I’m officially a PhD Candidate! 🎉 I am excited to start my work on exploring ALC designations in Acute Care for older adults with mental illness or dementia. Grateful to have an amazing supervisory committee @kaasal1@northwoodRN@CarrieMcAiney@IwonaBielska@macnursing
That’s a wrap on our 2024 MIRA Trainee Talks! MIRA would like to extend a sincere thank-you to all the attendees and trainees who shared their research and showcased their commitment to aging research this year.
For the full recap: https://t.co/gb01qds4ra
PPI engagement is important in all aspects of health care and research. Check out our paper on motivations of family advisors in engaging in research to improve a palliative approach to care for persons living with dementia @kaasal1@spa_ltc
https://t.co/HhB0hkotWs
I’m glad to see retention is top of mind @GovCanHealth.
Creating healthy work environments is critical for supporting & retaining nurses and other team members.
I’m looking forward to the release of the full toolkit 🤓. Thanks @LeighChappy for your leadership 🙌🏻
@GAWHeckman @StephLucchese1 I’ll send the full reference to you, Stephanie. Conclusion: “Residents of assisted living facilities also had significantly higher rates of ALC days (RR 25.68, 95% CI 23.27, 28.35) relative to community-dwelling older adults.” Bears repeating RR=25.68 😱
@northwoodRN Thanks for sharing @northwoodRN, trying to find this article online to read.
@GAWHeckman are you able to share this article with me? I am doing my PhD exploring ALC amongst older adults
@CarlyWhitmore@macnursing@McMasterU Carly, I am so happy for you! What an amazing accomplishment. Can’t wait to see the things you will accomplish in this role 🎉
🔓 A recent open-access study, co-authored by CREGÉS researcher 💠Tamara Sussman, recommends that structured educational workshops about advance care planning (ACP) be made part of routine practice for multidisciplinary staff in LTC.
Read the full paper: https://t.co/SERGUdm4Pt
Check out this incredible paper led by @nysheikhan in partnership with people with lived experience https://t.co/NV9CAuvUVm @ihpmeuoft@CAMHnews the importance of engagement and benefits to researchers and people with lived experience are outlined.
Your job as a leader is taking care of the people who are taking care of the people. - @simonsinek
Providing excellent care for patients is our north star but it’s the people who matter most. People should always come first. #leadershiplessons#icn2023@ICNurses @LeighChappy