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A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Digital App, WhatMatters to enable Person-Centred Care

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $200,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $100,000

Project Overview

Person-centred care is vital for dementia patients in hospitals to prevent stress-induced behaviors. My team has developed WhatMatters, an app that allows family members to remotely share reassuring videos, familiar photos and music to comfort patients in hospital. This study assesses the effectiveness of the mobile app,  WhatMatters, in improving…

Neighbourhood Wellbeing and Dementia

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $200,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $100,000

Project Overview

Most people living with dementia (PLWD) live in community supported by informal care partners. Continued access to community is a human right, and linked to better physical, mental, and social health. We aim to improve neighbourhoods for PLWD and care partners from a planning perspective, examining wayfinding, infrastructure availability and…

Cooking Together: promotions and resource development

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Society of Canada – Brain Canada Foundation Knowledge Translation and Exchange Accelerator Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $45,779

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $22,890

Project Overview

Cooking Together is an innovative project that provides the opportunity for developing new relationships between generations while cooking and eating together. Youth (aged 18- 30) work with persons with dementia to develop recipes and eat together. Recipes are based on the principles of Brain Health Food Guide and the MIND…

Relational end-of-life care for people living with dementia: Innovating education and supporting practice change

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Society of Canada – Brain Canada Foundation Knowledge Translation and Exchange Accelerator Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

"Dementia is now recognised as a terminal illness and a leading cause of death globally. People living with dementia (PLwD) in Canada suffer painful, undignified, and inhumane end-of-life (EOL) experiences. Despite that EOL care is identified as a priority in a number of national dementia strategies, research on EOL care…

The Social Network: Moving evidence on dementia into practice with ethnically diverse communities

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Society of Canada – Brain Canada Foundation Knowledge Translation and Exchange Accelerator Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $61,660

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $30,830

Project Overview

"Research evidence identifies that people from equity-seeking groups, particularly those from racialized communities face significant barriers along their dementia journey, both from an individual (community) and a system (policy) perspective. The two goals of this proposal are to: 1. Community: Raise awareness of dementia, improve confidence to detect symptoms, and…