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COVID and Seniors at Home: Addressing Diverse Needs, Supporting Seniors' Service Innovation [Funder: Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grants]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)

  • Principal Investigator

    Susan Braedley, Renate Ysseldyk

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    Carleton University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    Data Management and Data Sharing

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older), Older adults (65 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Other

  • Occupations of Interest

    Caregivers, Health Personnel

Abstract

How are seniors and their carers coping during the COVID-19 crisis? What are services for seniors doing to help? What promising practices are being deployed to ensure service delivery while also protecting the health of seniors, carers, and services staff? For seniors aging at home, services such as home care, day programs, and meal programs have become essential supports; yet COVID-19 pandemic measures have closed or restricted these services. Building on a research study with Ottawa's seniors' services, completed in June 2019, this project will follow up with research participants, including seniors, carers, and services, to address these urgent questions. The project will produce and share a timely portrait of how diverse seniors and carers in Ottawa are faring, identify promising practices in service delivery, and include analysis of how seniors' services funding, staffing, and services models may support and/or restrain crisis response.