Developing a blueprint for a Community Paramedic-driven food insecurity screening and referral intervention for older adults with dementia.
About
More and more older adults are experiencing food insecurity, especially those with limited mobility, limited food access, and those experiencing cognitive impairment. There is an opportunity to better understand the complex interactions of food insecurity and health in older adults, including in more marginalized sub-populations such as community-dwelling older adults living with dementia. This study aims to (1) evaluate the role of community paramedics embedded in the Family Health Team model in providing care to high-risk patients including those experiencing food insecurity; and (2) co-develop, pilot test, and evaluate a community paramedic-driven food insecurity screening and assessment tool for high-risk, community-dwelling older adults.
Funding
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation at Baycrest, Spark Program
Research Team
Project Lead: Krystal Kehoe MacLeod kmacleod@bruyere.org
Research Coordinator: Sarisha Philip saphilip@ohri.ca
Research Assistant: Alexandria Hector ahect039@uottawa.ca
publication
presentations
Kehoe MacLeod K, Philip S, Izzard T, Sitka K, Hewton K, Bercier G, Bruce B, Ferguson K, LeBouthillier C, Tanuseputro P & Tiukuvaara S. July 11-15, 2024. Co-designing and Piloting a Community Paramedic-Driven Food Insecurity Screening and Assessment Tool for High-Risk Older Adults. European Conference on Aging & Gerontology. London, United Kingdom. Oral presentation.
Philip S, Tiukuvaara S, Izzard T, Sitka K, Hewton K, Fraser M, Bercier G, Bruce B, Ferguson K, LeBouthillier C, Maskerine C, Tanuseputro P, & Kehoe MacLeod K. Jun 17-18, 2024. “A Qualitative RE-AIM Evaluation of an Embedded Community Paramedicine Program in an Ontario Family Health Team.” North American Primary Care Research Group’s Practice-Based Research Network Conference. Virginia, United States of America. Oral Presentation.
Philip S, Izzard T, Sitka K, Hewton K, Bercier G, Bruce B, Ferguson K, LeBouthillier C, Tanuseputro P, +Tiukuvaara S, & Kehoe MacLeod K. Jun 17-18, 2024. “Co-designing and Piloting a Community Paramedic-Driven Food Insecurity Screening and Assessment Tool for High-Risk Older Adults in an Ontario Family Health Team.” North American Primary Care Research Group’s Practice-Based Research Network Conference. Virginia, United States of America. Oral Presentation.
Philip S, Izzard T, Sitka K, Hewton K, Bercier G, Bruce B, Ferguson K, LeBouthillier C, Tanuseputro P, Tiukuvaara S, & Kehoe MacLeod K. May 14-16, 2024. “Co-designing and Piloting a Community Paramedic-Driven Food Insecurity Screening and Assessment Tool for High-Risk Older Adults in an Ontario Family Health Team.” Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research Conference. Ottawa, Canada. Oral Presentation.
Philip S, Konikoff L, Izzard T, LeBouthillier C, Bruce B, Tanuseputro P, Isenberg S, Maskerine C, Kehoe MacLeod K. (Nov 15-16, 2023). Developing a blueprint for a community paramedic-driven food insecurity screening and referral intervention for older adults with dementia. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Research Day 2023. Ottawa, Ontario. Poster presentation.
