Research Projects

Hydration Vessel Study

Older adults living in retirement homes and long-term care are often at risk of dehydration, largely because they don’t drink enough water and other…Read More

Influence of COVID-19 Restrictions on Physical Activity Levels of Older Adults

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in physical activity restrictions for older adults living in long-term care and retirement homes and in the community. To date,…Read More

Injury-Prevention Safety Flooring User Experience Study

In laboratory settings, safety flooring reduces the impacts of falls without affecting balance and mobility. This project tests safety flooring in 5 retirement suites…Read More

Intergenerational Jamboree

Intergenerational programming has shown incredible promise for creating social and emotional connections between younger and older people, improving well-being in participants, breaking down stereotypes,…Read More

LTC Students’ and Team Members’ Perspectives on, and Strategies to Recover from, Moral Distress and Moral Injury

Caregiver burden and issues with mental health are major concerns for staff working in long-term care (LTC) and have only been exacerbated by the…Read More

Making the Most of Mealtimes

Making the Most of Mealtimes was the largest research project of its kind to explore food and nutrition in long-term care homes, and the…Read More

MeetMe App

The MeetMe research project focused on the development of a website designed to help care partners build natural connections with residents in long-term care…Read More

MoveStrong

We’ve read it a million times – exercise is good for us. As we age it becomes even more important because exercise can improve…Read More

MoveStrong at Home

Sufficient muscle strength helps you to get out of a chair, can prevent falls and reduce the likelihood of becoming frail. Exercise helps to…Read More

Nursing Perspectives on interRAI Tool Education

This study collected nurses’ feedback on an online education module that provides information about interRAI, a suite of standardized assessment tools that can be…Read More

Nutrition in Disguise

Nutrition is important at every age, but older adults don’t always get the nutrients they need. This Nutrition in Disguise research project explored strategies…Read More

Older Adult population to use protective head wear products as a preventative method for fall related head injuries

The main objective of this project is to gain an insight into the willingness of older adults to use protective head wear products…Read More

Palliative Approach to Care for People Living with Dementia: Exploring Perspectives from Health and Social Care Providers Working in Long-Term Care

A Palliative Approach to Care for People Living with Dementia: Exploring Perspectives from Health and Social Care Providers Working in Long-Term Care research project…Read More

PROMOTE – Hydration

PROMOTE is an 8-week hydration research project that is resident-centred and focuses on diverse reasons for low fluid intake. The program focuses on ways…Read More

Seniors in the Community Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition: Measuring nutrtion risk in community-living seniors

Approximately one-third of cognitively well older Canadians are at nutrition risk which can lead to hospitalizations, poor quality of life and death.

The Seniors…Read More

Spiritual Care in Ontario Long-Term Care

This study surveyed 177 long-term care homes across 3 different LHINs (Waterloo-Wellington, South West, and Toronto Central) to ascertain whether or not homes employ…Read More

Spiritual Resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed opportunities to improve the care provided to older adults. The Spiritual Resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic research project focuses on…Read More

Supporting Comfort and Belonging for People Living with Dementia: A guide for team members to enhance the environment in senior living

Supporting Comfort and Belonging for People Living with Dementia is a guide created to support team members in assessing senior living environments and discussing…Read More

The iCARE Study

The iCare research study is an integrated collection of educational modules for fracture and fall prevention which can be used by healthcare providers to…Read More

Understanding the Health Impact of Inactivity

The Understanding the Health Impacts of Inactivity research project study, monitors changes in physical function and in blood indicators of cardiovascular, muscular, skeletal, metabolic,…Read More