Technologies to Promote Aging at Home

Overview

Many seniors want to remain living at home and maintain their independence. This online course will focus on technologies and tools to promote aging at home. 

There are many technologies to help seniors wishing to maintain their independence living in their own homes, including phones, virtual care, smart home devices, and emergency response.  In addition, physiotherapists can also recommend fitness trackers to help them maintain their activity and independence.

Join the Seniors' Health Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association for this online course 'Technologies to Promote Aging at Home.'

Speaker Bio

Dr. Kristina Kokorelias works as the Senior Academic Program Coordinator and an Associate Scientist for the Department of Medicine’s Healthy Ageing and Geriatrics Program at Sinai Health and the University Health Network. In her role, Kristina helps to oversee the academic outcomes of the program by contributing to the operations, teaching, leadership, quality improvement, and health services research to help improve the quality of care for older adults and their caregivers.

Kristina received her PhD from the University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and completed her postdoctoral training in implementation sciences and dementia with the St. John’s Rehab Research program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Building upon her doctoral and post-doctoral studies, her program of research aims to understand the experiences and needs of family caregivers and older adults with complex care needs with the aim of using this information to develop, evaluate, and implement timely family-centered care programs and services.

Her other research interests include advancing models of integrated care, sex and gender-based differences in family caregiving, and healthcare utilization patterns amongst diverse patient populations. Kristina aims to work closely with the end users of her research.