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Documentation

  • Introduction – Presentation of 3 innovations promoting the dignity of risk

Heather MacLeod – “Living with Risks:Decision Support Approach” (LwR:DSA): a collaborative decision-making approach centered on the dignity of risk (E)

Catherine-Anne Murray – Nova Scotia Health Frailty and Elder Care Network: Dignity of Risk Program (E)

Meiqi Guo – ‘Therapeutic’ Falls – Embracing Risk, Enhancing autonomy, and Accelerating recovery (E)

  • Part 1 – How can we reduce the fears of accountability associated with adopting an approach that values the dignity of risk?

Rosie Macri, Jordan Pelc, Omar Ghaffar, Si Me (Amy) Li – An Approach for Working with At-Risk Patients Expressing Desire for Discharge (E)

Didier Mailhot-Bisson, Mélissa Leblanc – Empowerment in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Dilemma of Values at the Heart of the Dignity of Risk (F)

Marie-Ève Carignan – Promoting the dignity of risk through a collaborative approach with the media (F)

Angie Andreoli – The Hidden Cost of Safety: How Zero Falls Policies Can Hold Patients Back (and How Data Can Help) (E)

  • Part 2 – How to engage a person living with cognitive difficulties, and the family, in decisions involving dignity of risk?

Dominique Giroux – Consent and Capacity to Consent (F)

Véronik Lamoureux – Co-constructing commitment: communication challenges and the dignity of risk in the context of incapacity (F)

Thomas Tannou – The right to risk: clinical and ethical challenges of aging at home (F)

Danielle Jepson – When Risk Matters Most: Supporting Mobility for Patients with Cognitive Impairment (E)

Lise Bergeron-Proulx – Lived experience of a caregiver

  • Lunch - Conference

Francis Etheridge – “Taking the Risk” of Engaging in Sustainable Improvement in Collective Living Environments (F)

  • Part 3 – How to sustainably adapt an approach that values the dignity of risk in different settings and workers?

Marta Woolford – Organizational conditions for Dignity of Risk implementation and sustainability: A systems view of workforce practice (E)

Liza Behrens – Scaling Evidence-based Training Approaches to Honor the Dignity of Risk in Long-Term Care Settings for Sustainability (E)

Sarah Boudreault – Helping Users in Positive Risk-Taking: The Importance of Supporting the Whole Team! (F)

  • Part 4 – How can an approach that values the dignity of risk be adapted to various clienteles and cultures?

Martin Caouette – Self-determination and support for people with intellectual disabilities (F)

Sarah Boudreault – The Living with Risks Approach: Developed for Older Adults, but Applicable to Other Populations? (F)

Guy Drouin – Lived experience of a caregiver

Knowledge Translation Materials

  • Visual summaries of the presentations

Thank you to the organizations that made this event possible!