Event Details
Translating Research in to Practice
April 13, 2007
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Annual Research Day, 2007
Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion, University of Waterloo
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
This one-day symposium highlighted the work that researchers affiliated with the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) had been doing in the RIA's partner long-term care facilities: The Village of Winston Park and Oakwood Retirement Communities, Inc. Community members, fellow researchers, as well as General Managers and Kinesiologists from the partner facilities were invited to attend. The morning session consisted of each of the Coordinators of the RIA component programs providing a description of their program and an example of the work that they have done as part of that program. The afternoon session consisted of several researchers presenting their work.
WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS:
Please find below the PowerPoint slides, handouts and video footage of each of the presentations.
Dr. Eric Roy
- Professor, Departments of Kinesiology and Psychology, University of Waterloo
- Coordinator - Functional Abilities Program
- "Functional Abilities Program for Seniors"
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Dr. Sherry Dupuis
- Associate Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
- Coordinator - Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program
- "Responsive Behaviours in Long-Term Care Settings: Staff Perspectives and Experiences"
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Andrew Robertson
- M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo
- Supervisor: Dr. Richard Hughson
- Coordinator - Vascular Aging Program
- "Vascular Aging: Impact on Cerebral Blood Flow and Brain Function"
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Dr. Marianne Mellinger
- Supervisor, Ministry Option (Master of Theological Studies), Conrad Grebel University College Coordinator - Spirituality and Aging Program
- "Spirituality and Aging"
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Dr. Mike Sharratt
- Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo
- Executive Director - Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
- Coordinator - Fitness and Plasticity of Aging Program
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Dr. Lori Ann Vallis
- Assistant Professor, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph "The effects of aging on gait and mobility"
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Dr. Tamara Sussman
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program
- "Transitioning to long-term care home: The experiences of older adults, family members, service providers and policy makers"
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Dr. Genevieve Desmarais
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo
- "The Effects of Stroke on Activities of Daily Living"
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Aparna Brahma
- M.Sc. Candidate, School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario
- Supervisor: Dr. Denise Connelly
- "A new mode of aerobic training in older adults"
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Dr. Lora Giangregorio
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo "Walking Competency in Ambulatory Individuals Living in Long-term Care"
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