2023-2024 Theme:
Advances in Aging Environments Research & Practice: What We Know & Don’t Know About the Influences of Psychosocial & Physical Work Environments on Workers and Their Work
Peggy Chi, a landscape architect and postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto is leading a transdisciplinary knowledge mobilization initiative relating to influences of built, naturalized, and psychosocial environments on both worker and resident outcomes in long-term care. Members are invited to the 2023/2024 Health Services Systems and Policy Seminar Series, entitled "Advances in Aging Environments Research & Practice." Architects can benefit from these seminars to update their knowledge in long-term care as they continue to plan for redevelopments and new constructions of long-term care homes.
These seminars will be held online via Zoom. Zoom links will be sent upon registration on EventBrite. This is an open seminar where everyone within the broad University of Toronto community, and within the networks of University of Toronto community members, are welcome to attend. Registration is required to receive zoom links.
Winter 2024 Seminars:
January 10th, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Green Care Farm: Meaningful Activities for Older Adults Living with Dementia
Speaker: Rebekah Churchyard, MSW | CEO, Founder of Green Care Farms Inc.
February 7th, 2024, 3:30-5:00 pm EST
Civility Matters: Workplace Incivility and Bullying among Staff in Long-Term Care
Speaker: Heather Cooke, PhD | Manager, Research and Knowledge Mobilization for the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
Panel discussion: Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD (Nursing), Habib Chaudhury, PhD (Environmental Gerontology), and Amanda Grenier, PhD (Social Work) will join Dr. Cooke in an interdisciplinary discussion.
February 21st, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Involving Older Adults Actively in Research and Improvement in Care Systems
Speaker: Anne Killett, PhD | Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, Director of Research in the School of Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia
March 6th, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Creating Healthy Work Environments in Long-term Care: A Holistic Approach to Applying Evidence-Based Design
Speaker: Terri Zborowsky, PhD | Evidence-based design researcher at HGA
March 20th, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Impact of Shared Residential Care Settings on Older Adults
Speaker: Margaret Calkins, PhD | President of I.D.E.A.S. Inc.
April 10th, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Designing for Older Adults in Healthcare: A Perspective on the Place of Care and the Work Place
Speaker: Cliff Harvey | Joint Vice President, Redevelopment, Grand River Hospital
April 24th, 2024, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Promoting the Health of Workers and Older Adults in Long-Term Care Homes Through Nature and Strategic Decision-Making
Speakers: Peggy Chi, PhD, MLA, CSLA, OALA | Landscape Architect and Postdoctoral Fellow at IHPME, and Sarah Hunter, MArch, BAS | PhD Student at IHPME