{"id":2080,"date":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-813\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T19:38:12","slug":"innovation-anthology-813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2016\/10\/11\/innovation-anthology-813\/","title":{"rendered":"#813: Dr Julia Brassolotto:  Barriers to Healthcare for Rural Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 813.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Julia Brassolotto at the University of Lethbridge is  investigating issues around long term care for seniors in rural Alberta. <\/p>\n<p>Nursing homes can be far away or maintaining privacy in a small town can be a concern.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">DR.  JULIA BRASSOLOTTO: <\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The structural challenges in terms of finding a  placement for a family member who needs care, and as the program  unfolds, can we help people earlier on working with dementia care so  they can hopefully stay in their communities longer. &nbsp;And in some cases  it&rsquo;s because there are different divisions of public and private life in  rural parts. &nbsp; So some research out of the University of Saskatchewan,  for example, has said that some family members wont be forthcoming about  their family member&rsquo;s dementia diagnosis because the health care  professionals are their friends. &nbsp;And so they don&rsquo;t want to seek out  home care because they maybe feel a bit sensitive about exposing their  family member to community in that state and want to deal with it  privately. &nbsp;So looking at how we support family members is a way of  getting them the supports early on so that maybe we can prolong that  decision of moving into residential care. <\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Dr. Julia Brassolotto says her research on seniors in rural Alberta will help in developing policies for better long term care.<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>Thanks today to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/p>\n<p>FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY<br \/>I&rsquo;M CHERYL CROUCHER.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3> , <\/h3>\n<h4>, , , , <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertainnovates.ca\">Alberta Innovates<\/a><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4  et_pb_column_1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alberta Innovates<\/span> is a provincially funded Corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province&rsquo;s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta&rsquo;s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance our well-being through research and innovation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\">The Alberta Innovates system has roots stretching back almost 90 years  \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_1\">\n<p>In March, 2016 the consolidation of Alberta Innovates was announced  and on November 1, a single, integrated innovation powerhouse, Alberta  Innovates, was formed. Two applied research subsidiaries &#8211; Innotech Alberta and C-Fer Technologies &#8211;&nbsp; serve public and private sector interests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_2\">\n<p>The Alberta Innovates system was first created in January 2010, as  part of an overall innovation framework developed within the Alberta  Research and Innovation Act. At that time, four corporations were  established:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bio Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Energy and Environment Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Health Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Technology Futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Alberta Innovates system has a 90-year legacy. Our expertise is built on the successes of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alberta Institute for Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Forestry and the Environment<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Agricultural Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Forestry Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Life Sciences Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Ingenuity<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Research Council<\/li>\n<li>iCORE<\/li>\n<li>nanoAlberta<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Water Research Institute (AWRI)<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/ian logo AI LOGO_COLOUR.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02016-10-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Lethbridge&nbsp; researcher Dr Julia Brassolotto investigates barriers to seeking help for seniors with dementia in rural Alberta &nbsp; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Alberta Innovates Health Solutions)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,64,2,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alberta","category-alberta-innovates","category-health-and-medicine","category-women-in-science","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5428,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}