Co-research with Patient and Family Partners in a Social Robot Study to Improve Dementia Care

Health care research in the field of geriatrics and gerontology can benefit from the active involvement of patient and family partners. Involvement may begin with identifying priorities, then move to formulate research questions and to plan the research methods, to data collection, and finally to analysis and knowledge dissemination. Actively engaging patients and families in co-research in dementia care is a novel practice that needs exploration. In this project, two patient co-researchers (persons living with dementia) and three family co-researchers worked with four clinicians (two physicians, a nurse, and an occupational therapist) to investigate the impact of a social robot in dementia care at Vancouver General Hospital. The research team pushes the boundaries on the potential to build capacity to engage patients in innovative roles and models of patient engagement.

Presented by:

Lillian Hung, PhD, RN
Research Associate, CHÉOS
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UBC
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Gerontology, SFU

Learn more about the event.

Details