Trainee members are students or post-doctoral fellows in recognized post-secondary institutions. Membership is not limited to students of the University of Regina.
Trainee members have the opportunity to volunteer for CAH committees, which like CAH Membership in general, offers important academic experience. Ultimately, as students gain experience and become faculty, researchers or health professionals, their CAH membership status can be upgraded from Trainee Member to Associate Member, Professional Associate, or Member.
Research Interests: Quality of care for hospitalized older adults, cognitive function, quality of care for delirium in the in patient setting, fall prevention and management
Clinical Interests: Geriatric Medicine
Research Interests: Psychosocial factors that influence health-related outcomes in older adults living with chronic conditions
Research Interests: Chronic diseases, mental health, digital health, older adults, quality of life
Research Interests: Women’s mental health in the menopause transition
Research Interests: Health psychology, Pain, Dementia, Knowledge Tranlsation
Research Interests: Indigenous health; Indigenous mental health and wellness; Indigenous Elders; Indigenous traditional knowledge
Clinical Research Interests: Indigenous mental health and wellness; Substance misuse
Research Interests: Aging, caregivers, long-term care, and aging technology
Research Interests: Healthy Aging and Autism, health policy, healthcare risk management, and health services research.
Research Interests: Non-Pharmacological Pain Management in Nursing Homes: Investigating approaches to pain management without the use of medications for older adults with dementia, focusing on the perspectives and insights of nursing team members.
Research Interests: My interests lie in the intersections of aging, mental health, and resilience. I am particularly drawn to research on the psychological well-being of older adults, culturally competent care in aging populations, and how community-based supports can enhance aging in place. I also have a strong interest in Indigenous health equity and the social determinants of healthy aging.
Research Interests: Pain assessment and management in adults with dementia; psychosocial outcomes for adults with dementia; applications of cannabinoids for patients with chronic illness; physical activity engagement for managing pain and enhancing health outcomes in older adults
Research Interests: Social isolation, loneliness, frailty, aging, mindfulness,depression, disability, cognitive decline, chronic diseases, longitudinal analysis
Research Interests: Pain, Dementia, Long-Term Care, Neurospychology
Research Interests: Eco-anxiety, climate change and mental health, decolonial mental health and environmental paradigms, neurodivergence and ADHD, nature and mental health, Indigenous knowledge systems
Research Interests: Facial cues during pain expression in older adults with dementia
Research Interests: Health psychology, dementia, aging, loneliness in older adults
Research Interests: Pain in dementia, Aging, Quality of life of seniors
Research Interests: Substance use, Indigenous mental health, older adults, health psychology.
Research Interests: Pain in dementia, knowledge translation, health psychology
Congratulations to the CLSA Catalyst Grant recipients!
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/yh4axrue
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Mobilization in Aging!
Recognizing outstanding KM efforts that have made a difference in the lives of older adults at the local or regional level.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2naxxdt8
#KnowledgeMobilization
📅Mark your calendars! Join us on June 24 for a webinar on exploring what #accessibility means in the context of #AgeTech. Learn about the intersecting barriers that contribute to digital exclusion & strategies to improve accessibility. Register today: https://shorturl.at/cqscR
The CAH congratulates Dr. V. Puplampu (Faculty of Nursing) and her international team on their remarkable research and success as a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging Planning and Dissemination Grant recipient.
The team working on the project "Older Adults’ Experience of Vulnerability and Inequity in Recovering from the Pandemic’ were hosted by Dr. Puplampu on the U of R campus in May 2025.
We studied the impact of ageism and pain on pandemic stress among older adults. Our findings suggest that both ageism and pain influence pandemic-related stress, although ageism mediated pain's impact on pandemic stress. @UofRAgingCentre @gjgasmundson
In conjunction with the 2024 DO Hebb Prize for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, I was asked to contribute a paper; its about the impact of paradigmatic shifts in health research @UofRegina @UofRAgingCentre