RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Evaluate policies regarding the life course of Quebec’s aging population in metropolitan, urban, or rural settings, taking into account their living environment, social participation, and societal trends.
This also includes analyzing the relevance and quality of health care and social services in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and at home, as well as the transitions between these care and service settings to ensure optimal aging.
THEMATIC AREAS
- New Quebec policies regarding older adults and their caregivers, legislation affecting older adults.
- Epidemiological characterization of health care and service utilization, digital health.
- Needs, support, and integration of family caregivers into care and services; pharmaceutical care; quality of long-term care.
- Ethical concerns in policies and services; community-based care and services.
CONTACT
Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University.
Researcher at Centre de recherche et d’expertise en gérontologie sociale.
Member of the Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement.
