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Research in Progress

Our research in action

In this section you will find descriptions of research in progress in the field of Ontario home care.

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The Mississauga-Halton LHIN Project
Principal Investigator: John Hirdes
Project Lead(s): Norma Jutan
The Mississauga-Halton LHIN project has the following primary objectives:

• Describe the populations of supportive housing, CCAC, LTC homes, and CCC hospitals in the MH LHIN using available interRAI data, wherever possible. When such data are not available, it will be …
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Enhancing Home Care Rehabilitation through Better Use of Health Information
Principal Investigator: Paul Stolee
Investigator(s): Katherine Berg, Kerry Byrne, Bert Chesworth, Richard Cook, Mary Egan, John Hirdes, Susan Jaglal, Jeff Poss, Jennie Wells, Mu Zhu
Many older home care clients who would benefit from rehabilitation do not receive any type of rehabilitation therapy. We propose that home care rehabilitation for persons with musculoskeletal disorders could be enhanced through better use of available health information. Despite major investments …
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interRAI Canada

The interRAI Canada research group is a research, education and knowledge exchange cluster based at the School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, with a focus on promoting innovations in data, evidence, and application systems for the health and social service sectors. interRAI is a collaborative network of researchers in 32 countries committed to improving services for vulnerable populations including older persons, persons with disabilities and those affected by mental illness. Our goal is to promote evidence-informed clinical practice and policy decisions through the collection and interpretation of high quality data about the characteristics and outcomes of persons served across the continuum of care.