Dementia Research Brochure
For more information regarding our mission, research partnerships, and our work please take a…
For more information regarding our mission, research partnerships, and our work please take a…
McCormick Dementia Research’s overarching research goal is to be involved in the discovery, creation,…
McCormick Dementia Research intends to accomplish these interests through four strategic goals: Goal #1 – Communicate…
Office Number: 519-432-2648 ext. 2319
E-mail: research@mccormickcare.ca
2022 Kains Road
London, ON N6K 0A8
Office Number: 519-432-2648 ext. 2319
Email: research@mccormickcare.ca
2022 Kains Road
London, ON N6K 0A8
We offer a unique opportunity for learning and discovery where innovations can be introduced and tested in community-based and long-term care settings.
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We recognize the importance of education in continually improving the model of dementia care and are pleased to partner with educational institutions for learning enhancement, training and internship opportunities.
We invite you to review the following examples of some of our most recent educational partnerships:
In our continuing goal to develop a best practice model of dementia care, McCormick Dementia Services is partnering with Western University and Behavioural Supports Ontario to conduct a pilot project for an enhanced education series for care partner of people with dementia. With the support of the McCormick Care Foundation, the FACET project — Family Care Partner Education and Training – involves studying the interaction between care partners and simulated dementia patients to discover new ways to engage in meaningful activity and to minimize or redirect agitated behaviours.
A post-graduate learning opportunity for students of Fanshawe College’s Personal Support Worker program is being developed by McCormick Dementia Services, Fanshawe College, Western University and the London Health Sciences Centre’s Behavioural Supports Ontario program. Specializing in dementia care, the program involves students learning from and interacting with simulated dementia patients as well as experiencing a day program student placement opportunity.
A service learning experience provides students of the Masters in Social Work program at King’s University College with an opportunity to connect with early stage dementia clients in the McCormick Day Program. Students benefit from the personal interaction and debriefing opportunities that help shed some light on the experiences and specific care needs of this population.
For more information on how your educational program can become involved with McCormick Home, McCormick Dementia Services or McCormick Dementia Research, please contact research@mccormickcare.ca.
As part of the McCormick Care Group’s goal to advance dementia care, exploring new ways to provide care and support is an integral aspect of this effort. This exploration involves collaborating in research activity and working with our community partners to discover how we can enhance the lives of those in our care.
The McCormick Care Group is committed to advancing dementia care through the programs and services delivered at McCormick Home, a long-term care home; McCormick Dementia Services, an adult day program that is committed to enhancing quality of life for people with dementia and their care partners; and McCormick Dementia Research, its research program.
McCormick Dementia Research seeks to provide leadership in advancing dementia care through research partnerships and collaborations. The purpose of this research plan is to provide direction, to focus efforts on achieving the strategic research goals and initiatives identified, and to progress from funding and participating in research projects to implementing evidenced-informed care.
McCormick Dementia Research embraces the vision, mission, and values of the McCormick Care Group.
We create a caring community in which our clients, residents, family members, and care partners – especially those living with dementia – feel a sense of safety, belonging, and purpose.
We champion care that enables people with dementia to lead meaningful lives. We strategically invest in innovative programs, staff development, knowledge sharing, best-practice applications, and research projects that focus on improving care.
McCormick Dementia Research is committed to conducting, supporting, sharing and engaging in research activity that enhances the lives of people living with dementia and their care partners.
Based in London, Ontario, and founded by the McCormick Care Group (formerly the Women’s Christian Association), McCormick Dementia Research was developed to formalize the organization’s research interests, which began in the early 2000’s. Over this time, the McCormick Care Group has participated in several research projects with organizations including Western University, Fanshawe College, Lawson Health Research Institute and Baycrest Health Services. All of these projects have been focused on improving how we care for people with dementia and how we can help them and their care partners achieve an enhanced quality of life.
McCormick Dementia Research provides advanced dementia care through thoughtful and strategic research partnerships and collaborations. We strive to create an environment where knowledge transfer is a priority, meaning others can learn and improve quality of care as a result of our findings. We are committed to creating partnerships and fostering an environment of collaboration both internally and externally.
McCormick Dementia Research is the latest community care service founded on a legacy of care established by the McCormick Care Group (formerly the Women’s Christian Association), which began in 1874. Beginning with setting up a soup kitchen in London’s Market Square, over the years these pioneering women established many community services for the sick, homeless, elderly, and orphaned. Many of these outreach organizations continue to provide care in the London community today, including McCormick Home, McCormick Dementia Services (formerly Alzheimer Outreach Services), Parkwood Institute and Wellspring London and Region.
Today, McCormick Care Group continues to oversee the operation of McCormick Home, a long-term care home for seniors, and McCormick Dementia Services, Ontario’s largest adult day program serving individuals and their families who are living with dementia. McCormick Care Group is also proud to have founded a research division, McCormick Dementia Research, in our continuing quest to research ways to enhance the quality of life for those facing a dementia diagnosis.
McCormick Dementia Research shares the core values of McCormick Care Group, its founding organization: Compassion, Accountability, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence. Our work involves enhancing our ability to partner with other organizations on our journey to learn more about how to improve the quality of life for those facing a dementia diagnosis and their care partners.
Responsive behaviours that develop as a result of dementia often lead to an increased investment in caring for the individual. When behaviours cannot be managed safely at home and/or in the community, long-term care is often the recommended solution. Responsive behaviours are sometimes barriers to access to long-term care and individuals remaining in the community are often left to seek help through emergency departments. If individuals are able to access long-term care and responsive behaviours continue, pharmacological interventions are used and, in some cases, individuals are transferred to other care settings. All these interventions come at increased costs to the health care system and may have detrimental impacts on the individual.
Strategies for managing responsive behaviours are used currently in the McCormick Day Program as well as in Memory Lane, our dementia care unit at McCormick Home. We need to understand what strategies work best and develop evidence-based models of care that can be applied across the continuum of care that we offer.
For more information, please contact us.