Contribute to Caregiver-Focused Research

The Zwar Social Psychology of Aging Lab explores healthy aging, stress, and discrimination of (unpaid) caregivers of family or friends with long-term care needs.

They’re currently conducting a study titled Examination and validation of questionnaires on Perceptions of Informal Care and are looking for participants who are currently providing unpaid care or support to family members or friends.

Through this study, the researchers’ aim to improve the understanding of the beliefs and attitudes about unpaid caregiving in Canada.

You are eligible to participate if:

• You are between 18 and 95 years of age
• Currently an unpaid caregiver to a relative or friend who is aged 60 years or older
• Have been providing care or support for at least 6 months or longer
• You are fluent in English

The study will be delivered through an online survey and will take approximately 30 minutes of your time. You need internet access to participate.

If you participate, you can enter a draw to win 1 of 5 $50 Walmart gift cards by providing a working email address

If you are interested in contributing to their research, take the survey here:

https://brock.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_01bW5ZQ8Xs9Up8i

Please feel free to share this survey with people you know who provide informal care.

Interested? Fill out our survey! https://brock.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_26lZ3xPX6grvUJ8

To complete the survey, (click here ): Sharing Your Story and to learn more about the project (click here ): Sharing Our Stories – Caregivers Planning for When They are Gone

To answer the survey: https://redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=TTWHRCJRXFRRJFYF

Patient Ombudsman helps resolve complaints from patients, long-term care home residents, or their caregivers about experiences in Ontario’s public hospitals, long-term care homes, home care services, and community surgical and diagnostic centres (which includes some x-ray, ultrasound, sleep study clinics, cataract and other eye surgery centres, etc.).

In the coming months, Patient Ombudsman is planning to send out a survey to people who have made a complaint to our office to measure how we’re doing and where we can improve our service. It’s similar to a customer survey you receive after shopping with a store.

Before we starting using the survey, we’d like to hear from patients, caregivers, and long-term care residents to make sure we’re asking the right questions. We’re looking for volunteers to fill in a draft version of the survey and then let us know if the questions are clear, if the survey is easy to use, or if there’s anything we missed.

You can access the anonymous draft survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PO-PSSURVEY

You can provide anonymous feedback on the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OPOFeedback

If you have any questions about filling in the survey or how to give your feedback, contact martina.gordon@patientombudsman.ca