Trent University – $1-Million Grant to Advance Trauma-Informed Care in Long-Term Care

Trauma-informed care practices will be introduced into long-term care homes through a $1-million research project led by Dr. Kimberly Ritchie, an assistant professor in the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, whose research is focused on trauma and dementia.

Prof. Ritchie will lead a four-year project with colleagues from McMaster University to co-design, implement, and evaluate a trauma-informed care framework. This work is part of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging and is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in particular its Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research initiative, as well as the Azrieli Foundation, Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, Brain Canada Foundation, and SPOR.