Being in lockdown is hard. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that. But for long-term care (LTC) homes – where resources were limited, and public health measures failed to take into account the needs of patients with dementia – lockdown was even harder.
This is what prompted Dr. Andrea Iaboni, a geriatric psychiatrist and clinical researcher at UHN’s Toronto Rehab and Medical Lead of the Specialized Dementia Unit, to develop the Dementia Isolation Toolkit (DIT), a comprehensive guide to caring for long-term care patients amid the pandemic. Her motivation behind it? A commitment to delivering compassionate care to patients with dementia, while also upholding government mandated infection prevention and control measures. Since launching in 2020, the DIT has been downloaded more than 9,000 times across 94 different countries, helping LTC staff care for adults with dementia on a global scale.
Check out season 3 of Your Complex Brain
Dr. Gelareh Zadeh’s pioneering research in brain tumours
Dr. Howard Abrams champions innovative housing solution to help seniors age at home
Sleep disruption research by UHN’s Dr. Tatyana Mollayeva shows the impact on recovery from brain injury, cognitive reaction
Hunting the origin cell of Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma
Leveraging the human microbiome to be a therapeutic agent
UHN’s Dr. Cristina Nostro pioneers stem cell research to cure Diabetes
Identifying novel acute pain treatments following major surgery
Pioneering UHN research targets long-term complications of liver transplantation
Dr. Andrew Boozary prescribes housing to curb homelessness
Checkout Season 2 of Your Complex Brain
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee has transformed lung transplant worldwide with his medical discoveries
Pioneering the use of virtual reality devices to restore vision
Dr. Rama Khokha on her breakthrough to map the biology of pancreatic cancer
Promising new treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Eleanor Fish pioneers research using Interferons to treat virus outbreaks
Dr. Jonathan Irish pioneers Augmented Reality in Cancer Surgery
Pioneering a Diagnosis for CTE
Dr.Gordon Keller on his ground breaking research to advance stem cell based therapies
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