National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) - Grant Extension (2009-2010)
Principal Investigator: Lynn McDonald, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Partners: Universities - Brock University: Graduate Program, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, McGill University, University of British Columbia: Division of Community Geriatrics, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba: Centre on Aging, University of Sherbrooke: Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, University of Toronto: Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto: Office of the Vice-President, University of Toronto: School of Graduate Students
Industry - Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT
Federal Government - Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aging, Public Health Agency of Canada, Division of Aging and Seniors
Organizations and Institutions - Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry, Canadian Association of Social Workers, Canadian Association on Gerontology, Canadian Geriatrics Society, Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, Ontario Association of Social Workers, Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Funded by: Networks of Centres of Excellence -- New Initiative
NICE is a national and international knowledge transfer network with a mandate to develop accessible tools that place evidence-based knowledge and best practices in the hands of those that need it most - the community and practitioners. This award will help continue NICE activities in knowledge transfer, and engage in attracting new student interest in geriatrics and gerontology and launch knowledge institutes for professionals where they will receive written and electronic versions of state-of-science reviews of nine key knowledge domains for care of older adults depending upon their profession.