It's International Nursing Week and we're highlighting the #LTC workforce. Lab members Cera Cruise and Mona Aboumrad created the animation '“We needed help, but we were supposed to be the help” to share workers' experiences during the #COVID19 pandemic: bit.ly/3nQ4Sgg

Professor and researcher, Dr. Alan Martino, PhD, established the virtual Disability & Sexuality Lab this year to drive social change and improve access to sex education for people with disabilities. Read more about the Disability & Sexuality Lab ⬇️ @CSM_OPED

What does it take to achieve fully informed consent from people who communicate differently? CaRER Lab researchers Nick Boettcher, Camille Duque, and Bonnie Lashewicz examine consent as an iterative, ongoing process bit.ly/3WxEnsS

Catch up on more of the latest research at our second summer Flash Talk, July 25th, 2-3pm ET! With Dr. Alan S. Martino, Eleni Moumos, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐌𝐃 𝐌𝐒𝐜, Jan Wozniak, Ashley Scott and Salina Tewolde. Register now: syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Making good on promises: "Long-term care workers’ mental health is a shared long-term responsibility," writes UCalgaryMedicine's Dr. Bonnie Lashewicz and Pauline McDonagh Hull in The Conversation Canada ow.ly/1P3W50OOO3C #UCalgary

"If we can’t see a reason for a child’s disruptive behavior, it must be the parent’s fault." Asalah Alreeki, Leah Shipton, and Bonnie Lashewicz share experiences of stigma and blame among fathers raising autistic children doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd…

What do long-term workers recommend we do to improve worker mental health and be better prepared in future pandemic responses? Lab members Nick Boettcher, Sofia Celis, and Bonnie Lashewicz share findings from interviews with 50 workers in Canada: journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10.31… Journal of Long-Term Care

We are seeking physicians to discuss the topic of disability, reproductive care, and pregnancy. Participants must live in Alberta, Canada.

Such a fantastic opportunity to present CaRER Lab research on moral distress today at Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. Many critical findings shared by colleagues which must be used to make #LTC a safe place for all.

Come say hi to us at #CAG_2023! This morning Bonnie Lashewicz and Cera Cruise presented research on #LTC workers' experiences of moral distress during the #COVID19 pandemic. Want to learn more? Send us a message and we'd love to speak with you!

Thanks for having us CdnAssocGero ! Stay tuned for forthcoming publications on our moral distress and #LTC research 📄 #CAG_2023

Congratulations Dr. Alan S. Martino !

We were grateful to have the opportunity to share our paper 'Negotiating Research Participant Consent With, for and by Adults With Developmental Disabilities in Interaction With Their Third-Party Consent Providers' with the Independent Expert for their next thematic report