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Advisory Group of Seniors (i.e. 60+ years) or Active Caregivers to Seniors to Represent as “Experts by Experience”

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Aging in Place Advisory Group – Lower Mainland

Opportunity Purpose
The Aging in Place (AiP) Project Advisory Group actively contributes its collective experiences, expertise, knowledge and insights to the collaborative project by National Research Council (NRC) of Canada and UBC. The AiP advisory will participate as senior advocates for aging populations and share generational knowledge to inform the NRC technology solution definition, design, and development, and UBC clinical testing and validation.

Details
• Rendering decisions in a timely manner within the assigned scope of the group
• Attending online advisory meetings, and providing input, advice and feedback
• Participation in project activities e.g. survey questionnaire design, interview/focus group sessions, etc. • Informing data collection methods and procedures
• Assisting with participant recruitment and interpretation of study findings
• Contributing to knowledge dissemination (e.g. publications)

Eligibility
Age: 60 Years – 90 Years Old

From Our Community

Agnes Black

Director, Health Services & Clinical Research and Knowledge Translation – Providence Health Care

Agnes Black

It’s really hard to make changes in health care. When a PVN patient partner says, ‘This is important to us’ it keeps us grounded on why a change is needed and keeps us motivated to keep going on projects.