Remembering When, an international program, proactively provides education opportunities for older adults on how to identify and eliminate fire and fall hazards in their home, how to prevent fires and falls and how to escape from a fire. The Saskatoon program also focuses on how to get up after a fall. The goal of the program is twofold:

• help older adults eliminate fire and fall hazards, enabling them to age safely in their home of choice, and

• connect them to helpful resources before they experience five or more fall incidents.

In January 2017, the SFD started Remembering When in partnership with the Saskatoon Council on Aging (SCOA) to enhance their public education programming. Remembering When communicates primarily through group presentations, home visits and follow-up telephone calls. In addition to Remembering When’s 16 safety messages, the program uses guidelines provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada to teach people how to get up after a fall if they have not hurt themselves and how to help someone up who has not injured themselves (Canada, 2020).

The goal of the project is to evaluate the implementation of a postcard related to fire and fall safety and medications related to falls. The postcard has been designed and will be piloted June 2021, with data collection beginning July 2021.

2 students - working as a team and in some instances, individually

The research assistants will support the research initiatives under the guidance of research faculty. Areas of inquiry include: older adults living in community, healthcare, not-for-profit organization, and private business (pharmacy).

The position requires skills in writing a research proposal, data collection (quantitative and qualitative), data analysis, data display, writing, computer skills.

The project may include, but is not limited to:

Phase 1: Literature review and proposal writing (May/June 2021)

• Conducting literature review and contributing to the development of quality improvement project
• Writing quality improvement proposal
• REB application

Phase 2: Quantitative Research (July 2021)

• Overseeing and individually collecting quantitative data, data manipulation, and data storage
• Planning and performing data analysis, including development of evaluation tool

Phase 3: Qualitative Research (August 2021)

• Develop interview guide
• Interview stakeholders and participants in the program to gather evaluative data
• planning and performing data analysis

Phase 4: Writing Phase (October 2021)

• Contributing to writing report and paper/presentation for publication.

The co-ordinator of the Remembering When program will be available for one-on-one mentorship and support. I will be available for mentorship and supervision for the 80 hour commitment - telephone or communication platform. Volunteers of the program will provide consultation and advise as required.