A5022802914- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social Sciences and Governance
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- AI in Service Interactions
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Sleep and related disorders
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Education and Learning Interventions
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
McGill University
2021-2024
Jewish General Hospital
2020-2024
McGill University Health Centre
2022-2023
Group for Research in Decision Analysis
2022-2023
McLean Hospital
2022
Harvard University
2022
The changing landscape of health care has led to the incorporation powerful new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) assist with various services across a hospital. However, despite potential outcomes that this tool may provide, little work examined public opinion regarding their use.In study, we aim explore differences between younger versus older Canadians regard level comfort and perceptions around adoption use AI in settings.Using data from 2021 Canadian Digital Health Survey...
Background: The Community Care Access Corporations (CCAC) Act (2001) in Ontario, Canada, addressed an emerging need to support aging the community, decrease informal caregiver burden, time spent hospitals and provide one point of entry for various services (1). Prior establishment CCAC services, provincial acute in-home care (established 1972), chronic home service (implemented 1975-1984), co-ordination long-term facilities 1978-1984), each provided long-term-care facility placement (2)....
Virtual reality (VR) based meditation has been shown to help increase relaxation and decrease anxiety depression in younger adults. However, this not studied Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) the older adult population. The aim of RCT is assess feasibility acceptability a VR-guided intervention for community-dwelling adults its effect on stress mental health.
Introduction: Social-distancing due to COVID-19 has led social isolation, stress, and mental health issues in older adults, while overwhelming healthcare systems worldwide. Telehealth involving phone calls by trained volunteers is understudied may be a low-cost, scalable, valuable preventive tool for health. In this context, from patient participatory volunteer initiatives, we have adapted developed an innovative volunteer-based telehealth intervention program adults (TIP-OA). Methods...
Background A pressing challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond is to provide accessible scalable mental health support isolated older adults in community. The Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA) a large-scale, volunteer-based, friendly telephone program designed address this unmet need. Methods prospective cohort study of 112 TIP-OA participants aged ≥60 years old was conducted Quebec, Canada (October 2020–June 2021). intervention consisted weekly phone calls...
Loneliness affects up to 42% of long-term care residents and is associated with poor health outcomes. Humanoid robot interventions hold promise for reducing loneliness decreasing barriers social interaction in settings, such as the current COVID-19 safety measures many countries, limited mobility, health. We present a protocol describing an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing effects humanoid intervention treatment usual, on mental outcomes residents.Seventy-four (n = 74)...
The Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Subspecialty survey aimed to identify key motivating factors associated with choosing geriatric psychiatry as a career, and assess train-ing satisfaction among fellows/residents in Canada the United States. American Canadian program directors were asked distribute an online their fellows. Descriptive statistics for quantitative items Mann-Whitney U tests performed differences by country of training. Thirty-one fellows completed survey. most important...
Agitation, a common dementia symptom often arising from untreated pain, lacks comprehensive research on its connection with opioids prescribed for long-term pain. This study investigated the relationship between opioid use and agitation in patients. Participants (n = 188) were categorized into opioid, acetaminophen PRN, or no-pain medication groups. Despite higher reported pain levels group, no significant differences observed among In conclusion, management older adults did not...
Objective: Treatment options for individuals suffering from depression and anxiety are limited in terms of both accessibility feasibility. Finding alternative, scalable, cost-effective treatments remains important. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy feasibility a 13-week Tai Chi/qigong intervention treatment anxiety. Methods: Sixty-six adult psychiatric outpatients (mean age 47.83 ± 15.30 years) were recruited participate program. Measures (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9]),...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The changing landscape of health care has led to the incorporation powerful new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) assist with various services across a hospital. However, despite potential outcomes that this tool may provide, little work examined public opinion regarding their use. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> In study, we aim explore differences between younger versus older Canadians regard level comfort and perceptions around adoption use AI...