Publications and resources
Click on the links below to view our team’s published work for Dementia Isolation Toolkit.

 

Academic publications

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.

Staff perceptions of the consequences of COVID-19 on quality of dementia care for residents in Ontario long-term care homes

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).

Educational publications

Facing difficult decisions in a pandemic

The Dementia Isolation Toolkit. Long Term Care Today. Spring/Summer 2021 p 30-31.

Doctors concerned about rise in dangerous medications in long-term care homes during pandemic

Kaleigh Alkenbr, CTV News Health. December 3 2020.

Caring with compassion for people living with dementia during COVID-19

Dementia Connections. April 1 2021.

Media reports

The bubble is suffocating the residents’ : Why calls are growing to loosen COVID-19-restrictions at nursing homes

Maria Sarrouh, Toronto Star. March 11 2021.

In COVID-19’s second wave, long-term care homes in Canada aim for a better balance of safety and community

Wency Leung, The Globe and Mail. November 21, 2020.

Doctors concerned about rise in dangerous medications in long-term care homes during pandemic

 Kaleigh Alkenbr, CTV News Health. December 3 2020.

In COVID-19’s second wave, long-term care homes in Canada aim for a better balance of safety and community

Wency Leung, The Globe and Mail. November 21, 2020.

Other resources

Podcast: Dr. Andrea Iaboni and a new toolkit for LTC to help care of residents during an outbreak