of advertising, media and marketing, but his approach is as fresh and innovative as ever. The Chairman of the Fenn Group of Companies, President of Caregiver Omnimedia and Publisher of the Family Caregiver Newsmagazine, Don is committed to the home care industry, cultivating strong personal relationships, leveraging social media and the new media technologies and above all, being different. Caregiver Omnimedia was co-founded by Don in 2003 as a result of years of caregiving
for his Mother with Alzheimer’s and his Father with Cancer. For many years, he also had
power-of attorney of his 70 year old disabled cousin in supported living.
Under his leadership, several initiatives have been launched: The Family Caregiver
Newsmagazine, the largest publication on home care and family caregiving in Canada;
Home Health Care Expos in cities across Canada; the first issue of Home and Vehicle
Modification in 2009 continues and updates this market yearly; the first commercial
portal for family caregivers in Canada www.thefamilycaregiver.com with thousands of
pages of resources and information; GOING HOME, a hugely successful launch in 2012
of this informative guide for consumers transitioning from hospital to home.
Don is passionate about Family Caregiving, he spends all his free time trying to understand
home care, and he believes that the most effective way to cope with change is to help
create it.
Don is the 2012 recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to
family caregiving and home care in Canada.
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| Sarah Ferguson-McLaren OMNI Health Care Sarah Ferguson-McLaren is the Director of Operations for the Eastern Region of OMNI Health Care. Sarah graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1997 and began her career in the acute care sector at The North Bay General Hospital prior to taking the leap into the Long Term Care Home sector in roles ranging from Assistant Director of Nursing to Administrator. Sarah lives in Stittsville with her husband Shawn and their 3 children. | |
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| Shelley Gallant SCA Personal Care (with the brand TENA) Shelley Gallant is a Clinical Director with SCA Personal Care. Shelley has been supporting long term care customers, acute and home care, within Ontario for a number of years now. Shelley has a strong knowledge of the customer and the challenges that care homes face in todays' environment. Shelley in collaboration with this Responsive Home has been heavily involved in TENA Solutions to date and had expert knowledge and understanding of the benefits that it can bring to the care home and the residents that rely on them for care. | |
| 0 | Jenna Garlick Lakehead University Jenna Garlick is a Masters of Social Work Student specializing in Gerontology. She received her HBSW at Lakehead University and is currently working on completing her Masters through research and internships at Lakehead University’s Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH). As an emerging researcher, her research interests include, palliative care, long-term care, Canadian social policy, and the social work profession’s role in research and program development. Growing up in Thunder Bay, she is constantly inspired by the community and committed to addressing the social needs of Northwestern Ontario’s elderly population. |
| Justine Giosa MSc Saint Elizabeth Research Centre Justine has been working as a health services researcher in both academic and applied settings for five years. In her current role as a Research Associate, Justine performs various activities to assist in the acquisition, development and implementation of research projects, as well as in the dissemination of research knowledge to get evidence into practice in a variety of areas including family caregiving, stroke, youth mental health and the role of personal support workers. Following her completion of an Honours B.Sc in Biology and Psychology, Justine completed her Masters of Science in Health Studies and Gerontology, and worked as a Research Assistant on the CIHR-funded InfoRehab program of research. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo in the School of Public Health and Health Systems. Her doctoral research will focus on the development of a more integrated geriatric care planning and delivery approach for home care service providers. | |
| David Golden Torkin Manes David M. Golden David Golden, a partner in Torkin Manes’ Litigation Group, chairs the firm’s Health Care Institutions Group and co-chairs its Health Law Group. David’s civil litigation practice focuses on commercial litigation, health law and professional liability. He regularly appears before all levels of court, boards and tribunals that regulate the health care industry and the professions. David also represents barristers, solicitors, and engineers in all courts and at arbitrations / mediations with respect to errors and omissions claims. He is counsel to the Ontario Long Term Care Association and the Ontario Retirement Communities Association. David has lectured extensively on health law issues to both lawyers and health care professionals and regularly publishes articles on health law topics. He is frequently invited to participate as a conference speaker. | |
| Michael Gregory BSc, MHK Western University Mike Gregory is a current PhD student, enrolled in the Doctoral Rehabilitation Sciences and working with Dr. Robert J Petrella at the University of Western and the Aging, Rehabilitation, and Geriatric Care Research Centre at Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario. Mike's current research focuses on the use of lifestyle modifications like exercise in attempts to reduce the incidence, prevalence, and burden of cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairment among older Canadians. | |
| Krista Griffin BHScOT, BSc, OT Reg Revera, Long Term Care Inc. Krista is responsible to develop and implement a national strategy for recreation and rehabilitation that will position Revera as a leader in Long Term Care and create person-centered programs that enhance resident safety and well-being. Krista has worked in clinical and management roles for 15 years in both the United States and Canada, with a focus on the senior population. Krista came to Revera from Centric Health where she was the Director of Allied Health Services for their Seniors Wellness division. In this role, she was responsible for the performance management of rehabilitation & restorative health care professionals working in LTC & Retirement Homes across Ontario. Krista’s prior roles have included strategic development, monitoring, and ongoing updating of clinical programming to ensure innovative and best practice service delivery models. Krista has been a contributor to many publications and presented at various conferences across North America. | |
| Bella Grunfeld NP-PHC Mackenzie Health Bella worked in various setting in health care field over the years of her career. Her experience extends to perieoperative nursing, mental health, providing care for adults and seniors with complex chronic illness; home care - including direct client care, palliative care, administration and policy development; as well as, most responsible provider in primary health care setting. In her current role at Mackenzie Health, Bella works collaboratively with the rest of the Mackenzie Health team to facilitate best health outcomes and timely discharge for hospitalized long term care residents. She provides outreach health services to residents in Long Term Care homes where she address their emergency health situations and provides treatment, as required, to prevent unnecessary transfers to the hospital. Bella works collaboratively with families, as well as, multidisciplinary health professionals teams in Long Term Care and at Mackenzie Health to ensure seamless transition of seniors between Mackenzie Health and Long Term Care facilities. In addition, Bella provides clinical leadership and mentorship to the nurses in long term care and facilitates implementation of evidence based care, as well as, provides education and support to build capacity in providing care for seniors with complex health needs. Coauthors: Angela Chan, RN, BScN, MN, GNC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM); Catherine Petch, RN, MN, GNC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Seniors’ Health; Jessica Coulis, RN, BScN, MScN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM); Judy Smith, RN, BScN, MEd (DE), ENC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Seniors’ Health; Oyin Talabi, MN, ACNP, GNC(C), Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Led Outreach Team; Pamela Rosano, GNC(C); Tiziana Rivera, RN, BScN, MSc, GNC(C). | |
| 0 | Dana Hardy RN, MA Revera Inc. Dana Hardy is the National Director of Quality Improvement for the long-term care business unit at Revera Inc. She is a Registered Nurse and has a Masters of Arts Leadership from the University of Guelph. With over 20 years experience in the long term care sector, Dana has worked in a variety of both managerial and executive roles. She is knowledgeable with operational management and program development. Passionate about nursing leadership, quality improvement and professional development, Dana’s current role allows her to work inter-professionally within all levels of the organization in the shared effort of providing the best care and services to seniors. Dana is married with three active children. Not unlike many hockey moms she is considering a side shuttle business or shares in Tim Hortons. |
| Nathan Herrmann MD, FRCP(C) Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Herrmann's major contributions to neuroscience research are in the areas of the clinical pharmacology of dementia (treatment of behavioural disturbances and cognition), post-stroke depression, and the pharmacotherapy of late-life affective disorders. He has published numerous studies on the pharmacotherapy of behavioural disturbances in dementia that involve the use of novel agents, which attempt to determine the underlying neurobiology of these disorders. He has also participated in studies of post-stroke depression examining its neuroimaging and biological correlates. In addition, he has published studies, reviews and guidelines on the management of depression and bipolar illness in late-life, and have participated in psychopharmacology projects on drug-interactions and adverse events. | |
| 0 | Emily Hill Western University Emily M. Hill is a Master’s of Science candidate in the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program at Western University. Her research interests are in palliative care for persons with dementia in long-term care settings. She is also interested in the intersection between health, ethics, and law. |
| Maya Hohmann Maya Hohmann is a Research Assistant with the Program Evaluation Unit at Baycrest Health Sciences. Maya received a Master’s in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Victoria. Maya’s research interests include outcome-based evaluation, capacity building, program implementation, and quality improvement in long-term care. | |
| 0 | Deborah Johnston RN Chartwell Retirement Residences Debbie is a Master's prepared Registered Nurse with several years of experience in Long Term Care. Currently Debbie is the Director of Professional Development and Informatics with Chartwell Retirement Residence. Debbie is also a member of the OLTCA Quality Committee and was a sector representative on Health Quality Ontario's Task Group that set the first aspirational targets for the publicly reported quality indicators in Ontario. Debbie is a Certified Excellence Professional with Excellence Canada and holds a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma. |
| Mary Lou Kelley MSW, PhD Lakehead University Mary Lou Kelley, MSW, PhD, is the Lakehead University Chair for Palliative Care, a Social Work Professor at Lakehead University and a Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Her work focuses on promoting interdisciplinary research and education in gerontology and palliative care for health care professionals especially those working in rural, remote areas, long term care homes and First Nation’s communities. Dr. Kelley’s research and publications focus on health and social services for older adults, rural health, long-term care policy and delivery, palliative care, and interdisciplinary gerontology education. She was the founding Director of the Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health in 1992 wand a founding member of the Northwest End-of Life Care Network in 2005, served on the network's steering committee and was co-chair. In 2011 she was a co-chair for the system integration subcommittee of the MOHLTC Advancing Palliative Care Engagement Strategy that worked to create a vision for palliative care system integration in Ontario. She has provided advice to Accreditation Canada on developing new palliative care standards for long term care and currently she is a member of the Health Quality Ontario Expert Advisory Panel on End of Life Care. She was the recipient of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association's 2011 Award of Excellence and the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 in recognition of her contribution to Canadian palliative care practice, education and research. | |
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| Kathy Kortes-Miller HBMT, MSW Lakehead University Kathy Kortes-Miller, HBMT, MSW, is a PhD candidate in educational studies at Lakehead University where she is also sessional lecturer as part of the interdisciplinary palliative care certificate and gerontology program. She is a research affiliate with the Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health and her research interests include enhancing palliative and end-of-life care education, interprofessional education, high fidelity simulation and mentorship. The focus of her dissertation research, supervised by Dr. Lisa Korteweg explores the pedagogical use of high-fidelity simulation in interdisciplinary palliative care education with undergraduate students. | |
| Liz Laird BScN, CHPCN(c) Palliative Pain & Symptom Management Consultation Services Liz Laird works for the Southwestern Ontario Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultant Program in Grey and Bruce Counties. In her role, Liz assists service providers with consultation, education and mentorship in the application of the Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care, assessment tools and best practice guidelines with the goal to build capacity in all sectors. | |
| Ivy Lam RD, BASc University of Waterloo As Registered Dietitian and MSc candidate (University of Waterloo), Ivy has a keen interest in gerontology. She believes that age does not define the elderly. However, effort is needed to improve and maintain the health of this dynamic group. Her BASc in Human Nutrition (University of Guelph) provided a nutritional focus in addressing age-related health issues. Culinary Arts and Food Writing courses (George Brown College) helped cultivate a broader perspective of food and nutrition. Her past research examined the mealtime experience for families with dementia. A hospital-based dietetics internship training also provided her clinical experience and showed her the need for evidence-based practice and research in healthcare. Currently, she works with Dr. Heather Keller on the “Enhancing Food in Long-Term Care” study, in hopes of providing a foundation for micronutrient fortification as a food-first approach to address malnutrition in long-term care (LTC). This work also led her to investigate in other food-based ways to increase micronutrient qualities of food in LTC menus, such as creative incorporation of herbs and spices along with nutrient-dense foods. When not doing research, Ivy can be found testing and tweaking new recipes in her kitchen. | |
| Krista Lanctôt PhD Sunnybrook Research Institute & University of Toronto Dr. Lanctôt is Senior Scientist in the Brain Sciences Research Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, and co-director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Research Program. She is a Full Professor of Psychiatry (Geriatric) and Pharmacology/Toxicology with the University of Toronto. Her background is in clinical pharmacology. Dr. Lanctôt's goal is to optimize the psychopharmacological management of these neuropsychiatric symptoms. Current research addresses this goal by determining underlying neurobiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms, examining predictors of treatment response, using novel pharmacological agents, and carefully considering adverse drug events. | |
| 0 | Charissa Levy MHSc, BScOT, OT Reg GTA Rehab Alliance Charissa Levy has been the Executive Director of the Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network and the GTA Rehab Network since 2002. Both Networks are collaborative, membership-based organizations that include publicly funded hospitals and community organizations from across the Greater Toronto Area. Both Networks strive to enhance the coordination of and access to publicly funded services; provide strategic leadership across the rehab and ABI systems; define and measure system performance to support quality improvement, in form planning and promote consistent best practices. As Executive Director, Charissa is responsible for the strategic positioning and overall operational and financial management of each Network. Charissa has a Master of Health Science degree in health administration from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Western Ontario. In addition to her current and previous roles with the Networks, Charissa has held administrative and clinical roles, working as an occupational therapist in the community, in private practice. |
| 0 | Genevieve Lukenda-Lund BSc, MBA Extendicare Canada GLL INC, a boutique consultancy with expertise within Strategy and Operational Effectiveness, was founded by Geneviève (Gen) Lukenda-Lund. She has spent more than 10 years in 7 different countries transforming organizations from a silo, firefighting mentality to an idea sharing, collaborative one. Lean is her favourite organizational tool because it focuses on the flow in the organization, that is, to be process driven. Changing processes across departments sparks behaviour change, which, in turn, leads to establishing a culture that sticks. In collaboration with Extendicare Canada, Gen worked closely with Villa Colombo where she supported the organization in improving their admissions process by using Lean methodology. The goal was to work more efficiently while delivering a great family/resident experience. |
| 0 | Nikki Mann Villa Colombo Services for Seniors Nikki Mann joined Villa Colombo Services for Seniors in May 1989 as a Health Care Aide after completing her 1st year of Nursing to experience Nursing. She specialized in Pediatrics and worked in acute care hospitals while continuing to work with Villa Colombo as a RN in charge. She is currently the Director of Resident Services. Nikki attended the McMaster Summer Institutes for Geriatrics and is Montessori Based Dementia Programming certified, is also PIECES trained. She completed The Leadership Course from the Dorothy Wiley Institute of Learning and most recently completed the International Interdisciplinary Wound Care course by CAWC at University of Toronto. She continues as the Psychogeriatric Resource Person for the facility and is a certified Crisis Prevention Intervention Instructor. In addition Nikki is on the faculty with Seneca College as an Adult Educator for the Practical Nursing Program and Clinical Instructor for George Brown/ Centennial/ Ryerson BSN Collaborative Nursing Program students for 1st year placement. |
| 0 | Caitlin McArthur University of Waterloo Caitlin McArthur is a registered physiotherapist with experience working in long-term care. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Waterloo in the Kinesiology department in the interdisciplinary Aging, Health and Well-being program. Caitlin is studying the provision of rehabilitation services in long-term care including the use of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing rehab, restorative care and exercise. |
| Jackie McDonald Bethammi Nursing Home Jackie McDonald is a Personal Support Worker (PSW) at Bethammi Nursing Home where she has worked for ten years. Prior to working in long term care, Jackie worked as a PSW in the community. Jackie was a PSW Lead in her home as part of a five year participatory action research project (Quality Palliative Care in Long Term Care) led by Dr. Mary Lou Kelley at Lakehead University. Not only was she was an active participant within this research but she was also key player in disseminating the results across Ontario. Through the project she was part of a dedicated group of PSW's, overseen by Dr. Marg McKee, who helped to develop competencies for PSW's working in Long Term Care Homes. Jackie is dedicated to helping residents, families, and staff to explore the concept of change and how to work together to attain goals desired by the resident. | |
| 0 | Corrine McIsaac PhD (c), MED, BSCN Cape Breton University President & Founder – Health Outcomes Worldwide Corrine is a successful health educator, researcher and entrepreneur. She is recognized throughout Canada as expert in outcome measurement and an innovator in the development of effective e-health solutions for health organizations across the continuum of care. Corrine’s passion for improving the Canadian health system through outcome measurement is both inspired and informed by 25 years of experience as a nursing clinician, manager, consultant and educator. Corrine’s rapidly growing company, Health Outcomes Worldwide, develops and delivers innovative outcome measurement tools, relevant data and strategic direction to health organizations in all sectors of care. These e-health solutions help organizations to facilitate improvements in patient care while building greater fiscal and human resource capacity from within. Corrine is an accomplished author, researcher and speaker. She was the primary author of the Evidence Based Wound Management Protocol which has been adopted as a standard of care by the Department of Health in Nova Scotia. Her research on wound care and outcome measurement has been published in scholarly journals and she spoken on these topics at over 100 national and international conferences. Corrine has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for her work in wound care management and outcome measurement. In 2010, she was awarded 1st place in the provincial zone competitions sponsored by Innovacorp. All of Corrine’s academic pursuits and entrepreneurial endeavours are driven by the desire to improve care delivery within the Canadian health system in order to enhance the quality of life for individuals who access it. Her success has been grounded in a fundamental educational pedagogy of quality improvement. |
| Marg McKee Lakehead University Marg is the Director of the School of Social Work and the Coordinator of the Palliative Care Certificate programLakehead University. She teaches courses in counselling and clinical practice, and practice with older people and people suffering from life-threatening illness. She is a sychologist and a nurse by training, with a special interest in end of life care. Her research is in the area of palliative care, and understanding the roles of volunteers and personal support workers with older people who are dying. | |
| 0 | Olivia McVey BASc Seating Matters Olivia McVey graduated from the University of Ulster with a first class honours degree in Occupational Therapy. She has worked on a number of research projects in her specialist interest area of seating, posture and pressure management. Olivia has furthered her study to post graduate level, gaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy. This post-grad involved further study in complex seating for adults with physical disabilities and pressure ulcer prevention and management for occupational therapists. She has disseminated a number of Seating Matters research projects at national and international conferences and presents the certified course “Seating Matters: Seating and Postural Management Training” which is endorsed by the college of Occupational Therapists. |
| 0 | Sonia Meerai BSW The Family Councils' Program Sonia Meerai has completed her Bachelors of Social Work from Ryerson University, and is currently in the Masters of Social Work program at York University. Focusing on courses such as critical gerontological social work practice, analyses of theories and practices and how we are implicated in large social, political, economic systems are interests of Sonia that continue to fuel her passion in research, and policy analysis for older adults in Ontario. |
| Raquel Meyer Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research & Innovation Raquel Meyer - As Manager of the Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Dr. Meyer leads the development, implementation, management and evaluation of the Centre. Raquel is an Assistant Professor (status) at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing where she completed her doctoral studies and graduate training awards in health services research and policy. She was also the recipient of a Nursing Early Career Research Award through the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Dr. Meyer’s research centers on healthcare management, health human resources, educational innovation and care delivery models. Raquel is an enthusiastic proponent for the relevance of research to clinical practice, education, leadership and policy development! | |
| Tracy Milner BrainFx Tracy Milner is an Occupational Therapist that has been focused on neurorehab for almost 12 years, with her area of clinical passion on assessing the effects of mild to moderate brain disorders on real world function. She always assessed and treated clients directly in their homes and community and co-founded her clinical practice, Complex Injury Rehab, in 2008. She been an active committee member with both the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and the Ontario Rehab Alliance. She co-founded BrainFx with Heather Condello in 2012 due to frustration with existing tools related to cost, time intensity, and, most importantly, the gap in detecting changes in the areas in which people with mild to moderate brain disorders struggle. She is excited to be working towards making the invisible effects of brain disorders more visible. | |
| Emily Nalder PhD Baycrest Dr. Nalder is a postdoctoral fellow at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre in Toronto. She received her PhD in rehabilitation therapies from the University of Queensland in Australia and is a registered occupational therapist. Dr. Nalder has expertise in acquired brain injury (traumatic brain injury and stroke) rehabilitation. Her doctoral research focused on the transition from hospital to home for adults and older adults with acquired brain injury, and was concerned with determining the factors influencing individuals' community reintegration. Her research interests are around facilitating knowledge translation such that novel rehabilitation approaches can be successfully implemented to improve the quality of life of individuals with chronic disease. As part of her postdoctoral fellowship she is involved in two intervention studies utilising qualitative methods to identify the active ingredients of the interventions in promoting occupational performance, and understanding clinicians' experiences providing the interventions. Dr. Nalder has postdoctoral funding from the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery and a Canadian Institute for Health Research Strategic Training Program: Health Care Technology and Place. | |
| Jill Oliver PhD William Osler Health System Dr. Jill Oliver is a Health Care Ethicist whose expertise focuses on consent, capacity, substitute decision making, and end of life issues as they arise in long term care settings. Jill has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo, an Academic Fellowship in Clinical and Organizational Ethics from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, and has also completed internships in Clinical Ethics at both Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, and William Osler Health System. Jill is currently leading an Ethics Quality Improvement Project for William Osler Health System; this project focuses on minimizing errors that contribute to transfers of residents between Long Term Care and William Osler’s Emergency Department. | |
| Christine Ozimek Provincial Long Term Care and Mynd/Tec As Chief Operating Officer with over 20 years of experience, Christine Ozimek is responsible for the strategic and fiscal management of PLTC – which owns and operates five dual Long-Term Care/Retirement living facilities. In addition, Christine is a member of the Board ofl Directors of MyndTec, an early phase company commercializing an innovative technology developed at the Toronto Rehab Institute/University of Toronto that restores voluntary movement to victims of stroke and spinal cord injury. She has a history of involvement and investment with new technologies and early phase companies. Christine holds an International MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a BA in French Language and Literature from the University of Windsor. | |
| Deborah Parker RN, BA, MSoc, PhD University of Queensland / Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre Associate Professor Parker is the Director of the University of Queensland/Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre (UQ/BC RPDC). Deborah has attracted over $20 million in research funding primarily in palliative aged care. This includes a grant of $1.4 million under the Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care for the project - Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care which developed the Palliative Approach Toolkit. The Toolkit has received a further $2 million for implementation in 1,000 facilities in Australia. Deborah is a co-investigator on a $15 million consortium to provide and evaluate specialist palliative care and advance care planning support for aged care providers in Australia. | |
| Kaylen J. Pfisterer BSc University of Waterloo Kaylen Pfisterer received a B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo, in 2011 in Honours Life Sciences with a major in Biomedical Science and minors in Biology and Psychology. After graduation she began working as the Assistant Research Coordinator at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA), facilitating applied research through recruitment and building relationships between researchers, older adults and front-line team members working in retirement and long-term care. In September, 2012, in addition to her role at the RIA, Kaylen began pursuing her M.Sc. part-time in Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Professor Heather Keller (Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition and Aging) and Dr. George Heckman (Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine). Before embarking on her graduate activities, Kaylen held the first Teaching Assistantship for a third-year Biology course and has experience working in a Biophysical Chemistry lab, where in addition to her undergraduate studies, she developed a strong background in the basic sciences. Her current applied research interests stem from personal experience with vitamin B12 deficiency and extend towards frailty in older adults to improve or maintain quality of life. | |
| 0 | Colleen Piekarski RN, MScN Canadore College Colleen Piekarski is a Registered Nurse and faculty in the Practical Nursing Program at Canadore College, North Bay. Throughout her 30 year nursing career she has worked in a variety of settings including acute, community and long term care. In all of these roles she has always had a strong affinity and sense of advocacy for the gerontological patient. She has worked as a hospital discharge planner, CCAC case manager, visiting nurse and LTCH Director of Care. Indeed, she has seen the “experience of LTC placement” from all professional angles. When doing her MScN at Laurentian University, she chose to do a thesis that focused on the subjective experience of the elderly during relocation. This work has given Colleen insight into the experience of relocation and transition from the perspective of the newly admitted LTC resident.Colleen lives in North Bay with her husband John. She has four terrific children who are all on various paths to young adulthood. She loves to boat and cottage on Lake Nipissing with her family and their black lab, Grant. |
| Jennifer Reguindin Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research & Innovation Jennifer Reguindin is an Interprofessional Educator for the Baycrest
Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation and is certified in healthcare
simulation and gerontological nursing. Previously, she was also an Advanced
Practice Leader – Nurse, and served as a Subject Matter Expert for the Ministry
of Health and Long-Term Care’s Long-Term Care Home Common Assessment Project. | |
| Anna Ricci Smith & Nephew Anna Ricci is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years experience in Sales and Marketing in the Medical Device Industry. Since 2004, she has been an Executive Sales Representative for Ontario East with Smith & Nephew Biotherapeutics (Formerly Healthpoint Biotherapeutics), focused in the Wound Care Segment. Anna is a graduate of the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC), Department of Medicine, Continuing Education, University of Toronto. Anna is an International Sales Trainer and has educated sales teams in the Netherlands, Sweden and England. | |
| 0 | Bobbie Rogan Extendicare Canada Bobbie Rogan is well known and respected in the Long Term Care Community. With over 35 years experience in Nursing, she took on the challenge of Long Term Care 27 years ago and has never looked back. Working her way up through the ranks of Charge Nurse, Assistant Director of Care, Director of Care and Administrator she finally landed on the role of Long Term Care Consultant with Extendicare and has remained in that role for the past 21 years. Her unique insight into the needs of our residents, families and staff help to ensure quality care is provided within the Homes. Bobbie has also served on the Quality Care Committee as well as the Resident Care and Service Committee with the OLTCA. |
| 0 | Suzanne Saulnier RSW LOFT Community Services Suzanne Saulnier is a registered Social Worker and Director of the Behavioural Support Services Mobile Support Teams at LOFT Community Services. There are over 55 staff (including RNs, RPNs, PSWs, Behaviour Therapists, Social Workers) supporting 46 LTCHs and community residents in the Central LHIN, the most populous and diverse LHIN in the province of Ontario. The Behavioural Support Teams are the result of a new provincial initiative launched in 2012 to support older adults with challenging behaviours to remain safely in their home. |
| 0 | Marie Savundranayagam PhD Western University Dr. Savundranayagam’s research focuses on improving caregiving relationships through enhanced communication, identifying ways to enhance personhood for individuals with dementia, and uncovering the mechanisms by which caregiver interventions are effective. She received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s ‘Age Plus’ Award for her work on communication problems and burden among family caregivers. As a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, Dr. Savundranayagam investigated the impact of a psychoeducational program on caregiver burden of spouses/partners. Dr. Savundranayagam’s current research, funded by a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, aims to assess the effectiveness of communication strategies used by caregivers to resolve communication breakdowns and to investigate the differential impact of effective versus ineffective strategies in predicting caregiver burden. Dr. Savundranayagam serves as associate editor for the Clinical Gerontologist and teaches about health and aging at Western University. |
| Rebecca Scott Rawn Extendicare Canada Rebecca Scott Rawn is a Regional Director with Extendicare Assist. Prior to moving into operations she was the National Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships with Extendicare. She has worked in politics, and the bureaucracy and is now very happy to be impacting change on the ground. In her spare time she runs numerous PDSA cycles in her kitchen, process maps how to elect more women and creates run charts on the frequency of her yoga class attendance. | |
| Mark Seidenfeld BCI Networks Mark Seidenfeld is President and CEO of BCI Networks. BCI Networks is a single source provider for your entire communications, life safety and security infrastructures. BCI Networks have extensive experience in both retrofits and new constructions of retirement & long term facilities in North America. Mark is very passionate about BCI Networks its capabilities, strengths and is always looking for new solutions to solve difficult problems for his clients. Mark brings cutting edge technology to his clients like the SARA wireless nurse call system. Mark’s vision of technology, innovation, thinking outside the box, commitment to BCI Networks clients, customer loyalty, are a few areas that have helped establish BCI Networks as leaders in the long term care and retirement industry. See for yourself, stop by the showcase, dragon’s den, and experience Mark Seidenfeld’s knowledge, expertise and passion.
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| Dallas Seitz MD, FRCPC Department of Psychiatry Queen's University Providence Care - Mental Health Services Dr. Seitz is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist in the in the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at Queen’s University. He completed his MD at the University of Saskatchewan in 2003 and his residency training in Psychiatry at Queen’s University. Following residency completed a two-year fellowship geriatric psychiatry and clinical epidemiology at Baycrest Centre and Women’s College Research Institute. His current research examines health service utilization of older adults with psychiatric disorders; evaluation of the safety and efficacy of treatments for geriatric mental health conditions; and, knowledge translation in geriatric mental health. His research has been supported by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. | |
| Carol Sloan RN, CHPCN(C) Acclaim Health, Palliative Care Consultation Program Carol is the Director, Palliative Care Consultation at Acclaim Health. Since 2006 she has been a Palliative Pain & Symptom Management Consultant. This role involves building the capacity of the front line provider across the continuum of care. This includes case based education and mentorship, evidence- based education sessions based on the providers need and linking to appropriate resources. Carol has been involved with the Provincial Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning Community of Practice for several years. Originally this community of practice was sponsored by the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network and Alzheimer’s Knowledge Exchange, now currently supported by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario. This workgroup has created an Ontario centric Speak Up- Let’s start the conversation about end-of-life care workbook, some teaching PowerPoint’s for the public, and healthcare providers as well as a Frequently Asked Questions document. Carol’s vision for palliative care is to improve the quality of living while dying. | |
| 0 | Karen Sullivan BA, CAE Chartwell Retirement Residences With over 25 years of experience in seniors housing, Karen Sullivan was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Chartwell on January 1st, 2012. Karen has responsibility for operations and sales in all four of Chartwell’s Canadian platforms as well as operational oversight of Chartwell’s U.S. portfolio of homes which are managed by Brookdale Senior Living. Karen originally joined Chartwell in 2008 as the Executive Vice President, People, with oversight for the human resources and labour relations teams. Those responsibilities expanded in 2010 to include leadership of the Ontario long term care platform. Prior to joining Chartwell, Karen held progressive positions over a 21 year career at the Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA) including six years as their Executive Director. Karen is also a former VP Government Relations on the Ontario Retirement Communities Association (ORCA) Board of Directors and is a founding member of the Canadian Alliance for Long Term Care (CALTC). Karen has an Honours B.A. in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario and a CAE designation from the Canadian Society of Association Executives. |
| Tamara Sussman Phd, MSW, BSW, BA McGill University is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University. She completed her PhD in Social Work at the University of Toronto in 2006 and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program at the University of Waterloo in 2007. Drawing on over ten years of experience working with adults and families managing health related issues, Dr. Sussman’s program of research focuses on how health services and systems impact older adults and their family members. Her research projects include spousal carers’ experiences with home care; older adults’ and family members’ experiences with the transition into long-term care; barriers and facilitators to the delivery of effective interventions for depressed older adults and their care partners; and most recently the experiences of more marginalized populations of older adults such as older homeless adults and older adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Dr. Sussman aims to conduct research that can be used to improve health policies, processes and practices by working closely with community partners in the development, interpretation and dissemination of her research findings. Dr. Sussman has also provided mentorship to health practitioners interested in producing research to inform their practice with older adults and families. | |
| Oyin Talabi MN, ACNP, GNC(C Mackenzie Health Oyin holds a master of nursing in Nurse Practitioner Adult from University of Toronto and a BScN from Ryerson University. She is a certified geriatric NP currently working with the Nurse Led Outreach Team (NLOT), covering Mackenzie Health and Markham Stouffville Hospital. Her bedside nursing experience includes Step down ICU and acute care at Mount Sinai Hospital. As part of the NLOT team, Oyin works closely with the Long Term Care (LTC) homes in averting unnecessary emergency visits. She provides health services to the LTC homes and increases capacity with the healthcare providers of the homes. Oyin collaborates with seniors and their families, interprofessional teams both within the LTC and LHIN to provide quality care. She also assists with seamless transition of seniors to the hospital and upon discharge from the hospital. Coauthors: Angela Chan, RN, BScN, MN, GNC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM); Bella Grunfeld NP-PHC, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Led Outreach Team; Catherine Petch, RN, MN, GNC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Seniors’ Health; Jessica Coulis, RN, BScN, MScN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM); Judy Smith, RN, BScN, MEd (DE), ENC(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Seniors’ Health; Pamela Rosano, GNC(C); Tiziana Rivera, RN, BScN, MSc, GNC(C). | |
| Joshua Tepper MD, FCFP, MPH, MBA Health Quality Ontario Chief Executive Officer of Health Quality Ontario (HQO). An arm’s length agency of the provincial government, HQO works in partnership with Ontario’s health care system to support a better experience of care, better outcomes for Ontarians and better value for money. Prior to HQO, Dr. Tepper was the inaugural Vice President of Education at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. As Vice President, he was responsible for Sunnybrook’s educational strategy and programming for learners, physicians and staff, patients and their families and the community. Prior to joining Sunnybrook, Dr. Tepper was Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) in the Health Human Resources Strategy Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. As the ADM he led the HealthForceOntario health human resources strategy to ensure that Ontarians have access to the right number and mix of qualified health care providers, now and in the future. In addition to his involvement in health policy and research at the provincial level, Dr. Tepper has also been active on a national scale as the senior medical officer for Health Canada, an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and a research consultant for the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI). He has received several provincial and national awards for his leadership in these positions, Dr. Tepper holds a degree in Public Policy from Duke University, a Masters of Public Health from Harvard, and recently completed his executive Master’s of Business Administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business. | |
| 0 | Sandra Tudge BA, MSW Saint Elizabeth Sandra Tudge, BA, MSW is a Research Associate at Saint Elizabeth and was a member of the research team examining PSWs and Stroke Best Practices. |
| 0 | Angela Uy RN, MN, GNC(C) Baycrest Angela Uy received her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of New Brunswick – Humber ITAL and Master of Nursing from the University of Toronto. She is a Certified Gerontological Nurse through the Canadian Nurses Association and an active member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. Angela serves as Unit Director to a cognitive support floor at Baycrest’s Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged and is currently on secondment as Project Lead for implementation of the INTERACT® (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) quality improvement program at Baycrest. She has a particular interest in building knowledge capacity in point of care healthcare providers to enhance resident outcomes and quality of life. |
| 0 | Kevin Woo PhD, RN, FAPWCA Queen's University Dr. Kevin Woo is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, School of Nursing in Kingston, Canada. Kevin also holds academic appointment at the Western University and supervises research projects for students in their Masters of Clinical Science in Wound Healing program. Based on the biopsychosocial model of pain, Dr. Woo’s research activities include examination of the relationship between pain, stress, inflammation, and healing in people with chronic wounds. He was the Canadian lead on a multisite international research project that evaluated the relationship between stress, cortisol, heart rate, and pain in chronic wound patients. He was the co-lead of a research project (funded by Ministry of Health) that explored the impact of an interdisciplinary team’s initial assessment on pain and quality of life in people with lower leg ulcers. He received the 2012 International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Early Career Research Award for his work in exploring the issue of stress and pain in people with chronic wounds. He is working with Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Ministry of Health Long Term Care to evaluate pressure ulcer in Ontario. In collaboration with Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative (THETA) and Leeds University, Dr. Woo is the principal investigator for a qualitative study to explore patient’s views of what they found stressful or helpful about the treatment they received. Based on the qualitative data, he is working with Dr. Upton from University of Worchester to develop an instrument to measure stress in people with chronic wounds. Kevin maintains his clinical expertise and functions as an Advanced Wound Consultant at the West Park Health Center, a specialized chronic care and rehabilitation hospital in Toronto. He served on expert panels to develop Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) in collaboration with Registered Nurses Association in Ontario for the Assessment and Management of Stage 1 to 4 Pressure Ulcers and Screening for Dementia, Delirium and Depression in older persons. These BGPs are widely used knowledge tools in Canada and internationally. |
| 0 | Jennifer Wright BScN, RN Central CCAC Jennifer Wright, BScN, RN, is a new Project Manager within Client Services at Central Community Care Access Centre, previously RAI Coordinator since 2003. An evolving career in adult education with over 16 years of experience working in health care. The key areas of expertise include interRAI assessment instruments, competency evaluations, orientation, elearning and data analysis. |
