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Research
Latest papers
Temporal aspects of walking in the neighbourhood for people living with dementia.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review.
Research involvement and engagement · 2026 · senior author
Implementing Dementia-Friendly Videos in Everyday Care: A Qualitative Study of Frontline Staff Experiences.
Dementia (London, England) · 2026
Latest funding
- $120,000
Enhancing the well-being of older adults living with dementia in long-term care homes through gamified exercise interventions
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $120,000
Joy in Caregiving for staff in Long-term Care Setting
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $930
Exploring climate-related vulnerabilities and resilience in dementia care: integrating gamified exercise approaches to support the wellbeing of older adults
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
113 publications.
Temporal aspects of walking in the neighbourhood for people living with dementia.
Chaudhury H, Hopper S, Wong JOY, Seetharaman K, Hung L, Randa-Beaulieu C, Cho JY
Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review.
Dos Santos IK, Vasarhelyi K, Wong KLY, Berndt A, Windsor T, Yuen K, Zhao Y, Wong J, Macdonald S, Pilarinos A, Hung L
Implementing Dementia-Friendly Videos in Everyday Care: A Qualitative Study of Frontline Staff Experiences.
Wong KLY, Hung L, Pan D, Liao D, Wang C, Ren LH, Berndt A, Wong L
Determinants of social participation among community-dwelling older adults: A mixed-methods systematic review.
Yang Y, Chen S, Wang G, Wang Y, Leung AYM, Hung L, Wang Z
Beyond Attendance: Participation and Relational Work in Planned Group Recreational Activities in a Long-Term Care Village Setting.
Zhang Z, Chaudhury H, Salmon A, Mahmood A, Hung L
Factors shaping social participation among community-dwelling older adults in China: A mixed-methods study from the perspectives of older adults and community workers.
Yang Y, Xu W, Sun M, Zhao M, Luo H, Liu J, Hung L, Wang Z
Community places visited and abandoned by people living with dementia in British Columbia, Canada: patterns and implications.
Chaudhury H, Dong T, Hopper S, Wong J, Seetharaman K, Randa-Beaulieu C, Rossnagel E, Hung L, Groulx M, Cho JY, Freeman S
Living with a robot at home: the complexity of living with assistive robots in everyday life.
Hung L, Case D, Velazquez N, Wong KLY, Petrovskaya O, Ren LH, Jang KL
Sustaining the Long-Term Care Workforce: An Appreciative Inquiry into the Relational and Generative Factors Driving Staff Retention.
Wong JOY, Wong KLY, Zhao Y, Meng C, Lin M, Boucher NA, Hung L
Exploring Non-Embodied AI-Based Digital Companions for Older Adults in Aging and Care Contexts: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
Hung L, Chiu YT, Ghodsi M
Enhancing the well-being of older adults living with dementia in long-term care homes through gamified exercise interventions
Principal investigators: Zhao, Yong
Keywords: Dementia; Exercise Interventions; Gamification; Kinesiology; Long-Term Care; Mental Health; Motivation; Older Adults; Participatory Research; Physical Activity
Joy in Caregiving for staff in Long-term Care Setting
Principal investigators: Ren, Haopu
Keywords: Appreciative Inquiry; Dementia Care; Interpretive Description; Long-Term Care; Older Adults; Policymaking; Staff Well-Being; Technology; Technology Adoption; Workplace Culture
Exploring climate-related vulnerabilities and resilience in dementia care: integrating gamified exercise approaches to support the wellbeing of older adults
Principal investigators: Zhao, Yong
Keywords: Aging; Dementia; Gamified Exercise; Long-Term Care Homes; Quality Of Life; Resilience
Engaging People with Lived Experience in Co-Designing a Culturally Relevant Virtual Reality Toolkit for Dementia Care Education
Principal investigators: Wong, Oi Yee
Keywords: Ics Travel Awards
Provision of health-related climate information services to increase resilience of vulnerable communities in Vancouver, Canada
Principal investigators: Mortenson, William B; Boniface, Giovanna
Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change Impacts; Climate Justice; Community-Led Research With Mixed Methods; Disability; Equity; Health Information; Marginalized Communities; Older Adults; Resilience
The Canadian Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging Knowledge Mobilization Hub: Sharing Stories of Research
Principal investigators: Phinney, Alison; Cooke, Heather A; O'Brien, Heather L
Keywords: Acessibility; Aging; Alzheimer'S Disease; Brain Health; Care Giving; Cognitive Impairment; Community Engagement; Dementia; Diversity And Inclusion; Knowledge Mobilization
Examining Implementation Strategies for Reducing Antipsychotic Medication Use in Long-term Care Homes at Vancouver Coastal Health: Closing the Learning Cycle Loop.
Principal investigators: Wong, Karen Lok Yi
Keywords: Anti-Psychotic Medication Use Reduction; Learning Health Systems; Long-Term Care
Co-creating Culturally Relevant Virtual Reality Education for Dementia Care: A Collaborative Approach with Older Adults Living with Dementia and Nursing Students
Principal investigators: Wong, Oi Yee
Keywords: Aging
From youth to seniors: Bringing public and population health to the people
Principal investigators: Muller, Alison L
Keywords: Incarcerated Persons; Population Health; Public Health; Science Communication; Seniors; Youth
Statement of Interest for the 2024 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging Summer Program in Aging; Proposed Career Path; Research Proposal
Principal investigators: Ren, Haopu
Keywords: Co-Creation; Decision-Makers; Dementia; Hospital; Organisational Leaders; Patient-Oriented Research; Person With Lived And Living Experience (Pwlle); Policy Makers; Staff; Virtual Reality
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nursing
- School of Nursing
- Emergency Medicine
- Gerontology
- Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
- Systems Design Engineering
- School of Health Information Science
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Jim Mann
School of Nursing
32 shared papers, latest 2026
Habib Chaudhury
Gerontology
19 shared papers, latest 2026
Alison Phinney
School of Nursing
7 shared papers, latest 2026
Krisztina Vasarhelyi
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Anna Garnett
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Denise Connelly
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Marie-lee Yous
Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai
Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Jennifer Boger
Systems Design Engineering
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Jason Wong
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Lun Li
School of Social Work
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Winnie Sun
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Shannon Freeman
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Richard Sawatzky
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Leah Lambert
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Andreas Pilarinos
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jae-Yung Kwon
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Richard Sawatzky
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Jeremy Snyder
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Krisztina Vasarhelyi
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Amy Salmon
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Heather Keller
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Charlene Chu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Shehroz Khan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Francis Lau
School of Health Information Science
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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