Brief updates on some
TREC Projects
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TMS W7: In TMS Wave 7, we have expanded our sample of homes in Alberta to 64 facilities in all 5 health zones. After a period of survey modification and facility recruitment, data collection in Alberta began in September 2023. As of December, we have finished data collection in 24 facilities in Alberta, we have collected 886 care aide surveys, and received 496 regulated surveys.
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ARC-LTC: The Atlantic Research Collaboration on Long-Term Care has started data collection in the province of Nova Scotia; with PEI, New Brunswick and Newfoundland to start in the new year.
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Missed Care: Phase 1 is nearing completion, with 30 care aide interviews completed and 18 remaining. Phase 2, which will include focus groups with care aides to identify strategies for reducing missed care will begin in early 2024.
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Workforce Resilience (Breathing): The first paper has been published (see TREC publications below), and two additional papers are being prepared for submission. We are in the field validating elements of the Toolkit with care aides.
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Remembering
Vivien Lai
We are sad to announce that Vivien Lai, a long time policy maker, advocate and supporter of aging well in Alberta, died on October 20th. Vivien was a long time supporter of research and evidence-informed decision-making for older adults. Vivien was a strong supporter of TREC's research and attended many of our AGM's.
Vivien's obituary and details of her celebration of life can be found by clicking the button below. It will also be posted on the AAG's website.
The Alberta Association of Gerontology (AAG)'s Future Policy Forum/Culture Change Project and Stakeholder Collaborative Committee initiatives were a tribute to Vivien's vision of creating a culture and community for change in support of Alberta's vision for healthy aging and transformation agenda.
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Presentations on TREC work at
Conferences in 2023
"I had a wonderful experience attending the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Annual Conference in Montreal this past May. Representing my colleagues from the ICII project, I had the honor of presenting our mixed-methods research on the complex relationship between work environments and the use of research-based evidence by care aides in long-term care homes. My presentation was part of the Knowledge Translation and Exchange session which provided an invaluable platform for sharing and discussing research findings and method innovations among researchers in diverse and multiple disciplines. The constructive feedback received from the audience was beneficial, offering critical insights that have significantly aided in refining my research and preparing it for peer-reviewed publication. Additionally, the conference offered a delightful bonus of visiting Montreal in late May. I really enjoyed the charm and sights of the city." - Yinfei Duan, TREC Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr. Alba Iaconi, who trained with Dr. Carole Estabrooks as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alberta and now works with Dr. Whitney Berta at the University of Toronto, presented one of TREC’s research projects at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific meeting this November 2023 held in Tampa, Florida in the United States of America. The theme of the meeting was ‘Building Bridges, Catalyzing Research, Empowering All Ages’. Alba had the opportunity to present the TREC research work through a poster and a podium presentation. The title of the project shared at the conference was “An Unequal Work Environment: Nursing Home Staff Perceptions of Unit Organizational Context”. The conference hosted more than 4000 attendees across the world in an engaging exchange of ideas and collaborations surrounding Aging.
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"During 2023, I had the pleasure of presenting at and attending the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference in Montreal in May and the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) conference in Toronto in October.
During these conferences, I met with policymakers, stakeholders and researchers from multiple backgrounds and experiences, including individuals who collaborate with TREC. These conversations have allowed me to learn more about how
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gerontological research is developing in Canada and internationally and hear from multiple researchers how excited they are about TREC's research. My presentations at both conferences (a poster at CAHSPR and a poster and oral presentation at the CAG conference) focused on the Workforce Resilience (Breathing) project. Presenting at these conferences was also a rewarding experience, as I was able to have insightful discussions about TRECs current and previous research projects, including the breathing project. Through these discussions, I reflected on our project and the importance of disseminating this research while receiving positive feedback about our team's current work. I also gained valuable experiences in in-person presentations and networking, which will be beneficial as I continue to build my career." - Brittany deGraves, TREC Research Trainee
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Celebrations, congratulations and welcomes
Staff and Trainees
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Xinshi Wang joined TREC in October 2023. She currently is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Statistics at the University of Alberta. She works as a data analyst with TREC in the PERCI project. Xinshi specializes in leveraging tools like Python, R, and visualization platforms to extract, analyze, and communicate datasets. She is very passionate about data collection, cleaning, and analysis and plans to have further studies in statistics.
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We would like to extend our congratulations to Yuting Song on the birth of her son in November 2023. Yuting recently received a national-level project fund for her project titled The Causal Pathways and Cognition-Emotion Intervention Strategies for Missed Care in Long-Term Care Homes: A Study Based on the Decision Lens. The project will begin in January 2024.
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Read our
TREC Publications
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Epubs Ahead of Print
- Duan, Y., Hoben, M., Song, Y., Chamberlain, S.A., Iaconi, A., Choroschun, K., Shrestha, S., Cummings, G.G., Norton, P.N., Estabrooks, C.A. (2023, Sept 5) Organizational context and quality indicators in nursing homes: A microsystem look. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/07334648231200110 (ePub ahead of print); Published Jan 2024; 43(1):13-25
- Song, Y.; Keefe, J.; Squires, J.; DeGraves, B.; Duan, Y.; Cummings, G.; Doupe, M.; Hoben, M.; Duynisveld, A.; Norton, P.; Poss, J.; Estabrooks, C. (2023, Aug 30). Changes in health and well-being of care aides in nursing homes from a pre-pandemic baseline in February 2020 to December 2021. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/07334648231197074 (ePub ahead of print)
- Ginsburg, L., Hoben, M., Berta, W., Doupe, M., Estabrooks, C., Toth, F., Norton, P., Reid, R.C., Seguin, A., Wagg, A. (2023, Aug 30) Development and validation of the Overall Fidelity Enactment Scale for Complex Interventions (OFES-CI). BMJ Quality & Safety. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016001 (open access; ePub ahead of print)
Accepted/In Press
- DeGraves, B.S., Titley, H., Duan, Y., Thorne, T.E., Banerjee, S., Ginsburg, L., Salma, J., Hegadoren, K., Angel, C., Keefe, J., Lanius, R., and Estabrooks, C.A. (2023, July 20). Workforce resilience supporting staff in managing stress: A coherent breathing intervention for the long-term care workforce. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). (Manuscript ID JAGS-1174-CI-Jul-23)
- Grunier, A., Chamberlain, S., Jensen, C., Cummings, G., Hoben, M., Boamah, S., Bosco, C., Ekhlas, S., Bolt, S., Rappon, T., Berta, W., Squires, J., Estabrooks, C. (2023, Nov 24) Burnout among nursing home care aides and the effects on resident outcomes. Medical Care Research and Review. MCRR-2023-0070-ER.R2 (accepted and in press)
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