Dr. Heather Cooke

Provincial Coordinator, Knowledge Mobilization at the Alzheimer Society of B.C.; tweets are my own...

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Fantastic opening to the panel on emergency preparedness at #Kelowna Breakfast to Remember by ⁦@GERONursing⁩ #dementia #BreakfastToRemember

[Alzheimer Society of B.C. @AlzheimerBC]

Join us this Thursday, June 22 at noon for our latest Research connects webinar featuring Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch. Learn strategies to help people living with #dementia and their care partners prepare for climate emergencies. Register at: https://t.co/6NwIYA8S8y

[Willy Gilder @willygilder01]

Blimey! My rant about @guardian article on Alzheimer's seems to have gained some traction. Here is a simple guide: if you want to know about the experience of the disease, ask ppl with it. To know about the experiences of carers, ask them. But don't claim the latter as former 🧵

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

@NightShiftMD So sorry to hear of your loss. Thank you for sharing your experiences supporting & caring for Joanne so candidly.

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

@GERONursing Congratulations Jennifer! Well-deserved 👏

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

@GERONursing Whoo hooo - well done Jennifer! So well deserved. Congratulations 🥳👏

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Two years of precautions only to attend my first in-person conference & boom, it’s official - I’ve come home with #COVID19 😱😩 #wearyourmask

[Jennifer Baumbusch (she/her) @GERONursing]

For everyone who works w/families in caregiving relationships and/or does caregiving research and insists on using the term “loved one”, please read and absorb this thread. There are all kinds of family relationships and we need to avoid retraumatizing people thru our assumptions

[Jennifer Baumbusch (she/her) @GERONursing]

Just spoke w/ a reporter about the possibility of more visitor restrictions in #LTC due to Omicron. We need to be very clear: older people in care homes have a right to see their friends and family. We know measures can be taken to safeguard this pop'n and avoid new restrictions.

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Excited to continue this important work with some great partners - @safecarebc @BCNursesUnion BC Hospital Employees’ Union @bcgeu. Thank you @msfhr for recognizing the importance of facilitating psychological safety for front-line workers in our LTC homes.

[Jennifer Baumbusch (she/her) @GERONursing]

So pleased to receive a REACH grant to continue working with @hsmithcooke on knowledge translation activities from her @msfhr funded post-doctoral research:
"Civility matters: Co-creation of an online toolkit for long-term care home staff"

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Having spent May/June interviewing family members of LTC residents, intrigued to see only 1/365 outbreaks in which 1st confirmed COVID case was a visitor. Would #s have been higher with less restrictive visitation? Hard to know but data suggests a rethink of restrictive policies.

[BC Seniors Advocate @SrsAdvocateBC]

Today, the Office of the Seniors Advocate released our report reviewing COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes in British Columbia. The report can be found on our website at https://t.co/4O5bOyTDTD #bcpoli

[Jennifer Baumbusch (she/her) @GERONursing]

Today is #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons. If you teach in a healthcare profession program please advocate for a course focused on this population. Almost all of us, will spent alot of time caring for older people in the coming years.
https://t.co/fGYxyhyg28

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Pleased to hear this announcement but thinking about caregivers in our current @GERONursing study who have HSWs coming into their homes. How do we protect families & workers in community settings??

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Excited to be talking about the importance of staff relationships & civility in LTC at the Virtual Embrace Aging event tomorrow. Still not too late to sign up!

[HealthyLivingUBC @IHLCDP]

WEBINAR: Why staff relationships in Long-Term Care homes matter - Mar 16 10AM PST w. Dr Heather Cooke, #UBCO Embrace Aging Register: https://t.co/lV7kMR23pS @BCCareProviders @Interior_Health @BCSeniorsLiving @nnp_bc @SrsAdvocateBC @AlzheimerBC @AlzCanada @cgna_ca #longtermcare

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Thanks to our amazing advisory committee for their time, insight & expertise - @safecarebc @HEU BC @BcgeuS @BCNursesUnion & to our funders @AlzCanada @msfhr @WorkSafeBC. Looking forward to continuing this important work… #incivility #BeKind #LTC 3/3

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Excited to share two pubs on RCAs’ workplace relationships & incivility in LTC with @GERONursing. Check-out 1) RCAs’ Experiences of Workplace Incivility in LTC https://t.co/BynYrongDM & 2) Not Just How Many but Who’s on Shift https://t.co/b1h5pbqsI1 @WESjnl @geronsociety 1/3

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

While conducted pre-COVID (in)civility matters now more than ever. Bhrs occur at individual level, but ongoing structural issues - gendered envt, excessive workload, limited resources, limited control & influence over one’s work – impact relationships & normalize incivility 2/3

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

@csfoot @Ageing_Better Thanks so much for sharing @csfoot & @AgeingBetter. As someone who uses ++ images during lectures, I’m excited to use these in my Aging & Society @SFUGero course this term.

[Dr. Heather Cooke @hsmithcooke]

Thrilled to be part of this year’s #HeartsandHands virtual conference celebrating HCAs. Systemic issues in #LTC magnified by #COVID19 make our Civility Matters: A Coffee Break Chat so very timely. Thanks to @safecarebc for making this happen!