Results – Implementation Science Team Grants: Evaluation of Programs, Services and Innovative Models of Care for People Impacted by Dementia
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging is pleased to share the funding decision for the Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging (BCHIA): Implementation Science Team Grants: Evaluation of Programs, Services and Innovative Models of Care for People Impacted by Dementia.
This Funding Opportunity was launched to support projects that plan to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs, services and models of care that show promise for those impacted by cognitive impairment and dementia, and to improve equitable and inclusive access to care and support.
Under the leadership of the CIHR Institute of Aging and in partnership with the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research and the Azrieli Foundation and its Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence (CCCE), a total of 10 projects were funded for a total investment of $7.48M, outlined below.
Rachel Bar, Canada's National Ballet School, Ontario
“Scaling up and evaluating Sharing Dance Older Adults with people living with dementia in historically excluded communities”
Sathya Karunananthan, University of Ottawa, Ontario
“AHEAD with eConsult: Advancing Health Equity and Access to specialist care for persons with lived and living experience of Dementia”
Kathleen Bingham, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Ontario
“Evaluating the implementation, effectiveness and scalability of the Behaviour Success Agent program: Promoting quality integrated dementia care and building capacity in acute care settings”
Yona J Lunsky, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario
“Evaluating implementation of a dementia screening program for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in community agencies across Canada: Facilitators, barriers and next steps for spread and scale”
Neil A Drummond, Perley Health, Ontario
“Reconnecting care partners to persons living with dementia through primary care surveillance data”
Mary Pat Sullivan, Nipissing University, Ontario
“A Realist Evaluation of Rare Dementia Support: People, Spaces and Places”
Matthias Hoben, York University, Ontario
“Assessing the Impact of DAy programs on individuals living with Dementia and their family/friend Caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): A prospective, cross-provincial cohort study”
Genevieve N Thompson, University of Manitoba, Manitoba
“Moving upstream: Integrating a palliative approach into dementia care”
Lillian M Hung, University of British Columbia, British Columbia
“Revolutionizing Dementia Care Transition through the Learning Health System (LHS) model at Vancouver Coastal Health”
Elaine C Wiersma, Lakehead University, Ontario
“Dementia in the Outdoors: Exploring the Mechanisms of Engagement”
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