Alisa Grigorovich

Research

Dementia Education Intimacy Long-Term Care Homes Policy Rural Sexual Expression Urban

Latest papers

Real-time location system implementation in dementia care: Stakeholder perspectives.
The Gerontologist · 2025 · first author
Staff, resident, and care partner perceptions on the use of a personalized tablet to mitigate the impact of isolation in long-term care residents.
PloS one · 2025
Technology-Enabled Recreation and Leisure Programs and Activities for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: Rapid Scoping Review.
JMIR neurotechnology · 2024

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Bridging Work and Care: Developing Hospital-Based Strategies to Support Healthcare Professionals Caring for Aging Family Members
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice in dementia care: Using the arts to challenge stigma and facilitate relational caring
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Dementia Isolation Toolkit
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$136,991

All 4 grants and awards

48 publications.

01

Real-time location system implementation in dementia care: Stakeholder perspectives.

Grigorovich A, Harvey K, Levy A, Haslam-Larmer L, Shum LC, Iaboni A, McMurray J

The Gerontologist2025First author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf244 PMID: 41212519

02

Staff, resident, and care partner perceptions on the use of a personalized tablet to mitigate the impact of isolation in long-term care residents.

Kokorelias KM, Grigorovich A, D'Elia T, Astell A, McMurray J, Iaboni A

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319005 PMID: 40445956

03

Technology-Enabled Recreation and Leisure Programs and Activities for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: Rapid Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, McMurray J, Chu C, Astell A, Grigorovich A, Kontos P, Babineau J, Bytautas J, Ahuja A, Iaboni A

JMIR neurotechnology2024

DOI: 10.2196/53038 PMID: 41341243

04

Longitudinal Coadaptation of Older Adults With Wearables and Voice-Activated Virtual Assistants: Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Grigorovich A, Harris MT, Rehman U, Ritchie L, Levy AM, Denecke K, McMurray J

Journal of medical Internet research2024

DOI: 10.2196/57258 PMID: 39110963

05

Personalized Tablets for Residents in Long-Term Care to Support Recreation and Mitigate Isolation.

Astell A, Dosanjh S, D'Elia T, Kokorelias KM, Stewart S, Grigorovich A, McMurray J, Iaboni A

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105022 PMID: 38763162

06

Factors That Influence Successful Adoption of Real-Time Location Systems for Use in a Dementia Care Setting: Mixed Methods Study.

Haslam-Larmer L, Grigorovich A, Shum L, Bianchi A, Newman K, Iaboni A, McMurray J

JMIR aging2024

DOI: 10.2196/45978 PMID: 38587884

07

Coadaptation Between Smart Technologies and Older Adults Over Time: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Grigorovich A, Harris MT, Rehman U, Ritchie L, Levy A, Denecke K, McMurray J

JMIR research protocols2023

DOI: 10.2196/51129 PMID: 37812466

08

Rehabilitation professionals' perspectives and experiences with the use of technologies for violence prevention: a qualitative study.

Grigorovich A, Kontos P, Popovic MR

BMC health services research2023First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09789-7 PMID: 37612649

09

Prevalence, causes, and consequences of moral distress in healthcare providers caring for people living with dementia in long-term care during a pandemic.

Haslam-Larmer L, Grigorovich A, Quirt H, Engel K, Stewart S, Rodrigues K, Kontos P, Astell A, McMurray J, Levy A, Bingham KS, Flint AJ, Maxwell C, Iaboni A

Dementia (London, England)2023

DOI: 10.1177/14713012221124995 PMID: 36240074

10

Conceptualization of frailty in rehabilitation interventions with adults: a scoping review.

Kokorelias KM, Cronin SM, Munce SEP, Eftekhar P, McGilton KS, Vellani S, Colella TJF, Kontos P, Grigorovich A, Furlan A, Salbach NM, Jaglal S, Chan B, Cameron JI

Disability and rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.2012844 PMID: 34889703

Bridging Work and Care: Developing Hospital-Based Strategies to Support Healthcare Professionals Caring for Aging Family Members

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kokorelias, Kristina M; Cameron, Jill I; Stall, Nathan M

Keywords: Aging; Caregiving; Hospital

$10,000

Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice in dementia care: Using the arts to challenge stigma and facilitate relational caring

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Betty Havens Prize

Principal investigators: Kontos, Pia C

Keywords: Betty Havens Prize

$20,000

Dementia Isolation Toolkit

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care - Ontario

Principal investigators: Iaboni, Andrea; Grigorovich, Alisa; McMurray, Josephine D

Keywords: Covid-19; Long-Term Care; Pandemic

$136,991

Supporting safe and healthy sexual expression for people living with dementia in urban and rural long-term care settings

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kontos, Pia C; Brassolotto, Julia M; Grigorovich, Alisa; Poole, Lisa

Keywords: Dementia; Education; Intimacy; Long-Term Care Homes; Policy; Rural; Sexual Expression; Urban

$325,124

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

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Pia Kontos

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

23 shared papers, latest 2024

Josephine McMurray

School of Pharmacy

6 shared papers, latest 2025

Kevin Rodrigues

Clinical Public Health Division

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Angela Colantonio

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Kristine Newman

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Tatyana Mollayeva

Epidemiology Division

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Andria Bianchi

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Brian Gibson

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Colleen Maxwell

School of Pharmacy

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Susan Jaglal

Department of Physical Therapy

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Claudia Barned

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Ann Heesters

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Malcolm Binns

Biostatistics Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Andrew Sixsmith

Urban Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Laura Tamblyn Watts

Institute for Human Development, Life Course & Aging

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Alex Mihailidis

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Heather Ross

Medicine/Cardiology

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Shabbir Alibhai

Li Ka Shing Knowledge

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Susan Kirkland

Community Health and Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Gihad Nesrallah

Research Institute

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Bonnie Kirsh

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Sarah Munce

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Dementia Dear Professor Grigorovich, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Real-time location system implementation in dementia care: Stakeholder perspectives." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Dementia Isolation Toolkit" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Alisa Grigorovich

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Real-time location system implementation in dementia care: Stakeholder perspectives.

Staff, resident, and care partner perceptions on the use of a personalized tablet to mitigate the impact of isolation in long-term care residents.

Technology-Enabled Recreation and Leisure Programs and Activities for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: Rapid Scoping Review.

Longitudinal Coadaptation of Older Adults With Wearables and Voice-Activated Virtual Assistants: Scoping Review.

Personalized Tablets for Residents in Long-Term Care to Support Recreation and Mitigate Isolation.

Factors That Influence Successful Adoption of Real-Time Location Systems for Use in a Dementia Care Setting: Mixed Methods Study.

Coadaptation Between Smart Technologies and Older Adults Over Time: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Rehabilitation professionals' perspectives and experiences with the use of technologies for violence prevention: a qualitative study.

Prevalence, causes, and consequences of moral distress in healthcare providers caring for people living with dementia in long-term care during a pandemic.

Conceptualization of frailty in rehabilitation interventions with adults: a scoping review.

Bridging Work and Care: Developing Hospital-Based Strategies to Support Healthcare Professionals Caring for Aging Family Members

Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice in dementia care: Using the arts to challenge stigma and facilitate relational caring

Dementia Isolation Toolkit

Supporting safe and healthy sexual expression for people living with dementia in urban and rural long-term care settings

Frequent collaborators

Pia Kontos

Andrea Iaboni

Josephine McMurray

Arlene Astell

Kevin Rodrigues

Angela Colantonio

Kristine Newman

Tatyana Mollayeva

Julia Kirkham

Kathleen Bingham

Andria Bianchi

Brian Gibson

Gary Naglie

Colleen Maxwell

Susan Jaglal

Claudia Barned

Ann Heesters

Malcolm Binns

Vincy Chan

Andrew Sixsmith

Laura Tamblyn Watts

Charlene Chu

Alex Mihailidis

Alastair Flint

Heather Ross

Shabbir Alibhai

Andrea Furlan

Susan Kirkland

Gihad Nesrallah

Bonnie Kirsh

Sarah Munce