Adrian Wagg
Adrian Wagg, Professor of Healthy Ageing, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
Adrian Wagg
Dr. Adrian Wagg is a specialist in Geriatric and General Medicine with expertise in health services research. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta and Professor of Continence Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is Deputy Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. Dr. Wagg has significant front-line experience in healthcare administration and systems development, a strong knowledge of operational issues and an in-depth perspective of healthcare of older Albertans. His research interests involve improving care for people with urinary incontinence, community engagement and the quality of care for older people in nursing homes. He is active in national and international clinical practice guideline development and is the Co-Chair of the International Consultation on Incontinence; prior to this he was General Secretary of the International Continence Society. In his service to the community, Dr. Wagg is President of the Canadian Continence Foundation and participates in numerous other activities promoting health literacy and the healthy ageing of seniors.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Canada; |
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| Topics | Ageing in place; Autonomy; Care Homes; Care innovations; Care outcomes; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Loneliness among older people; LTC Systems; LTC utitilisation; Outcome measurement in LTC; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Rights and people’s voices in LTC systems; |
| Methods | Co-production methods; Expert consultations; Focus groups; Implementation science; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal data analysis; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Scoping reviews; Trials and other evaluations; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Continence Care in Long-Term Care; |
| Website | https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/wagg |
| ORC.ID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-530X |
| GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Gx8wLIQAAAAJ |
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| Research interests | His research interests involve improving care for people with urinary incontinence, community engagement, healthy aging and the quality of care for older people in nursing homes. |
| Key publications | ‘We listened and supported and depended on each other’: a qualitative study of how leadership influences implementation of QI interventions. The Association Between the Presence of Medical Care and Resident Outcomes in Canadian Nursing Homes: a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis. Mapping Quality Indicators to Assess Older Adult Health and Care in Community-, Continuing-, and Acute-Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Guidelines. Drivers of COVID-19 Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities Using Multi-Level Analysis: A Systematic Review. Building a communication and support network among quality improvement teams in nursing homes: a longitudinal study of the SCOPE trial. Benefits of a digital health technology for older nursing home residents. A de-novo cost-effectiveness model for digital health technologies to aid in the assessment of toileting and containment care needs. Building a Program Theory of Implementation Using Process Evaluation of a Complex Quality Improvement Trial in Nursing Homes. Safer Care for Older Persons in (residential) Environments (SCOPE): a pragmatic controlled trial of a care aide-led quality improvement intervention. Technological Solutions for Urinary Continence Care Delivery for Older Adults: A Scoping Review. |