Snapshots of aging are intended for key stakeholders, such as older adults and caregivers along with the community organizations and government ministries that serve and support them. Below are links to accessible knowledge mobilization products in a variety of formats that we have created over the last few years: FACT sheets, infographics, videos, blog posts and podcasts. While these products are available for your use (without permission or compensation for the use of our work), the original source must be appropriately acknowledged and referenced as per copyright regulations.
Our article Using technology to support caregivers of older people with dementia was published in The Conversation, academic rigour with journalistic flair.
We wrote a blog to recognize carers in Canada and understand their barriers to technology adoption for Advancing Policies and Practices in Technology and Aging (APPTA), AGE-WELL's national policy innovation hub in Fredericton. Andrew Magnaye, one of our doctoral students, reflected on the APPTA Policy Challenge in his blog post Uncovering the Black Box Between Research and Policy. And Janet Fast and Myles Leslie (University of Calgary) were featured in an APPTA Mileage Podcast on Goals vs Needs, What Caregivers Want.
Infographics
Infographics are one-page, thematic visual summaries of evidence-based key messages created specifically for community members.
- Newly released infographics (in a series of six) on caregivers juggling paid work and care work!
- Value of Family Caregiving in Canada, 2022
- Caregivers in Alberta: Economic costs and contributions, 2021
- Caregivers in Alberta: Impact on wellbeing, 2021
- Caregivers' experiences with technology: How does technology help caregivers, in English and French, 2021
- Improving everyday lives through digital technology, 2020
- Caregivers in Quebec: Economic costs and contributions, in English and in French, 2020
- Caregivers in Quebec: Impact on well-being, in English and in French, 2020
- Caregivers in Nova Scotia: Economic costs and contributions, 2020
- Caregivers in Nova Scotia: Impact on well-being, 2020
- Young caregivers (age 15-19) in Canada, 2019
- Designing technology that cares: Barriers to carers' technology adoption, 2019
- A profile of caregivers of older adults (65+), 2018
- Designing technology that cares: Caregivers experiences drive the design process, 2018
- The importance of connecting carers through social connections, 2018
- The importance of connecting carers through health care connections, 2018
Videos
Videos make our research accessible to a wider audience and are often used by our community partners for educational purposes. Here are some of our recent knowledge mobilization creations, which are posted on the AGE-WELL WP2 YouTube Channel:
- Balancing Work and Care: Strategies for Meaningful Employment (59:21), 2022
- Doris, an enduring care trajectory (4:13), 2020
- Lisa, a serial care trajectory (3:45), 2020
- Sally, an encore care trajectory (5:28), 2020
- Wendy, an all at once care trajectory (3:42), 2020
- Wrennie, a late bloomer care trajectory (3:58), 2020
- Working Overtime: Career v Care (3:34), 2019
- Caregiving's ripple effect on relationships (4:04), 2019
- Double Jeopardy: Selfcare isn't being selfish (3:57), 2019
- We Are All Caregivers (2:48), created in 2018 by and for family caregivers
- #FindYourRon (9:08), created in 2018 by and for family caregivers
- Listening and Learning from Caregivers (3:17), 2017
- Assistive Technology that Cares for the Caregiver project overview (4:26), 2017
- Connecting Working Caregivers project overview (4:40), 2017
- Welcome to AGE-WELL Work Package 2, Understanding Caregivers Needs (3:24), 2017
FACT Sheets
FACT sheets are 4-page research briefs that are topical and intended for a policy and practice audience. Many of these briefs synthesize and integrate research findings across projects.
- Beyond snapshots to lifetimes of family care, co-created with the Vanier Institute of the Family, 2019
- Designing technology that cares: Barriers to carers' technology adoption, 2019
- Designing technology that cares: Caregivers' experiences drive the design process, 2018
- The importance of connecting carers through social connections, 2018
- The importance of connecting carers through health care connections, 2018
- How deep is the digital divide? ICT literacy and the role of assistive technology in helping older workers, 2017
- A snapshot of Canadians caring for persons with dementia: The toll it takes, 2015
- Combining care work and paid work: Is it sustainable?, 2014
- Employment consequences of family/friend caregiving in Canada, 2012
- The social and health consequences of family/friend caregiving, 2011
- Gender differences in family/friend caregiving in Canada, 2010
- Debunking popular stereotypes of aging, 2010
- Who are the seniors caring for other seniors?, 2009
- Impact on health of seniors caring for seniors, 2009
- Unmasking interdisciplinary collaboration, 2008
- Socio-demographic context for family/friend caregiving and employment, 2008
- International policy comparison of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit, 2008
- Comparing consequences of supporting older and younger adults with disabilities, 2008
- The interplay of age, disability, and community context on social participation, 2007
- Family/friend caregiving in Canada: Gender matters, 2007
- Characteristics and consequences of family/friend care: Comparing Canada and Alberta, 2007
- What makes a rural community a good place to grow old? Views of older adults, 2007
- Service use barriers experienced by immigrant Chinese family caregivers, 2006
- Availability and use of services in rural Canada, 2006
- Social and support networks of older adults in rural Canada, 2006
- Characteristics of rural communities influence their capacity to support older adults, 2006
- Older adults’ care network typologies, 2006
- Reworking work: The experiences of employed caregivers of older adults, 2005
- Canadian trends in paid and unpaid work across age cohort and time, 2005
- Retirees are aging well by staying engaged, 2005
- Retired Canadians remain productive members of society, 2004