Category: Featured Publication
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Effectiveness of physical rehabilitation for physical functioning and quality of life in long-term care residents with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
We evaluated the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation vs non-rehabilitation in long-term care residents living with dementia to determine the impact on physical functioning and overall quality of life. A total of 33 trials were included in this review, 27 being randomized controlled trials and the remaining 6 being non-randomized trials. We found that with low…
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Resident-, family-, and staff-identified goals for rehabilitation of long-term care residents with dementia: a qualitative study
We interviewed long-term care residents with dementia, family members, and staff about their goals for rehabilitation. Most identified goals focused on maintaining or improving function, mobility, and quality of life. Specific themes were preventing falls, walking or locomoting, stair climbing, maintaining activities of daily living, engaging in enjoyable exercise, maintaining independence and human connections, keeping…
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Older adults, clinicians, and researchers’ preferences for measuring adherence to resistance and balance exercises
We surveyed older adults, clinicians, and researchers to understand how they are currently measuring adherence to resistance and balance exercises; the barriers and facilitators they experienced to measurement; and the information they would like collected about adherence. Diaries and analog or digital calendars were the most common current methods of collecting adherence data. Users would…
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis
We brought together all the articles that described the barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care. We then mapped the barriers and facilitators onto the Behaviour Change Wheel to make theory-informed recommendations for knowledge translation strategies. We found that future strategies should target physical and social opportunity and psychological capability, and include…
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Evaluating the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on long-term care residents’ mental health: a data driven approach in New Brunswick
We analyzed data from a network of 7 long-term care homes in New Brunswick that were locked down during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic but did not have any COVID-19 outbreaks. This network of homes meets regularly to discuss quality indicators in a community of practice model. They put strategies in place to…
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