12:45 – 1:00 pm ET
Join us as we launch our third AGE-WELL EPIC Conference with our opening speaker Josephine McMurray, Associate Scientific Director, AGE-WELL NCE.
1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Join us for the AGE-WELL Challenge Area “Supportive Homes & Communities”. This Challenge Area focuses on promoting independent living through appropriate supports and services, including the design of physical spaces and the use of technology within the environment.
Chair: Jeffrey Jutai, University of Ottawa
Presentations:
Do pandemics change how older adults fall on stairs? – Differences between 2019 and 2020 in the circumstances and frequency of stairway falls involving hospitalizations in older adults Vicki Komisar, University of British Columbia, and Paul Lea, Dementia Advocate
Community Connectors: Community coming together to assist older adults who are socially isolated and lonely Lyne Ouellet, University of New Brunswick and Betty Daniels, Meals on Wheels Fredericton Inc.
TRILL – A Pandemic Work in Progress Richard Barham, Université Laval