Aging, Community and Health Research Group (ACHRU)

McMaster University

Research Studies

    Explaining the Well-Being Paradox among Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 17 (CURRENT)

    Explaining the Well-Being Paradox among Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    Funded by CIHR
    Fall Prevention in Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

    STUDY 16 (CURRENT)

    Fall Prevention in Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
    Optimizing Hospital-to-Home Transitions for Older Adults with Stroke and Multmorbidity: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

    STUDY 15 (CURRENT)

    Optimizing Hospital to Home Transitions

    Funded by CIHR
    EMBOLDEN Trial: Partnering with Older Adults and Communities to Develop and Test a Community-Based Program to Enhance Physical and Community Mobility in Older Adults

    STUDY 14 (CURRENT)

    EMBOLDEN Trial: Community-Based Program to Enhance Physical and Community Mobility in Older Adults
    ACHRU Community Partnership Program for Diabetes Self-Management for Older Adults – Canada

    STUDY 13 (CURRENT)

    Community Partnership Program for Diabetes

    Funded by CIHR
    Successful Knowledge Translation from the Perspective of Diverse Knowledge Users: An Exploratory Study

    STUDY 12 (COMPLETED)

    Successful Knowledge Translation from the Perspective of Diverse Knowledge Users
    Online Interventions for Family Caregivers

    STUDY 11 (COMPLETED)

    Online Interventions for Family Caregivers

    Funded by MOHLTC
    Health Links Caregiver Evaluation Study

    STUDY 10 (COMPLETED)

    Health Links Caregiver Evaluation Study

    Funded by MOHLTC
    Community Assets Supporting Transitions (CAST) - A pragmatic effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate a hospital-to-home transitional care intervention compared to usual care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and depressive symptoms

    STUDY 9 (COMPLETED)

    Community Assets Supporting Transitions (CAST)

    Funded by OSSU
    Strengthening Community-Based Stroke Care: A Feasibility Study of a Community Navigation and Rehabilitation Intervention that Includes a Mobile Health Solution. My Stroke Team (MyST)

    STUDY 8 (COMPLETED)

    My Stroke Team (MyST): a Mobile Health Solution

    Funded by CIHR & Max Bell Foundation
    A Community Navigation and Rehabilitation Intervention for Stroke Survivors with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 7 (COMPLETED)

    Intervention for Stroke Survivors with MCC

    Funded by MOHLTC & CIHR
    A Client-Driven Intervention to Support Self-Management among Community-Living Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 6 (COMPLETED)

    Self-Management among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and MCC

    Funded by MOHLTC & CIHR
    Evaluation of a Transition Intervention for Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 5 (COMPLETED)

    Transition Intervention for Caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s and MCC

    Funded by CIHR
    Supporting Evidence-Informed Community Care for Stroke Survivors with Multiple Chronic Conditions through Mobile Health Technologies

    STUDY 4 (COMPLETED)

    Supporting Mobile Health Technologies for Stroke Survivors with MCC

    Funded by MOHLTC
    Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis of Family Caregivers of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 3 (COMPLETED)

    Gender-Based Analysis of Caregivers of Older Adults with MCC

    Funded by MOHLTC & CIHR
    The Correlates, Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    STUDY 2 (COMPLETED)

    Correlates, Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with MCC

    Funded by MOHLTC & CIHR
    Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Older Adults, Family Caregivers and Healthcare Providers

    STUDY 1 (COMPLETED)

    Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC)

    Funded by MOHLTC & CIHR
    The Costs of Aging-in-Place for Frail Older People: Understanding the Resources and Supports to Stay at Home

    LEVERAGED STUDY 2 (COMPLETED)

    The Costs of Aging-in-Place

    Funded by CIHR
    Spreading nursing best practice guidelines in community-based settings: Enhancing evidence-based care of older adults

    LEVERAGED STUDY 1 (COMPLETED)

    Spreading Best Practices in Home Care Organizations

    Funded by MOHLTC