As part of our commitment to building relationships between patients, researchers, healthcare providers, decision-makers and other partners, we provide awards to teams conducting patient-oriented research in the Island Health region.
- Comox Valley Dementia Care Pilot Grant Competition 2024 (Closed)
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This call for applications developed out of a research priority-setting workshop held in Comox in September 2023. The workshop brought people together to identify the community’s top priorities around aging well, dementia, and long-term care.
The following teams and projects were awarded pilot grants:
Mapping the Comox Valley’s Integrated Community Care Ecosystem for Older Adults living with Dementia (Dr. Amy Salmon)
Dr. Salmon is a Distinguished Scholar in Seniors Health and Community Care and an associate director of the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes. She has recently moved to the Comox Valley. Her team will focus on mapping the region's integrated community care ecosystem for older adults living with dementia. With this knowledge, Dr. Salmon's team will co-develop an intervention with older adults living with dementia and seek national grant funding to support the work.
Staying at home longer with dementia: Co-developing tools with informal caregivers for building a learning health community (Dr. Claudia Lai)
Dr. Lai is a clinician-researcher and assistant professor of Health Informatics at the University of Victoria. The POR team will co-develop tools with informal caregivers to build a learning health community in the Comox Valley. An advisory group with lived experience of dementia, that understands the care and support needs of older adults living with dementia, will help guide the research.
Working Together: A Dementia-Friendly Community for the Comox Valley (Dr. Mariko Sakamoto)
Dr. Sakamoto is a nurse researcher and assistant professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria. Her POR team will work to build a dementia-friendly community for the Comox Valley. By engaging people with lived experience of dementia, and working with members of the Comox Valley community, the team will raise awareness and a better understanding of dementia and the needs of people affected by the condition, as well as address and decrease dementia-related stigma.
- POR Graduate Fellowships 2021-2022 (Closed)
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The Island Centre’s Graduate Fellowships provide students with training and support in the principles and practice of patient-oriented research, create opportunities for collaboration, and build capacity for patient-oriented research. 14 Graduate POR Fellows were funded in 2021-22.