The Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit provides practical advice for organizations aspiring to improve support for persons living with dementia and their care partners using a compassionate community approach. The […]
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
Over 8 million Canadians live with chronic pain. Dr. Holtzman will review the latest research demonstrating a connection between social relationships and the experience of pain, as well as implications […]
Motor imagery is the imagined practice (or mental rehearsal) of a movement. In this presentation, we will discuss how we can use motor imagery to help us perform smooth and […]
Dan Levitt is the Special Guest for the 12th annual Okanagan Embrace Aging Month, which hosts events to embrace aging March 1–31, 2025—in-person and online. Dan will discuss the current issues […]
Joanna will present two new technologies that are developing in her lab. HelpCall enables older adults to get technology assistance over a remote video call such as Zoom. LegacySphere facilitates […]
Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.
This presentation discusses clinician roles in shaping data quality in electronic health records and digitalized health systems. Impacts on downstream data use and clinical care provision will also be discussed. […]
We typically think of pharmacists as the professionals who dispense our medications, answer our medication questions, and ensure that our medications are going to be safe and effective. But we […]
Are you in the process of applying for ethics approval for your research? This online workshop will discuss how to write an informed consent form for your ethics application with a focus on writing for a non-specialist member of the public to read and understand.
Introducing new technologies like virtual reality and social robots in long-term care brings both opportunities and challenges. While these tools can enhance engagement, emotional support and wellbeing, they also raise […]
This presentation will discuss what the microbiome is, and more importantly its impact on healthy aging. This includes various ways to improve your microbiome such as diet, and its association […]
In this presentation, we will share some insights from the latest research on virtual reality for older adults, focusing on the creation of this novel technology with older adults and […]
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