| Best Health Human Resources Research Presentation Award, Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research for the presentation Improving Care and Support for Unpaid Caregivers in Ontario: Findings from a Citizen Panel Best Health Human Resources Research Presentation Award, Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research for the presentation Improving Care and Support for Unpaid Caregivers in Ontario: Findings from a Citizen Panel McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2015-05-01 | Michael Wilson |
| AGE-WELL Innovation Workshop: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO “THINKING COMMERCIALLY”KEY OBJECTIVES
i. To bring together a diverse range of AGE-WELL members to work collaboratively on strategies for
successful commercialization.
ii. To think about transdisciplinary ways of working and how these can be applied in practice and in
‘real-time’ settings to maximise opportunities and increase successes for commercialisation or
transfer of knowledge or services related to technologies to support healthy aging.
iii. To provide an overview of commercialization and learn from each other as AGE-WELL members
identify where their projects are situated on the technology readiness scale. Note that technology
readiness levels are applicable to technology, knowledge and service “products”.
iv. To encourage AGE-WELL members in the development of a business and commercialization plan
using their own projects as case-studies, building on the work completed by projects to date through
their CC planning templates. University of Ottawa | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2016-06-29 | Jeff Jutai, Caroline Ethier |
| AGE-WELL 2016 Conference WP Plenary Sessions: WP8 Ethical, Social and Cultural Aspects of Technology (ETHICS-TECH)ETHICS-TECH is an interdisciplinary team of researchers committed to bringing ethical reflection to bear on technologies to help older Canadians to maintain their autonomy, health and social participation, and technologies used in the care and support of older adults. We are investigating factors that are most likely to contribute to disparities and ethical problems in the development, adoption and diffusion of emerging technologies. WP8 has struck an exciting balance between discovery and application-based research. Our projects both address important technology needs for older persons (e.g., safe and effective assistive device selection in WP8.1 and mobile applications for self-management of well-being in WP8.3) and simultaneously identify improvements in processes for research and developing technologies to make these processes more effective, efficient, and ethically responsible (e.g. seeking cost effective policy reforms that secure equity of availability of new and developing technologies in WP8.2). WP8 (ETHICS-TECH) has been exceptionally productive. We developed an ethics training program on researching innovative approaches to ethics training and implementing them within the Network. WP8 and WP5 (TECH-DD) are collaborating on a proposal to establish an innovation hub that engages the whole range of aging and technology stakeholders in the Ottawa region, committed to innovation and adoption of technology-based solutions and services. We are enriching the learning experiences of our trainees using a writing club, international trainee exchanges, and trainee-led webinars to develop leadership skills in knowledge translation and exchange. We received an SSHRC Insight Development Grant, “Perspectives on information and communication technology for daily activities and social inclusion among older Canadians with cognitive impairments and their caregivers”, and also an AGE-WELL SIP grant, “Responsible commercial translation of a an assistive devices decision support system to improve older adults’ autonomy”. University of Ottawa, Queen's University | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2016-10-19 | Jeff Jutai, Jerome Bickenbach |
| Enhancing access to assistive technologies in Canada: Insights from citizens and stakeholders McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, University of Toronto | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-03-12 | Cristina Mattison, Michael Wilson, Rosalie Wang, "Kerry Waddell" |
| AGE-WELL 2016 Conference Minute Madness: Aging, Disability and Technology (ADT): Understanding and Advancing Canadian Policies to Enhance Access to Assistive TechnologiesThe ADT team are mapping the programs and policies across Canada to understand how assistive devices are currently accessed or procured in Canada. Preliminary findings indicate that challenges exist among users, caregivers and healthcare workers who seek access to devices given the complexity in identifying, understanding and applying to programs. To complement our jurisdictional scan, a scoping review is currently in progress with the aim of examining the models, frameworks and principles that have been used to understand ethical concepts and challenges related to technology access, with a focus on their use for older adults and/or those living with disabilities. University of Toronto, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2016-10-20 | Winnie Sun, Daphne Schreiber, Rosalie Wang, Michael Wilson |
| CIHR Project Scheme reviewer (Winter 2017)CIHR Project Scheme reviewer (Winter 2017) McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-01-01 | Michael Wilson |
| Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization, AFP Innovation Fund (2016) Grant ReviewHamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization, AFP Innovation Fund (2016) Grant Review McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Networking and Partnerships | 2016-01-01 | Michael Wilson |
| Citizen and stakeholder perspectives about approaches to enhance equitable access to assistive technologies for older adults University of Toronto, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-09-13 | Cristina Mattison, "Kerry Waddell", Rosalie Wang, Michael Wilson |
| Citizen Brief: Enhancing Equitable Access to Assistive Technologies in Canada University of Toronto, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2017-05-05 | Cristina Mattison, "Kerry Waddell", Rosalie Wang, Michael Wilson |
| Evidence Brief: Enhancing Equitable Access to Assistive Technologies in Canada McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, University of Toronto | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2017-06-08 | Cristina Mattison, Michael Wilson, Rosalie Wang, "Kerry Waddell" |
| Panel Summary: Enhancing Equitable Access to Assistive Technology in Canada McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2017-05-05 | Cristina Mattison, "Kerry Waddell", Michael Wilson |
| "Ethical Concepts and Challenges related to Assistive Technology Access: A Scoping Review". Canadian Association on Gerontology's 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting.W. Sun, D. Schreiber, R. H. Wang, & M. Wilson (2016). Poster Presentation titled"Ethical Concepts and Challenges related to Assistive Technology Access: A Scoping Review". Canadian Association on Gerontology's 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. University of Toronto, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2016-10-21 | Winnie Sun, Daphne Schreiber, Rosalie Wang, Michael Wilson |
| AGE-WELL 2016 Conference Poster: Ethical Concepts and Challenges related to Assistive Technology Access: A Scoping Review ProtocolOur scoping review will be conducted to examine the ethical concepts and challenges related to assistive technology access and procurement, which includes six stages: 1) conducting broad searches to identify potentially relevant literature; 2) refining selection criteria; 3) reviewing search results; 4) mapping literature according to conceptual areas of interest; and 5) summarizing results. Findings will provide insight into the literature related to ethical concepts and challenges pertaining to technology access. We plan to use the findings to help inform a series of citizen panels in Canada to identify Canadians’ values and preferences for enhancing equitable access to assistive technology. University of Toronto, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2016-10-20 | Winnie Sun, Daphne Schreiber, Rosalie Wang, Michael Wilson |
| AGE-WELL teleconference – Engaging older adultsThis teleconference was held to inform these Work Packages on the specific areas of research of each group, and to identify common areas of interest, allowing these Work Packages to combine their efforts for mutual advantage and to decrease the duplication of similar work.
Action Items Following the Meeting Included:
1.2 will share the survey questions
7.2 will share the protocol document with 1.3
8.2 will discuss the policy and process international review with 7.1
7.1 will discuss overlap between policy related projects with 8.2
1.2 will share the survey results
7.2 will discuss potential collaboration with 8.2 citizen panels to inform mutually beneficial interests 8.2 will look across various citizen panels related to aging to identify common themes that may be helpful to WP1
1.3 will discuss potential for collaboration with 8.2 to understand experience and outcome of older adult engagement on citizen panels
7.2 will share the knowledge synthesis results when the manuscript is complete
All will talk to advisory committee at meeting to facilitate collaborations between work packages by providing a secure portal for information and data sharing
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, University of Toronto, University of Dundee, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, KITE Research Institute at University Health Network, Ryerson University, McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, University of Alberta | Networking and Partnerships | 2016-02-04 | Arlene Astell, Judith Sixsmith, Paul Stolee, Josephine McMurray, Rosalie Wang, Alex Mihailidis, Deborah Fels, Yoko Ishigami-Doyle, Heather Mcneil, Michael Wilson, Bridgette Murphy, Colleen McGrath, Izabela Panek, Don Husereau, Sheila Bodemer, Ayse Kuspinar, Maggie MacNeil, Melissa Koch, Natalie Waldbrook, Jeanie Zabukovec |
| Interview with Healthy Debate: Are patient engagement groups missing minority voices?Patient engagement is a growing trend in health care, often through patient advisory councils. Ideally, their makeup would match the diversity of the waiting room—and of the population outside of it as well. But that’s often not the case.
“Often the approach taken to public involvement and who is involved will reflect the bias of the funder or the institution or the organization leading it,” says Simon Denegri, the chair of INVOLVE, an advisory group that supports greater public involvement in health care in the U.K. “This will be reflected in the advisory committee, since we tend to invite in those who we are comfortable working with instead of those we need to work with.”
Many organizations, including Health Quality Ontario (HQO), are working towards getting voices from more minority groups and underserved populations on their patient and family advisory councils. “It’s something I think all of us in the system are trying to do better,” says Jennifer Schipper, chief of communications and patient engagement at Health Quality Ontario.
Others are going out into the community to get a better sense of patients’ needs. Camille Orridge, the former CEO of the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network, saw that first hand when she gathered information about the needs of people in St. James Town, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto. Her group went out into the community to find people, and paid people who lived in the area to talk to residents and ask them what their health needs were. The report back: their primary concern was getting dental care for their children. “[In] any other [report], that would not have emerged as their number one priority,” she says. McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2017-01-12 | Michael Wilson |
| Member, Advisory Committee, Translation and Dissemination Institute, Academy Health (July 2015 – present)Member, Advisory Committee, Translation and Dissemination Institute, Academy Health (July 2015 – present) McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2015-07-01 | Michael Wilson |
| InNovATE Assistive Technology Hub meetingInNovATE Assistive Technology Hub meeting Jan 9-11, 2019
Invited participant to workshop with assistive technology experts to establish priorities & next steps for the creation of a hub in the northwest USA and Canada to advance assistive technology excellence
WP8.2 Jurisdictional Scan circulated to all workshop participants University of Toronto | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-01-09 | Rosalie Wang |
| IWART 2016: International Workshop on Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology IWART 2016: International Workshop on Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology
Alex Mihailidis presented: "Disrupting the technology and aging landscape: New technology and approaches"
Jeff Jutai presented: "Innovation in the Development of New Assistive Technologies: The AGE WELL Approach"
University of Ottawa, KITE Research Institute at University Health Network | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2016-12-14 | Jeff Jutai, Alex Mihailidis |
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