Dr. Virginie Cobigo comments on ‘Nowhere to Turn’ - the Ontario Ombudsman’s report on the Investigation into MCSS response to situations of crisis involving adults with developmental disabilities (in French/en français) - available here: http://bit.ly/2dC4Ylh
MAPS researchers present new evidence of the association between a child’s transition out of school and parents’ distress. Read more on our Resources >> Bibliography page.
Read about the reactions of participants to our February 24, 2016 webinar: “From research to practice: Implementing a frailty measure for older adults with IDD” right here.
On May 4, 2016, MAPS researchers presented a webinar for the Canadian Frailty Network. The webinar “Frailty measure for persons with IDD using aging care” is now available here: https://bit.ly/2Dom8y5
A 3-year Aging project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care Health Services Research Fund through HCARDD was recently completed. This project examined the size of the aging population with IDD, frailty, and use of aging care services. Read the project report here.
Applying a frailty measure based on the RAI-Home Care, Katherine McKenzie, Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, and Lynn Martin report that an increase in frailty can predict admission to long-term in a population of Ontario home care users. See the recently published paper here: https://bit.ly/2txbnFd
On February 24, 2016, MAPS researchers Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, Lynn Martin, and Katherine McKenzie presented an interactive webinar entitled “From research to practice: Implementing a frailty measure for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities”. Over 100 participants from across Canada participated. The webinar is now available online https://youtu.be/HZP4xtGBt0E.
MAPS Researchers Lynn Martin and Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz receive funding from MCSS to study the evolving support needs of adults with IDD as they age in the community. Using population-level, they will examine changes in frailty and service use among home care recipients with IDD over time, and the extent to which these are different by place of residence (i.e., at home vs. group home setting).
From research to practice – Join MAPS for an interactive webinar from 11 am to noon on Feb 24, 2016 discussing implementation of a frailty measure for older home care users with IDD. For details and to register go to http://tinyurl.com/h476otu.
Virginie Cobigo partners with La Cité and AISO to evaluate a new vocational experience for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Project funded by SSHRC. Stay tuned!
