RESEARCH BLOG.

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have watched in horror as harrowing outcomes have been documented in long-term care across Canada, reminding us that our social programs to support the aged need to be strengthened, revamped, and even reimagined. Equally revealing is that in the early days of the pandemic, we witnessed countless evasions to public health restrictions, with people refusing to wear masks or hosting large gatherings because “the virus only aff

The rates of dementia are on the rise as populations age. More than 747,000 Canadians are living with dementia, with the prevalence expecting to more than double every 5 years. Spatial navigation challenges are common among this population, and this puts them at a high risk of getting lost and going missing ( Puthusseryppady et al., 2020 ). In Canada, there has been a reported increase in the number of cases involving a person living with dementia, attributing to approximate