De quoi consiste cette étude ?

We are looking to understand what social cognitive symptoms informal caregivers are seeing from their loved one in early dementia and how frequently they occur. Additionally, we want to understand the impact of these symptoms on caregivers' well-being.

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‘Bootle Blast’ combines therapy and video games. It has been used with children and youth with musculoskeletal disabilities in clinics and homes. Preliminary research supports Bootle Blast’s ability to engage players and support physical outcomes. Informal testing suggests it may also appeal to older adults. This study will test Bootle Blast’s feasibility with people with dementia. Pairs of people with dementia and their caregivers (n=10) will play Bootle Blast at home for 2 weeks. Data will include video recordings, surveys, balance tests, safety and adherence tracking, and interviews. This study aims to inform a more accessible version of Bootle Blast.

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This study consists of a 45-60 minutes virtual interview to better understand the experiences of familial caregivers of persons with dementia.

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This study looks at how an at-home nature-based virtual reality (VR) program may help people living with Alzheimer’s disease manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as depression. Caregivers/study partners will have the option of taking part in the study and providing feedback regarding the VR intervention. This project will explore how VR can be used as a non-pharmacological approach to prolong aging in place for individuals with BPSD, as BPSD contributes to rates of institutionalization. This will take place completely remotely, in your own home.

De quoi consiste cette étude ?

In collaboration with our South Asian community collaborators, our goal is to gain an in-depth understanding of new immigrant, multigenerational, South Asian family caregiving for a relative with dementia amidst COVID-19. The goal is to inform future family-centered, healthcare interventions aimed at supporting equity deserving families during times of crisis.

To achieve our goal, we are starting to recruit family care partners living in a multigenerational home and caring for a relative with dementia from each of the four groups of South Asian families. We will be using a multiple case study to examine new immigrant, multigenerational caregiving for a relative with dementia from the perspective of four groups of South Asian families; 1) Pakistani, 2) Bangladeshi, 3) Indian, and 4) Sri Lankan. We will also be using secondary data sources, including genograms, ecoMaps, and key documents.

We will be conducting interviews with a family care partners from each of the four groups. Following these interviews, we will hold four focus groups with a new purposeful sample of South Asian multigenerational care partners to understand if the findings from the interviews reflect their caregiving experiences thereby increasing the reliability of the study findings.

De quoi consiste cette étude ?

We are interested in how the brain changes in aging and with dementia. With this study, we will investigate how the brain senses and interprets sights and sounds. We are particularly interested in how listening to music, especially familiar music, evokes emotions and activates vivid memories. Learning how the brain processes music will help us understand why music therapy is such an effective tool for those with Alzheimer’s. We also aim to understand how the brain combines sights and sounds. This is an important part of how we navigate complex everyday situations, such as walking down a busy street. Alzheimer’s disease interferes with the brain’s ability to combine information from different senses, which could cause challenges in daily living.

De quoi consiste cette étude ?

CAN-PROTECT is a Canada-wide online study recruiting participants and caregivers of persons with dementia to explore how lifestyle, background, and caretaking factors affect our health, quality of life, cognition, behaviour, and function as we age. CAN-PROTECT data will be analyzed and jointly published by the University of Calgary in partnership with the University of Exeter.

De quoi consiste cette étude ?

Notre étude vise à développer des biomarqueurs diagnostiques non invasifs pour la maladie d'Alzheimer. Nous nous concentrons sur l'évaluation du potentiel de la QSM et de la FEO pour différencier la maladie d’Alzheimer, le trouble cognitif léger (MCI) et les populations sans trouble cognitif et pour prédire la pathologie amyloïde et tau, en utilisant une approche de biologie des systèmes. S'appuyant sur la cohorte TRIAD de l'Université McGill, l'étude utilise l'imagerie avancée et l'apprentissage automatique pour prédire la présence d'amyloïde et de tau, ce qui pourrait transformer le diagnostic et le traitement de la maladie d'Alzheimer. D'un point de vue méthodologique, il s'agit de prétraiter les données de neuro-imagerie et d'utiliser des classificateurs d'apprentissage automatique pour analyser ces caractéristiques. Les résultats attendus comprennent la validation de la QSM et de la FEO en tant que biomarqueurs non invasifs de la maladie d'Alzheimer, l'établissement de leur corrélation avec les protéines amyloïdes et tau, et le développement de modèles prédictifs pour la prise de décision clinique, ce qui pourrait entraîner des avancées significatives dans le diagnostic de la maladie d'Alzheimer.