Solidage Research Group

CIHR Team in Frailty and Aging (2007-2012)

Program title:
Understanding frailty and frail older persons' needs, to design innovative models of care

Funded by

First International Meeting, The Health and Ageing Pathways: From Research to Population Health
February 14, 2008, Montreal, Quebec
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In 2007, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded the SOLIDAGE and PRISMA Research Groups a CIHR Team in Frailty and Aging grant of $3.7 million dollars over a 5-year period. The combined research team effort emphasises population health and tools for integration of care for frail older persons. The program addresses issues of primary importance to Canadian health authorities and relevant to health reform initiatives in Canadian provinces. (Program summary)

The Frailty and Aging program has three main objectives:

to understand the components, processes and consequences of frailty in the elderly population
to promote integrated care for frail older persons by modifying professional practices and developing patient assessment tools
to develop programs and strategies to enhance the use of population health evidence, management and clinical tools within integrated social and health care settings

The CIHR Team in Frailty and Aging program integrates decision makers, clinicians and leading researchers across sectors, disciplines and provinces, and includes an international component.

Team leaders:
	François Béland, PhD Co-director, SOLIDAGE Research Group Professor, Department of Health Administration Université de Montréal
	André Tourigny, MD Associate Researcher, PRISMA Research Group Assistant Professeur, Department of Medicine Université Laval

Research projects

The Frailty Data (FrData) Project (Summary)

Principal investigators:
Howard Bergman
Christina Wolfson

Co-investigator:
François Béland

Collaborators:
Karen Bandeen-Roche
Jenny Brodsky
Dorly Deeg
Luigi Ferrucci
Linda Fried
Jack Guralnik

Louis Gutiérrez-Robledo
Diana Kuh
Stephanie Maggi
Angel Otero
Fred Paccaud
Hélène Payette
Brigitte Santos-Eggimann

Research Staff: Nadia Sourial, Bin Zhu, Sathya Karunananthan
Post-doctoral fellow: Martine Puts
PhD Student: Deborah Weiss


2)	Frailty: A longitudinal study of its expressions (Summary) (FRÉLE: Fragilité, une étude longitudinale de ses expressions)
	Principal Investigator: François Béland	Co-Investigators: Hélène Payette Howard Bergman Christina Wolfson José Morais Pierette Gaudreau Tamàs Fulop	Rejean Hébert René Verreault Johanne Desrosiers Louise Demers Marie-Jeanne Kergoat Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui Bryna Shatenstein
	Research Staff: John Fletcher


3)	Access, utilization and costs of health and social care associated with frailty profiles and their trajectories (Summary)
	Principal investigators: François Béland Nicole Dubuc Madeleine Rochon Co-investigator: Michel Tousignant
	Research Staff: John Fletcher PhD Student: Louise Lafortune


4)	Implanting service integration for frail elders in the practices of senior administrators, managers and clinicians (Summary)
	Principal Investigator: Louis Demers	Co-Investigators: Yves Couturier Denise Malo	Diane Morin André Tourigny Liette Lapointe
	Research Staff: Judith Lavoie Student: S. Carrier


5)	Development, implementation and evaluation of a computerized care management system based on extended care pathways for frail users of community-based integrated care (Summary)
	Principal Investigators: Nicole Dubuc Luc Mathieu Michel Tousignant	Co-Investigators: André Tourigny Lucie Bonin Yves Couturier Diane Morin	Collaborator: D Benoît


6)	Knowledge transfer and the implementation strategy (Summary)
	Principal Investigator: Liette Lapointe	Co-investigators: François Béland Howard Bergman	Collaborator: D Benoît
	Post-doctoral fellows: Isabelle Vedel, C. Mauriat PhD students: S. Akhlaghpour, M. Mirza, E. Gagnon

National Advisory Committee
The National Advisory Committee supports the Frailty and Aging Team with representation from across Canada, providing expertise in the clinical and policy making areas of social and health care delivery systems for older persons. Members of the committee participate in the scientific life, debates and activities conducted by the Team

David Gass, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University
David Hogan, Geriatric Medicine, University of Calgary
Grace Maier, Specialized Geriatrics Program, Capital Health, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Nancy Milroy-Swainson, Primary and Continuing Health Care, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada
Chris Patterson, Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University
David Pedlar, Veterans Affairs Canada
Chris Rauscher, Primary Health Care, Medical Services Division, Ministry of Health
Jean Rochon, Systèmes de soins et services, Institut national de santé publique

Partners
The Frailty and Aging Team Partners include ministerial, regional, local heath and social care authorities, public health authorities and representatives from an elderly persons organization. The collective knowledge and experience of the researchers and their partners will be used to develop appropriate and effective social and health care interventions.

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