Joel Sadavoy, University of Toronto

Research

Community Research Dementia Family Caregiving Group Psychotherapy Knowledge Dissemination Problem Solving Techniques Qualitative Methodology Rural Caregiving Strategic Planning

Latest papers

Supporting Unpaid Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study to Explore Caregiver Outcomes and Impact of a Co-Designed Simulation-Based Psychoeducation Program in Virtual Reality.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Correction: Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.
Cureus · 2025
Impact of Care-Recipient Health Conditions on Employed Caregiver Well-Being: Measure Development and Validation.
Journal of aging and health · 2025 · senior author

All 18 publications

Latest funding

A National Study on the Health Impacts and Experience of Family Caregiving for Canadians Living with Dementia
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$573,750
Supporting Family Dementia Caregivers in Rural Canadian Communities: Learning and Opportunities
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$19,609
Forget me not: a calvacade of commitment for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
CIHR · 2011 · Principal investigator
$3,000

All 3 grants and awards

18 publications.

01

Supporting Unpaid Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study to Explore Caregiver Outcomes and Impact of a Co-Designed Simulation-Based Psychoeducation Program in Virtual Reality.

Chiu M, Pistritto SC, Kokorelias KM, Clarke KM, Torres A, Craven CG, Dubrowski A, Kapralos B, O'Hare E, Sadavoy J, Shnall A, Smith MSD, Choudhury N, Burhan AM

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/87107 PMID: 41813439

02

Correction: Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Chiu M, Paul S, Zhu L, Choudhury N, Craven CG, Dubrowski A, Redublo T, Kapralos B, Smith MSD, Shnall A, Sadavoy J, Burhan A

Cureus2025

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.c260 PMID: 40873909

03

Impact of Care-Recipient Health Conditions on Employed Caregiver Well-Being: Measure Development and Validation.

Duxbury L, Ding R, Stevenson M, Sadavoy J

Journal of aging and health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08982643241239086 PMID: 38487998

04

Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Chiu M, Paul S, Zhu L, Choudhury N, Craven CG, Dubrowski A, Redublo T, Kapralos B, Smith MSD, Shnall A, Sadavoy J, Burhan A

Cureus2024

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64082 PMID: 39114214

05

Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Chertkow H, Phillips N, Rockwood K, Anderson N, Andrew MK, Bartha R, Beaudoin C, Bélanger N, Bellec P, Belleville S

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease20249 citations

DOI: 10.1177/13872877241290990

06

Evaluation of the Reitman Centre CARERS program for supporting dementia family caregivers: a pre-post intervention study.

Sadavoy J, Sajedinejad S, Chiu M

International psychogeriatrics2022First author

DOI: 10.1017/s1041610220004019 PMID: 33455610

07

The impact on employees of providing informal caregiving for someone with dementia.

Sadavoy J, Sajedinejad S, Duxbury L, Chiu M

Aging & mental health2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1871878 PMID: 33459037

08

A Canadian national survey of informal employed caregivers of older adults with and without dementia: Work and employee outcomes.

Sadavoy J, Sajedinejad S, Duxbury L, Chiu M

The International journal of social psychiatry2022First author

DOI: 10.1177/0020764020983866 PMID: 33372580

09

Tele-Mindfulness for Dementia's Family Caregivers: A Randomized Trial with a Usual Care Control Group.

Zarei S, Lakhanpal G, Sadavoy J

Current Alzheimer research2022Senior author

DOI: 10.2174/1567205019666220514131015 PMID: 35570513

10

A quasi-experimental study of the effectiveness of the Reitman Centre CARERS group intervention on family caregivers of persons with dementia.

Sadavoy J, Sajedinejad S, Chiu M

International journal of geriatric psychiatry2021First author

DOI: 10.1002/gps.5481 PMID: 33271636

A National Study on the Health Impacts and Experience of Family Caregiving for Canadians Living with Dementia

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stall, Nathan M; Armstrong, Joshua J; Gruneir, Andrea; Lix, Lisa M; Rochon, Paula A; Saragosa, Marianne; Sivananthan, Saskia N

Keywords: Caregiving; Dementia

$573,750

Supporting Family Dementia Caregivers in Rural Canadian Communities: Learning and Opportunities

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Chiu, Mary; Sadavoy, Joel

Keywords: Community Research; Dementia Family Caregiving; Group Psychotherapy; Knowledge Dissemination; Problem Solving Techniques; Qualitative Methodology; Rural Caregiving; Strategic Planning; Working Caregivers

$19,609

Forget me not: a calvacade of commitment for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Principal investigatorCIHR2011CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Tran, Chau; Sadavoy, Joel

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease

$3,000

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.

Adam Dubrowski

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Adriana Shnall

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Mary Chiu

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Amer Burhan

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Gary Naglie

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Megan O'Connell

Clinical Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Simon Ducharme

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Rosalie Steinberg

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2005

Dallas Seitz

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sid Feldman

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Pamela Roach

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Pamela Roach

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Carrie McAiney

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Howard Chertkow

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Gillian Einstein

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Colleen Maxwell

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Natalie Phillips

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Howard Chertkow

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Carol Greenwood

Department of Nutritional Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Louis Bherer

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Cheryl Wellington

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Nicole Anderson

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Edward Fon

Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Bojana Stefanovic

Department of Medical Biophysics

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Alex Mihailidis

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Neil Cashman

UBC James Hogg Research Centre

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Debra Morgan

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Howard Bergman

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Nathan Herrmann

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Peter ST GEORGE-HYSLOP

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Serge Gauthier

Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sheila Dunn

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Elizabeth Finger

Clinical Neurological Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Andrew Lim

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Ian Mackenzie

Medicine/Neurology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Howard Feldman

Medicine/Neurology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Mark Rapoport

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sandra Black

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Margaret Fahnestock

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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