Janet Squires
Canadian Academy of Nursing Fellowship
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The Canadian Academy of Nursing Fellowship Program recognizes and celebrates the most accomplished nurses in Canada and across all domains of nursing practice. Fellowship represents the highest honour for Canada’s most accomplished nursing leaders in clinical practice, education, administration, research and policy.
The Canadian Academy of Nursing is the first pan-Canadian organization dedicated to identifying, educating, supporting, and celebrating nursing leaders across all the regulated categories and all domains of practice.
Learn more about the fellowship and to view the official announcement by the Canadian Academy of Nursing
Congratulations to all recipients on this well deserved award!
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TRAINEE HIGHLIGHTS
Summer Institute on Aging
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Yinfei Duan attended the CIHR Summer Institute of Aging. A total of 50 trainees from Canada and Sweden were welcomed to SPA 2021 from May 2nd through May 12th. This is the first time that SPA has been held virtually and the organizers – the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging - created many innovative ways to connect with the trainees and mentors.
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Celebrations, congratulations and welcomes
Staff Highlights
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We are welcoming Zuofu Li who is working on portal development in the JELF project. He is originally from China and graduated from the University of Alberta with a Computer Science degree in April 2020. He enjoys basketball, hiking and all different sports.
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Susan Wright has recently joined TREC working as a Research Assistant for Amber Savage on INFORM. Currently, Susan has been focusing on creating materials for the development of guides. Susan has a Master of Information degree from the University of Toronto. Susan focused her research in her classes on how individuals find and understand information surrounding health, specifically, related to individuals’ relationship to food.
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We welcome Zhenni Xue who is a new a Data Analyst in the Data Unit at TREC. She graduated from Western University and her interests include the applications of statistical modelling in the health care settings.
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Ashley Daigle is a recent graduate from the University of Alberta, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology along with a certificate in Applied Social Studies Research. She is currently working as a research assistant with the Alberta COVID-Impact Study, where she supports the Regional Project Coordinators in interviewing Health Care Aides on their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mackinna Hauff is working as a Research Assistant with Heather on the Context project. She graduated December 2019 from New Mexico State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. I have worked for the University for the last 5 years, previously, in the Department of Pediatrics.
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Welcome to our
New TREC Summer Students!
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Sydney Slubik is working with Trina Thorne on a scoping literature review to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frontline nursing home staffs’ physical health, mental health, and quality of work life.
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Jillian Engen is working on the development of a coherent breathing intervention for care aides working in long term care. The goal being to equip care aides with a simple stress management strategy that might restore or maintain care aides’ resilience, improve mental health, and enhance the quality of work life.
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Hye Yun Kim is working on the Workforce Resilience project about restoring the mental health of care aides working in long term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. My focus is on the psychoeducational intervention components, focusing on educating the care aides about stress and its effects.
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Jingyi He is working on a Systematic Review on the effects of pet therapy and robotic pet therapy on improving the mental health and psychological outcomes of older adults.
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Virtual AGM
2021 Annual General Meeting
TREC held a successful virtual AGM on June 17 with more than 85 attendees! The day focused on policy and how research can be used to directly inform change. Leading researchers, policy analysts, patient advisors and other thought leaders from across the country came together to discuss how TREC can leverage its over 15 years of expertise and unique data collection and analytical research in the long-term care (LTC) sector in Canada into meaningful, substantive change for Canada’s seniors after the tragic death of COVID-19.
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Upcoming Meetings
- The Research Management Committee has been was restarted after a hiatus and now meets monthly
- The next meeting of ISAC is scheduled for October 21-22 in Toronto
- The grant panel meeting for the Context Project is scheduled for October 28-29
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The GSA convenes an Annual Scientific Meeting, which showcases the latest advancements in gerontological research. This event attracts over 3,500 professionals, and the program consists of more than 500 peer-reviewed scientific sessions featuring research presented for the first time. The GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Phoenix from November 10-14, 2021.
Read More
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Participate in the Science of D&I Conference. We are now accepting abstract submissions.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. ET
SUBMIT ABSTRACT »
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Read our
New TREC Publications
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Accepted/In press
- Lo, T., Boamah, S., Poss, J., Estabrooks, C.A. How does the facilitation effort of clinical educator interact with aspects of organizational context to affect research use in long-term Care? Evidence from CHAID analysis. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
- Aloisio, L., Demery Varin, M., Hoben, M., Baumbusch, J. Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G., Squires, J. To whom health care aides report: Effect on nursing home resident outcomes. International Journal of Older People Nursing.
- Chamberlain, S. A., Duggleby, W., Teaster, P.B., Estabrooks, C. A. Characteristics of socially isolated residents in long-term care: A retrospective cohort study. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine.
- Chamberlain, S., Duggleby, W., Teaster, P., Fast, J., Estabrooks, C.A. (2020). Challenges in caring for unbefriended residents in long-term care homes. The Gerontologist.
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Published
- Ginsburg, L., Hoben, M., Easterbrook, A., Anderson, R., Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P. (2021). Fidelity isn’t easy! Challenges and guidelines for assessing fidelity in complex Interventions. Trials, 22: 372. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05322-5
- McLane, P., Tate, K., Reid, R.C., Rowe, B., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G. (2021). Addressing communication breakdowns during emergency aged care transitions: Evaluation of a standardized inter-facility healthcare communication form. Canadian Journal on Aging, 1-11. https://doi:10.1017/S0714980821000039
- Hoben, M., Chamberlain, S., O’Rourke, H., Elliott, B., Hovana, S., Devkota, R., Thorne, T., Lam, J., Banerjee, S., Hughes, L., Estabrooks, C.A. (2021). Psychometric properties and use of the DEMQOL suite of instruments in research: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 11 (2). http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmjopen-2020-041318
- Wong, E., Estabrooks, C.A., Thorne, T., Straus, S. (2021). Recommendations from long-term care reports, commissions, and inquiries in Canada. F1000. 10 Feb 2021, 10:87. https://f1000research.com/articles/10-87/v1
- Tate, K., Lee, S., Rowe, B.H., Cummings, G.E., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Reid, R.C., El-Bialy, R., Bakal, J., Estabrooks, C.A., Anderson, C., Cummings, G.G. (2021). Identifying quality indicators for older persons' transitions in care: A Delphi process. Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(1).
- Tate K, Reid RC, McLane P, Cummings GE, Rowe BH, Estabrooks CA, Norton P, Lee JS, Wagg A, Robinson C, Cummings GG. (2020). Who doesn't come home? Factors influencing mortality among long-term care residents transitioning to and from emergency departments in two Canadian cities. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820962638
- Song, Y., Iaconi, A., Chamberlain, S.A., Cummings, G., Hoben, M., Norton, P., Estabrooks, C.A. (2020). Characteristics and work-life quality of nursing home care aides in Canada (Research Letter). JAMA Netw Open, 3(12):e2029121. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29121
- Duan, Y., Iaconi, A., Song, Y., Norton, P., Squires, J., Keefe, J., Cummings, G., Estabrooks, C.A. (2020). Research Letter: Care aides working multiple jobs: Considerations for staffing policies in long-term care homes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(10), 1390-1391.
- Ginsburg, L., Hoben, M., Easterbrook, A., Andersen, E., Anderson, R., Cranley, L., Lanham, H., Norton, P., Weeks, L., Estabrooks, C.A. (2020). Examining fidelity in the INFORM trial, a complex team-based behavioural intervention. Implementation Science, 15:78.
- Hoben, M., Ginsburg, L., Easterbrook, A., Norton, P., Anderson, R., Andersen, E., Boström, A-M., Cranley, L., Lanham, H., Weeks, L., Cummings, G., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Squires, J., Wagg, A., Estabrooks, C.A. (2020). Comparing effects of two higher intensity feedback interventions with simple feedback on improving staff communication in nursing homes – The INFORM cluster-randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science, 15:75.
- Estabrooks, C.A., Armstrong, P., Boscart, V., Donner, G., Ducharme, F., Flood, C., Keefe, J., Silvius, J., Straus, S., Wolfson, M. (2020). Restoring Trust: Covid-19 and the Future of Long-Term Care. FACETS. 5: 651–691. doi:10.1139/ facets-2020-0056
- Slaughter, S.E., Eliasziw, M., Ickert, C., Jones, A., Estabrooks, C.A., Wagg, A.S. (2020). Effectiveness of reminders to sustain practice change among direct care providers in residential care facilities: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science, 15:51. https://rdcu.be/b5nnl
- Cummings, G.G., McLane, P., Reid, R.C., Tate, K., Cooper, S., Rowe, B.H., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G.E., Abel, S., Lee, J., Robinson, C., Wagg, A. (2020). Fractured care: A window into emergency transitions in care for LTC residents with complex health needs. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(3-4): 119‐133.https://doi:10.1177/0898264318808908
- Rasiah J., Oelke, N., Gruneir A., Estabrooks, C., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Cummings, G. (2020). Prefrailty in Older Adults: A Concept Analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020748920301036?via%3Dihub
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Our Twitter has over 2500 followers!
We are very excited to have reached the big two-triple-oh follower mark! Thank you to everyone who followed us, tweeted at us, and re-tweeted us in 2021!
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