Katherine S. McGilton, Shirin Vellani, Alexandra Krassikova, Sheryl Robertson, Constance Irwin, Alexia Cumal, Jennifer Bethell, Elaine Burr, Margaret Keatings, Sandra McKay, Kathryn Nichol, Martine Puts, Anita Singh & Souraya Sidani

Many hospitalized older adults cannot be discharged because they lack the health and social support to meet their post-acute care needs. Transitional care programs (TCPs) are designed to provide short-term and low-intensity restorative care to these older adults experiencing or at risk for delayed discharge.

McGilton, K., Vellani, S., Krassikova, A., Cumal, A., Robertson, S., Irwin, C., Bethell, J., & Sidani, S.

Many hospitalized older adults experience delayed discharge. Transitional care programs (TCPs) provide shortterm care to these patients to prepare them for transfer to nursing homes or back to the community. There are knowledge gaps related to the processes and outcomes of TCPs.

Drummond, N., McClearly, L., Garcia, L., McGilton, K.S., Molnar, F., Dalziel, W., Xu, T.J., Turner, D., Triscott, J., Freihit, E.

The trajectory of dementia through time is characterized by common transitions which are difficult for persons with dementia (PWDs) and their families and friends. Our study sought to identify determinants for the quality of transition outcomes.

Katherine S. McGilton, Alexia Cumal, Dana Corsi, Shaen Gingrich, Nancy Zheng & Astrid Escrig-Pinol

There is a growing number of older adults with cognitive impairment (CI) that require inpatient rehabilitation, and as such patient centred rehabilitation models have been developed. However, implementing evidence-based models without attending to the fit of the model to the new context could lead to an unsuccessful outcome.

Katherine S McGilton, Shirin Vellani, Nancy Zheng, Daniel Wang, Lydia Yeung, Astrid Escrig-Pinol

Many hospitalized older adults cannot be discharged because they lack the health and social support to meet their post-acute care needs. Transitional care programs (TCPs) are designed to provide short-term and low-intensity restorative care to these older adults experiencing or at risk for delayed discharge.

Katherine S McGilton, Shirin Vellani, Nancy Zheng, Daniel Wang, Lydia Yeung, Astrid Escrig-Pinol

Despite emerging evidence that older adults with cognitive impairment including those with dementia can be rehabilitated following a hip fracture, there is a paucity of research on strategies staff use and the support required to effectively rehabilitate this cohort. This qualitative study explores healthcare professionals’ perspectives of providing rehabilitation for older adults with cognitive impairment.

Katherine S McGilton, Michael A Campitelli, Jennifer Bethell, Jun Guan, Shirin Vellani, Alexandra Krassikova, Abeer Omar, Colleen J Maxwell, Susan E Bronskill

Objective: To describe differences in home care use in the 30 days after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation after a hip fracture among older adults with dementia compared with those without dementia.

Shirin Vellani, Alexia Cumal, Christine Degan

Frailty is a syndrome involving increased vulnerability that usually develops from age-related decline in physiological reserves and function in multiple organ systems, resulting in an impaired ability to respond to acute changes in health conditions.

Katherine McGilton, Shirin Vellani, Melanie Bayly, Elizabeth Tanjong-Ghogomu, Andrea Iaboni, Julie Lapenskie, Vivian Welch, and Abeer Omar

Older adults who sustain hip fractures encounter physical and functional decline after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. Currently, a synthesis of literature is lacking on health and social supports that may impact outcomes in the community-dwelling older adults, post-discharge from rehabilitation.

McGilton, K.S, Stewart, S., Chu, C, Omar, A., Blodget, M. Davis, A.

This study aims to identify factors that influence older adults’ reintegration to normal living 2 years following a hip fracture and the association between caregiver burden and reintegration over time.

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Location: Online

Date: April 23rd, 2021

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Vellani, Shirin; Boscart, Veronique; Escrig-Pinol, Astrid; Cumal, Alexia; Krassikova, Alexandra; Sidani, Souraya; Zheng, Nancy; Yeung, Lydia; McGilton, Katherine S.

Due to the interplay of multiple complex and interrelated factors, long-term care (LTC) home residents are increasingly vulnerable to sustaining poor outcomes in crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. While death is considered an unavoidable end for LTC home residents, the importance of facilitating a good death is one of the primary goals of palliative and end-of-life care.