Publications and resources
Click on the links below to view our team’s published work for Dementia Isolation Toolkit.
Academic publications
Personalized Tablets for Residents in Long-Term Care to Support Recreation and Mitigate Isolation
Astell, A., Dosanjh, S., D'Elia, T., Kokorelias, K. M., Stewart, S., Grigorovich, A., McMurray, J., & Iaboni, A. (2024). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(7), 105022.
Implementation of the Dementia Isolation Toolkit in long-term care improves awareness but does not reduce moral distress amongst healthcare providers
Levy, A. M., Grigorovich, A., McMurray, J., Quirt, H., Ranft, K., Engell, K., Stewart, S., Astell, A., Kokorelias, K., Schon, D., Rogrigues, K., Tsokas, M., Flint, A. J., & Iaboni, A. (2024). BMC health services research, 24(1), 481.
Prevalence, causes, and consequences of moral distress in healthcare providers caring for people living with dementia in long-term care during a pandemic
Haslam-Larmer L, Grigorovich A, Quirt H, Engel K, Stewart S, Rodrigues K, Kontos P, Astell A, McMurray J, Levy A, Bingham KS, Iaboni A. Dementia. 2023 Jan;22(1):5-27.
Pandemic Preparedness and Beyond: Person-Centred Care for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hsu, A. T., Mukerji, G., Levy, A. M., & Iaboni, A. (2022). Pandemic. Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.), 25(SP), 13–19.
Pandemic Preparedness and Beyond: Person-Centred Care for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hsu AT, Mukerji G, Levy AM, Iaboni A. Healthcare Quarterly (Toronto, Ont.). 2022 Dec 1;25(SP):13-9.
Barriers and facilitators to person-centred infection prevention and control: results of a survey about the Dementia Isolation Toolkit
Iaboni A, Quirt H, Engell K, Kirkham J, Stewart S, Grigorovich A, Kontos P, McMurray J, Levy A, Bingham K, Rodrigues K. BMC Geriatrics. 2022 Dec;22(1):1-2.
Kirkham J, Shorey CL, Iaboni A, Quirt H, Grigorovich A, Astell A, Lin E, Maxwell CJ. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2022 Jun;37(6).
Iaboni, A., Grigorovich, A., Barned, C., Rodrigues, K., Pia, K., Chu, C. H., Astell, A. J., Flint, A., Bingham, K., Maxwell, C. J., Kirkham, J., McMurray, J., Quirt, H., & Tsokas, M. (2021). Alzheimer’s & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 17 Suppl 8(Suppl 8), e054003.
Achieving Safe, Effective, and Compassionate Quarantine or Isolation of Older Adults With Dementia in Nursing Homes
Iaboni, A., Cockburn, A., Marcil, M., Rodrigues, K., Marshall, C., Garcia, M. A., Quirt, H., Reynolds, K. B., Keren, R., & Flint, A. J. (2020). The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(8), 835–838.
Educational publications
Facing difficult decisions in a pandemic
The Dementia Isolation Toolkit. Long Term Care Today. Spring/Summer 2021 p 30-31.
Caring with compassion for people living with dementia during COVID-19
Dementia Connections. April 1 2021.
Media reports
Dementia Isolation Toolkit played pivotal role during pandemic
Hospital News November 19, 2022.
Doctors concerned about rise in dangerous medications in long-term care homes during pandemic
Kaleigh Alkenbr, CTV News Health. December 3 2020.
Maria Sarrouh, Toronto Star. March 11 2021.
Wency Leung, The Globe and Mail. November 21, 2020.
Governmental reports
A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Achieve – 2021 Annual Report
Public Health Agency of Canada, January 20, 2022.