Please join the Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba as it hosts its 32nd annual spring research symposium over two days on May 4-5, 2015 on Bannatyne Campus.
SPRING RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS: MAY 4, 2015
Presenters will discuss aging issues important to Canadians, reflecting on lessons that can be learned from longitudinal aging studies; reviewing current and past perceptions of an older population; caring for and reaching out to seniors and their caregivers.
Presentations for this year’s symposium include plenary and concurrent sessions focusing on
- The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging—What’s in it for me?
- Moving through the system: Promoting safety during transitions in care
- Cohort studies in Manitoba: A wealth of research findings
- Dignity and end-of-life care in personal care homes: What matters most
- Celebrating 40 years of made in Manitoba home care: Past, present and future
- Volunteers and paid companions: Invisible providers of support for older adults in care homes and hospitals
- Are seniors selfish? A response to the Maclean’s article “Old. Rich. Spoiled.”
- Engaging isolated adults: The “Who’s at My Door” Project
CLSA DATA ACCESS WORKSHOP: MAY 5, 2015 9:00 am–12:00 p.m, 204 Brodie Centre, Bannatyne Campus
*Attendees are asked to pre-register for the workshop
On May 5, Dr. Parminder Raina (McMaster University) and Dr. Verena Menec (University of Manitoba) will hold a workshop on Tuesday morning to provide an overview of what researchers and students need to know about accessing the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data.
CLSA datasets hold and describe variables collected from participants at each wave of data collection. The variable search tool enables researchers to locate items of interest within all available data collected from CLSA participants. Currently, data emanating from the over 20,000 Tracking participants who completed the baseline 60-minute telephone interviews are available. Cognitive scoring is ongoing and these data will be available as part of the second CLSA data release in Winter 2014–2015. Datasets from future data collection events will be added when they are available.