Dementia research in NB

Proactive Care for Persons with Dementia: Using In-Home Passive Sensors to Reduce Caregiver Stress and Promote Aging in Place | UNB

Introducing passively monitoring technology to support caregivers and people living with dementia.

Introducing Gentle Persuasiveness Approaches (GPA) in Dementia Care to Informal and Formal Caregivers in the Community Setting | UNB 

Teaching caregivers how to confidently and respectfully respond to behaviours common with dementia.

The New Brunswick Brain Health Initiative: Preventing Alzheimer’s by Lessening Modifiable Risk (NB-PALM) | UNB 

Offering physical and cognitive activities virtually to promote healthy lifestyles in older adults.

Co-designing Dementia Care in New Brunswick: Building the Future Together | UNB 

Improving health care providers’ knowledge of how to communicate a diagnosis and offer post-diagnostic support.  

Piloting patient navigation for people with dementia, their caregivers, and members of the care team | UNB 

Using community approaches to reduce health inequalities in dementia care.

The New Brunswick Dementia Friendly Initiative – Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network (the-ria.ca) 

Supporting communities that have an interest in better supporting people living with dementia.