Louise Demers
Services de réadaptation et personnes âgées
- Vice-doyenne
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Faculté de médecine - Direction
- Directrice de département
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Faculté de médecine - École de réadaptation
7077, av. du Parc, room U-402-1
- Professeure titulaire
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Faculté de médecine - École de réadaptation
Media
Profile
Research expertise
Quatre principaux champs d’intérêts reliés à la réadaptation gériatrique :
- la gérontechnologie;
- les proches aidants;
- la mesure et l’évaluation (développement, analyse des propriétés de mesure et adaptation transculturelle);
- la participation sociale des personnes âgées vivant dans la communauté.
Biography
Louise Demers, PhD, OT(C) is Full Professor and Director of the School of Rehabilitation at the Université de Montréal, and Associate Vice-Dean for Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. She is a scientist at the Research Center of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montreal, Quebec. She is an internationally renowned researcher in the areas of outcome measurement, geriatric rehabilitation, assistive technology and caregiver burden with over 80 peer-reviewed articles. Her research has been funded by several agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQ-S), US National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation, and Network Centers of Excellence (AGEWELL). Dr Demers was a member of the international Consortium for AT Outcomes Measures Research (CATOR), which was established in 2001 to advance the field of assistive technology outcomes measurement and strives to improve the instruments and techniques available to researchers, services providers, and policy makers. She has held a career investigator award from the FRQ-S from 2001 to 2013, has served on the Advisory Board for the Institute of Aging from 2006 to 2010, and continues to serve on the Steering Committee for the Quebec Network for Research on Aging.
education
- 2001 — Postdoctorat — Épidémiologie et biostatistique — Université McGill
- 1999 — Doctorat en sciences biomédicales (option réadaptation) — — Université de Montréal
- 1995 — Maîtrise en sciences biomédicales (option réadaptation) — — Université de Montréal
- 1985 — Baccalauréat en sciences — Ergothérapie — Université de Montréal
Affiliations and responsabilities
Teaching and supervision
Teaching
Courses taught (current session only)
- IPR-6001 – Demande de financement en contexte entrepreneurial
- IPR-6002 – Le réseautage professionnel en ligne
- IPR-6007 – Intégration des TIC en milieu professionnel
- IPR-6011 – Projet professionnel et gestion de carrière
- IPR-6013 – Sciences humaines et innovation 3
- IPR-6014 – Développement des aptitudes au leadership 1
- PLU-6152 – Introduction à la diplomatie scientifique
Programs
Student supervision
Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)
Expériences d’utilisation des services de réadaptation chez les personnes âgées originaires de l’Asie de l’Est du point de vue des professionnelles et professionnels de la réadaptation et des personnes proches aidantes
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Pratique et perception des ergothérapeutes sur l'évaluation et l'entraînement des habiletés en fauteuil roulant manuel en contexte de réadaptation pédiatrique
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
La priorisation des demandes en ergothérapie dans les programmes de soutien à domicile
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Adaptation transculturelle et validation du questionnaire Upper Limb Functional Index (ULFI) pour la population canadienne française
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Influence du milieu d'évaluation sur la réalisation de tâches liées à la préparation de repas auprès de personnes âgées fragiles
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Évaluation des effets de l'utilisation des aides à la mobilité motorisées chez les personnes âgées de plus de 50 ans
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Le loisir et la réadaptation gériatrique : étude de modèles pour la pratique et la recherche
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Association between independence in daily activities and social roles in older adults with stroke
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Développement d'un outil d'évaluation du statut fonctionnel pour les personnes âgées en visite à l'urgence
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Adaptation anglaise et validation d'un questionnaire visant à recueillir la perception de la qualité des services de réadaptation reçus par des personnes ayant subi un traumatisme crânien
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Applicabilité à domicile d'une batterie d'évaluation mesurant les résultats de la réadaptation gériatrique
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Développement de la version québécoise du "Montgomery Borgatta Caregiver Burden Scale"
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Projects
Research projects
Evaluating and scaling up MOvIT+ - Original Award Number: AWCAT-2019-129
Evaluating and scaling up MOvIT+ - Original Award Number: AWCAT-2019-129
Comparative effectiveness of a comprehensive, patient-centered hospital discharge planning intervention for frail older adults: feasibility study for a large mixed-method randomized pragmatic trial
Understanding the needs of the caregivers
Description
Family caregivers are a critical to the health and support of older people. It is commonly presumed that providing assistive technology will decrease the burden of their care provision, but we still lack solid research evidence. The aim of NEEDS-CG is to gain a better insight into the opportunities to support caregivers, and develop novel technological solutions that can help them to provide more effective and efficient care, and reduce the burdens/consequences of care and enhance caregiver quality of life. This includes developing various solutions that can be used to help caregivers make more informed decision around the types of technologies that are selected, providing assistance during the use different technological approaches, and connecting caregivers to provide peer support. Similar to NEEDS-OA, the outcomes of NEEDS-CG will be a detailed understanding of the needs and preferences of caregivers, and how best they can be supported through technology. This information will be critical throughout the development of new technologies, and will be invaluable market data for our partners.
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) ou Étude longitudinale canadienne sur le vieillissement (ELCV) suite du projet 41901
Designing assistive technology that cares: Dissemination of knowledge generated by a multidisciplinary workshop that explores holistic needs of family caregivers and care recipients
A MULTI-SITE TRIAL OF THE IMPACT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION OF A WHEELCHAIR SKILLS PROGRAM FOR REHABILITATION CLINICIANS : A FEASIBILITY STUDY
RESEAU PROVINCIAL DE RECHERCHE EN ADAPTATION-READAPTATION (REPAR) PARTENARIAT OPHQ-REPAR- LA PRIORISATION DES REFERENCES EN ERGOTHERAPIE DANS LES CSSS DU QUEBEC
A MULTI-SITE TRIAL OF THE IMPACT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
Description
The project’s principal purpose is to examine the effect of an AT provision, updating and training intervention on 1) the daily activities and social participation of the assistance user, and 2) the physical and/or psychological demands on the caregiver who assists with these activities. We anticipate the AT intervention will shift assistance provision away from the caregiver and result in 1) the use of AT alone, or 2) the use of AT combined with human assistance. A secondary objective is to explore how this intervention is experienced by assistance users and their caregivers to allow for its further refinement, to facilitate a better understanding of how it works and to help interpret the quantitative findings of the study.
RQRV - FRELE - Espace de vie et cognition, une association novatrice pour mieux détecter les personnes âgées à risque de démence
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE WHEELCHAIR SKILLS TEST VERSION 4.2 FOR POWER WHEELCHAIR AND INTELLIGENT POWER WHEELCHAIR USE IN PUBLIC SPACES
LA PRIORISATION DES REFERENCES EN ERGOTHERAPIE DANS LES CSSS DU QUEBEC
A MULTI-SITE TRIAL OF THE IMPACT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
DEVELOPPEMENT ET VALIDATION D'UN FAUTEUIL ROULANT MOTORISÉ INTELLIGENT (FRMI) POUR UTILISATION EN CENTRE D'ACHAT
LES EFFETS DES AIDES TECHNIQUES A LA MOBILITE UTILISEES PAR LES PERSONNES AGEES
INFLUENCE DU MILIEU D'ÉVALUATION (CLINIQUE VS DOMICILIAIRE) SUR LA RÉALISATION D'ACTIVITÉS FAMILIÈRES ET SIGNIFICATIVES DE LA VIE DOMESTIQUE AUPRES DE PERSONNES AGÉES FRAGILES
Outreach
Publications and presentations
Publications
- Mortenson, W. B., Demers, L., Fuhrer, M. J., Bilkey, J., Jutai, J., Alkadri, J., & Aziz, J. (2018). Comparing assessments of physical functional independence in older adults with mobility limitations. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1097/phm.0000000000001092
- Béland, F., Julien, D., Bier, N., Desrosiers, J., Kergoat, M.-J., & Demers, L. (2018). Association between cognitive function and life-space mobility in older adults: results from the FRéLE longitudinal study. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), 227. doi:10.1186/s12877-018-0908-y
- Busuioc, S. A., Karim, M., Efanov, J. I., Demers, L., Izadpanah, A., Harris, P., . . . Bourbonnais, D. (2018). The Michigan Hand Questionnaire and Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire were successfully translated to Canadian French. Journal of Hand Therapy, 37(2), 86-90. doi:10.1016/j.jht.2018.08.001
- Bertrand, K., Raymond, M. H., Miller, W. C., Martin Ginis, K. A., & Demers, L. (2017). Walking Aids for Enabling Activity and Participation: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 96(12), 894-903. doi:10.1097/phm.0000000000000836
- Mortenson, W. B., Pysklywec, A., Fuhrer, M. J., Jutai, J. W., Plante, M., & Demers, L. (2017). Caregivers’ experiences with the selection and use of assistive technology. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, 1-6. doi:10.1080/17483107.2017.1353652
- Raymond, M.-H., Demers, L., & Feldman, D. E. (2017). Differences in waiting list prioritization preferences of occupational therapists, elderly people and persons with disabilities: a discrete choice experiment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2017.06.031
- Provencher, V., Desrosiers, J., Demers, L., & Carmichael, P.-H. (2016). Optimizing social participation in normal aging through the use of behavioral coping strategies. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(10), 972-978. doi:10.3109/09638288.2015.1070297
- Mortenson, B., Demers, L., Fuhrer, M. J., Jutai, J. W., Lenker, J., & DeRuyter, F. (2015). Development and preliminary evaluation of the caregiver assistive technology outcome measure. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 47(5), 412-418. doi:10.2340/16501977-1952
- Raymond, M.-H., Demers, L., & Feldman, D. E. (2016). Waiting list management practices for home-care occupational therapy in the province of Quebec, Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 24(2), 154-164. doi:10.1111/hsc.12195
- Hamasaki, T., Demers, L., & Filiatrault, J. (2015). Test-retest reliability and responsiveness of a French Canadian Upper Limb Functional Index (ULFI-FC). Disability & Rehabilitation, 37(12), 1090-1096. doi:10.3109/09638288.2014.948142
Disciplines
- Geriatrics
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Areas of expertise
- Family and Care Givers
- Technological Innovations
- Mobility
- Loss of Independence
- Quality of Life and Aging
- Community Health / Public Health
- Specialized Services (Housing, Transportation)
- Rehabilitation Care and Services
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