Aging TEAM

Focus & Goals

Team overview

Our Focus

Canada’s population is rapidly aging. The population of senior citizens – those age 65 and older – is expected to more than double over the next two decades. This demographic change will place great demands on the continuum of care. Research in the Aging Team at KITE is focused on devising solutions that can ease pressure on the health system, provide additional services and supports, and assist independent living and aging in place.

Our Goals

Addressing the needs of older adults and their caregivers.

Ongoing Studies

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Advanced technologies for improving pain care in older adults with dementia

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Ambient monitoring to frequently assess falling risk and reduce falls and fall related injuries in long-term-care

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Preventing falls on icy surfaces with advanced winter footwear and training interventions

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Understanding tripping risk on outdoor walkways through measurement of minimum foot clearance

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Preventing pressure injuries

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Developing standards for improving accessibility

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Preventing back injuries in caregivers

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Reactive balance training for improving safe mobility

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Developing robotic prosthetic legs and exoskeletons for older adults

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Investigating the link between asthma, sleep apnea and heart failure in older adult

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Location tracking-based health status indices for clinical support (STICS)

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Developing smart glasses to assist older adults with vision loss

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Developing digital technologies to assess sleep apnea in older adults

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Events & Gatherings

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Oct 3, 2025

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KITE Aging Team hosts a session to learn about the new and exciting UHN Older Adult Strategy, led by Dr. Richard Norman and Carolyn Gosse

July 4, 2025

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Aging Team hosting a presentation by Dr. Ron Buliung, UofT Distinguished Professor of Geographies of Disability and Ableism, on intersections of urban design, disability, and mobility

Dec 12, 2024

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Aging Team Lunch and Learn on Research needs in Complex Continuing Care

April 16, 2025

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Aging Team webinar on envisAGE funding opportunities

Feb 19, 2025

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Aging Team session on industry collaboration and REB process updates

Dec 12, 2024

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Aging Team Lunch and Learn on Research needs in Complex Continuing Care

May 13, 2024

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Aging team joint clinical/research lunch and learn session on Aging in the Community

Feb 12, 2024

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Aging team joint clinical/research lunch and learn session on falls

Nov 10, 2023

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Kite Aging Team kick-start meeting

Recent Publications

Highlights

Pub 01

V. Adeli, N. Korhani, A. Sabo, S. Mehdizadeh, A. Mansfield, A. Flint, A. Iaboni, and B. Taati. Ambient monitoring of gait and machine learning models for dynamic and short-term falls risk assessment in people with dementia. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE JBHI), Vol. 24, No. 7, pp 3599-3609, Jul 2023.

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Gabison S, Pupic N, Evans G, Dolatabadi E, Dutta T. Measuring Repositioning in Home Care for Pressure Injury Prevention and Management. Sensors. 2022 Sep 16;22(18):7013.

Team leads