Dr. Pamela Jarrett

Geriatrician, Horizon Health Network

Associate Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick

Saint John Area

MD, FRCPC, FACP

Pamela Jarrett MD, FRCPC, FACP is currently a Geriatrician at Horizon Health Network in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University in New Brunswick. She has been involved in clinical research throughout her career. She is currently funded by a Clinical Research Scholarship from the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation which supports some of her work. She is the principal/co-principal investigator for several Healthy Seniors Pilot Project grants in New Brunswick. She is also a researcher with the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging and collaborates extensively with many researchers in the aging field nationally and internationally. Her research interests include dementia (prevention and management), transitions in care, frailty, falls and hip fractures, and medication use in older adults.

Collaborating Researchers/Research Institutions

  • BSc, University of New Brunswick
  • Doctor of Medicine, Dalhousie University
  • Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine
  • Fellow of American College of Physicians

  • Geriatrician, Horizon Health Network
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Memorial University
  • Associate Professor Faculty of Graduate Studies Dalhousie University
  • Honorary Research Associate in School of Graduate Studies University of New Brunswick Fredericton
  • Federal Canadian Ministerial Advisory Committee on Dementia – Member

  • 2022 New Brunswick’s Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Aging
  • New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Clinical Research Scholarship Award (2021-2025)
  • Clinical Research Award for poster at the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Annual Meeting November 2022. A Description of Older Adults admitted with an Isolated Hip Fracture to a Level 1 Trauma Center in New Brunswick
  • Research Award for poster at the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Annual Meeting November 2022. How well is a virtual exercise and cognitive intervention at home tolerated by older adults at risk for dementia?
  • First Place Overall Poster at the Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting 2021. Prevalence of Frailty Among Hospitalized Older Adults in New Brunswick: An Administrative Data Base Study.
  • Research Team of the Year New Brunswick Health Research Foundation 2019
  • Award of Excellence – Department of Health New Brunswick for eConsult Project 2018
  • Award of Excellence – Department of Health New Brunswick for Rehabilitation and Reablement Program 2017
  • Award of Excellence – Department of Health New Brunswick for Alternative Level of Care Profile 2016
  • Clinical Health Researcher of the Month – New Brunswick Health Research Foundation November 2014
  • Alzheimer’s Society of New Brunswick Notable New Brunswicker – May 2012.

  • Dementia – Prevention and Management
  • Frailty
  • Transitions in Care
  • Falls and Hip Fractures
  • Polypharmacy

Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator

  1. The New Brunswick Brain Health Initiative: Preventing Alzheimer’s by Lessening Modifiable Risk | https://www.nbpalm.ca/
  2. SYNERGIC-2 Trial (SYNchronizing, Exercises and Remedies to GaIn Cognition@home). A Home-based Personalized Multidomain RCT from the Canadian Therapeutic Platform for Multidomain Interventions to Prevent Dementia (CAN-THUMBS UP) | https://www.nbpalm.ca/eng/synergicathome
  3. Canadian Therapeutic Platform Trial for Multidomain Interventions to Prevent Dementia (CAN-Thumbs UP or CTU): Brain Health Support Program Intervention. | https://www.nbpalm.ca/bhsp-pilot
  4. The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging and Research on Organization of Healthcare Services for Alzheimers (ROSA): Dementia Trajectories. | https://www.mcgill.ca/familymed/research/projects/research-organization-healthcare-services-alzheimers-rosa
  5. Dementia Care in Primary Care: An International Study on Implementation and Evaluation (COGNISANCE: CO-desiGning demeNtia dIagnoSis ANd post-diagnostic CarE) | https://forwardwithdementia.ca/
  6. Piloting Patient Navigation for People with Dementia, their Caregivers and Members of the Care Team | https://www.unb.ca/nbirdt/mektu/healthy-seniors-pilot-projects/piloting-patient-navigation-for-people-with-dementia,-their-caregivers,-and-members-of-the-care-team.html
  7. The CHARM Study – Coordinating Transitions from Hospital for older adults with fractures: An interventional mixed methods study | https://www.unb.ca/nbirdt/mektu/healthy-seniors-pilot-projects/charm-study—coordinating-transitions-from-hospital-for-older-adults-with-fractures-an-interventional-mixed-methods-study.html
  8. New Brunswick Risk Profiles for Brain Health (with New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT)
  9. Outcomes in Older Adults with Isolated Hip Fractures: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study across Regional Hospitals in New Brunswick
  10. Trends in the Primary Care Management and Health Service Use of the Dementia Population in New Brunswick
  11. Outcomes in Older Adults with Isolated Hip Fractures: An analysis of frailty and the outcomes of isolated hip fractures in the elderly at the Saint John Regional Hospital

Co-Investigator

  1. French Language Validation of the Cogniciti Brain Health Assessment | https://cogniciti.com/
  2. Engaging Older New Brunswick Adults in Brain Health Research | https://www.nbpalm.ca/
  3. Spread and Scale of a Polypharmacy App to Improve Health Outcomes of Older Adults living in New Brunswick Nursing Home | https://www.unb.ca/nbirdt/mektu/healthy-seniors-pilot-projects/spread-and-scale-of-a-polypharmacy-app-to-improve-health-outcomes-of-older-adults-living-in-new-brunswick-nursing-homes.html
  4. Counting What Counts: Assessing Quality of Life and its Social Determinants Among Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia
  5. Stand if You Can: A Parallel, Superiority Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Gait Speed for Long Term Care Residents
  6. The Breaking “Bad Rest” Study: Interrupting sedentary time to reverse frailty levels in acute care | https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr.html

Research in Medicine Student Projects (Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick)

  1. Outcomes in Older Adults with Isolated Hip Fractures: An analysis of frailty and the outcomes of isolated hip fractures in the elderly at the Saint John Regional Hospital
  2. Evaluation of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale to determine Frailty when used retrospectively with Electronic Health Records.
  3. Clinical Factors that Predict Discharge Disposition in Older Adults with Isolated Hip Fractures at the Saint John Regional Hospital
  4. Teaching dementia care in health professions training programs in Canada: A scoping review
  5. A Qualitative Study of the Motivational Experiences of Participants in a Brain Health Support Pilot Program

Research Funding

2022

  1. How well is a virtual exercise and cognitive intervention at home tolerated by older adults at risk for dementia? Faig K, Gallibois M, McGibbon C, Sexton A, Haché J, Bohnsack A, Tranchant C, Handrigan G, Jarrett P. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  2. Methodology for The CHARM Study – Coordinating transitions from hospital for older adults with fractures: An interventional mixed methods study. Hanson N, Freeze T, Skerry L, Nesbitt M, Faig K, Benjamin S, Ringuette J, Doucet S, Luke A, Wagg J, Pishe T, Louis R, Ouellet L, Jarrett P. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  3. Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia over Time and Place in New Brunswick: An Administrative Data Study. Youssef S, Jarrett P, McGibbon C, Magalhaes S. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  4. Piloting Patient Navigation for People Living with Dementia, their Care Partners, and Members of the Care Team. MacNeil L, Doucet S, Luke A, Faig K, Légère K, Gionet S, Jarrett P. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  5. Evaluating the Canadian Forward with Dementia Campaign. Reid A, Doucet S, Luke A, Jarret P, MacNeil L, McAiney C, Vedel I, Conway E, Rojas-Rozo L, Besner J, Thombs R, COGNISANCE TEAM. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  6. A Description of Older Adults Admitted with an Isolated Hip Fracture to a Level 1 Trauma Center in New Brunswick. MacLellan C, Benjamin S, Faig K, Shanks J, Cooper L, Flewelling A, Bohnsack A, McGibbon C, Dutton D, Wagg J, Jarrett P. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  7. Experience using the Pictorial-Fit Frail Scale to Retrospectively Review Electronic Hospital Records in Hospitalized Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients. MacLellan C, Shanks J, Cook A, Faig K, Benjamin S, Bohnsack A, Flewelling A, McGibbon C, Gionet S, Fitzgerald M, Miller N, Jarrett P. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Fredericton, NB. November 2022.
  8. An Evaluation of the Forward with Dementia Initiative in Canada. McAiney C, Luke A, Doucet S, Vedel I, Reid A, Koch M, Conway E, Rojas-Rozo L, Jarrett P, MacNeill L, Low L-F, Brodaty H, the COGNISANCE Consortium. Canadian Association on Gerontology. October 2022.
  9. Engaging older adults at risk of dementia with cognitive and physical, as well as lifestyle and educational interventions. McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Magalhaes S, Robinson B, Yetman L, Crapoulet S, Sexton A, Faig K, Bouchard D, Handrigan G, Tranchant C, Chamard-Witkowski L, Montero-Odasso M, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  10. Co-designing Dementia Care: Building the Future Together. Doucet S, Jarrett P, Luke A, Reid A, McAiney C, Vedel I, Allen G, MacBean C, Baxter J, Jardine D, Clarkson K, Theriault L, LaFrance M, McDonald T. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  11. Mapping and Modelling Complex Health Care Processes for Older Adults using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method. McCloskey R, Jarrett P, Feltmate P, Hanson N, Davis L, Harris B, Robinson B, McGibbon C, Scheme E, Veitch B, Smith D, Salehi V. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  12. Engaging Older Adults Virtually for Cognitive Assessments: Feasibility of Research with Online Neuropsychological Tests (FRONT). Pauley C, Yetman L, Crapoulet S, Lupo J-L, Slack P, Jacobs D, McGibbon C, Montero-Odasso M, Jarrett P, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  13. New Brunswick Brain Health Initiative: Preventing Alzheimer’s by Lessening Modifiable Risks (NB-PALM). McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Magalhaes S, Robinson B, Yetman L, Crapoulet S, Sexton A, Faig K, Bouchard D, Handrigan G, Tranchant C, Chamard-Witkowski L, Montero-Odasso M, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  14. Stand if You Can. Bouchard D, Handrigan G, Caissie L, McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Hebert J, Sénéchal M, Read E, Cooling K, Gallibois M. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022.
  15. Virtual Exercise Prescription for Older Adults. Gallibois M, McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Yetman L, Crapoulet S, Sexton A, Faig K, Bouchard D, Handrigan G, Tranchant C, Chamard-Witkowski L, Montero-Odasso M, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. CFN and NBHRF’s Showcase of Research and Implementation to Improve the Lives of Older Adults. Fredericton, NB. May 2022. 

2021

  1. Delivering an exercise and cognitive intervention study virtually in the home of older adults: Synchronizing Exercises, Remedies in Gait and Cognition at Home (SYNERGIC@HOME) McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Handrigan G, Tranchant C, Bouchard D, Sexton A, Yetman L, Faig K, Crapoulet S, Kamkar N, Monterro-Odasso M, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study group. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Moncton, November 2021.
  2. The development of In-Home Virtual Testing for Older Adults: The Feasibility of Research with Online Neuropsychological Tests (FRONT). Jarrett P, Pauley C, Yetman L, Lupo J-L, Slack P, Jacobs D, McGibbon C, Montero-Odasso M, CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Moncton, November 2021.
  3. Reliability and Validity of Dual-Task Gait Evaluation with Internet-based Video Conferencing
    MacKenzie E, Caroll M., Gullison A, Bouchard D.R., Montero-Odasso M, Jarrett P, McGibbon C.A., and the CCNA-CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Health Research Week. Moncton, November 2021.
  4. Concordance of Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Couples: An Administrative Health Data Study. Magalhaes S, Rogers K, Folkins C, Bursey H, Doucet S, Jarrett P, Karunananthan S, Luke A, McDonald T, Wilson E. Canadian Association on Gerontology. Virtual. October 21, 2021.
  5. Synchronizing Exercises, Remedies in Gait and Cognition at Home: Feasibility of a home-based double-blind randomized controlled trial to improve gait and cognition in individuals at risk for dementia. Faig K, McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Handrigan G, Tranchant C, Bouchard D, Sexton A, Yetman L, Crapoulet S, Kamkar N, Montero-Odasso M. CADTH Annual Meeting. Virtual. November 2021.
  6. The influence of Stigma on Care Partners of Persons Living with Dementia. Stephenson M, Jarrett P, Yetman L. Research in Medicine Research Days. Sept 3, 2021. Dalhousie University. (Virtual Presentation).
  7. Canadian Therapeutic Platform Trial for Multidomain Interventions to Prevent Dementia (CAN Thumbs UP). Presented by the Co-Principal Investigators. (Jarrett P and McGibbon C are part of this group). Presentation at the WorldWide Fingers Meeting August 6, 2021. (Virtual Presentation).
  8. The Feasibility of Research with Online Neuropsychological Testing (FRONT): Adapting In-Person Cognitive Testing to a Virtual Environment. Pauley C, Yetman L, Lupo J-L, Slack P, Jacobs D, McGibbon C, Montero-Odasso M, Jarrett P. University of New Brunswick Health Research Day. August 19, 2021. (Virtual Presentation).
  9. Using a social ecological approach to understand transitions from hospital to home for frail older adults. Hanson N, Kervin E, Skerry L, Jarrett P, McCloskey R. Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. May 2021.
  10. Prevalence of Frailty Among Hospitalized Older Adults in New Brunswick, Canada: an Administrative Data Base Study. Gallibois M, Rogers K, Folkins C, Jarrett P, Magalhaes S. Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. May 2021.
  11. Pharmacist-led deprescribing in primary care: A pilot study. Trenaman S, Kennie-Kaulbach N, Isenor J, Goodine C, Jarrett P, Andrew M. OPEN (Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network). March 2021 (Virtual Presentation).

2020

  1. SYNchronizing Exercises, Remedies in GaIt and Cognition at Home: Feasibility of a home-based double-blind randomized controlled trial to improve gait and cognition in individuals at risk for dementia. Montero-Odasso M, McGibbon C, Jarrett P, Speechley M, Sarquis-Adamson Y, Kamkar N. The Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference. Virtual Presentation. 2020.
  2. A Collaborative Intervention for Deprescribing: A Pilot Study. Trenaman S, Kennie-Kaulback N, Isenor J, Goodine C, Jarrett P, Andrew M. Department of Medicine Research Day, Virtual (November 3-10, 2020).
  3. A Collaborative Intervention for Deprescribing: A Pilot Study. Trenaman S, Kennie-Kaulbach N, Isenor J, Goodine C, Jarrett P, Andrew M. Primary Health Care Research Day, Virtual (September 9, 2020).

2019

  1. Negotiating the “Leap of Faith”: Interdisciplinary health care professionals’ perspectives on accessing services for frail older adults after hospital discharge. Kervin E, Hanson N, Davis L, Jarrett P, McCloskey R. Canadian Association on Gerontology. Winnipeg, Manitoba. October 2019
  2. Optimizing transitions from hospital to home for frail older adults: Patient, Caregiver, and Interdisciplinary Health Care Professional Perspectives. Davis L, Hanson N, Kervin E, Jarrett P, McCloskey R. CFN National Conference on Frailty, Canada. October 2019
  3. An Intervention to support pharmacist led deprescribing in primary care. Trenaman S, Robinson B, Jarrett P, Isenor J, Willison M, Andrew M. Canadian Association on Gerontology, Moncton, October 25, 2019
  4. A Polypharmacy Application to Promote Deprescribing in Long-Term Care. Goodine C, McDonald E, Lee T, McIver Jr W, Jarrett P, McGibbon C. AGEWELL Conference. Moncton. October 2019.
  5. Negotiating the Leap of Faith: Interdisciplinary health care professionals’ perspectives on accessing services for frail older adults after hospital discharge to home. Kervin E, Hanson N, Skerry L, Jarrett P, McCloskey R. Canadian Association on Gerontology. Moncton. October 2019.
  6. Caregiving in Secrecy: The Journey of Being a Caregiver for a Person with Dementia. Yetman L, Stephenson M, McCloskey R, Agbaku M, Jarrett P. Canadian Conference on Dementia. Quebec City October 2019
  7. Validation of the English Version of Dépistage Cognitif de Québec:A New Screening Tool for Atypical Dementia. Meilleur-Durand S, Lévesque M, St-Onge F, Cassivi-Joncas A, Maselli M, Cunnane S, Jarrett P, Villeneuve S, Hsiung GY, Callahan B, Léger G, Salmon D; Galasko D, Gauthier S, Sellami L, Bouchard RW, Hudon C, Dupré N, Macoir J, Verret L, McSweeney M, Dionne E, Tolsdorf E, Sharp K, Comishen M, Vandenberghe C, Castellano CA, Yetman L, Laforce R Jr. Canadian Conference on Dementia. Quebec City. October 2019
  8. Collaborative Intervention for Streamlining Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing within Integrated Health-Care Teams. Trenaman S, Willison M, Robinson B, Isenor J, Jarrett P, Andrew M. Canadian Frailty Network Annual Conference. Toronto, ON. September 25, 2019.
  9. Does Frailty Combined with Clinical Impression Predict Outcomes for those with Dementia? McCollum A, Landry V, Yetman L, Theou O, Andrew M, Jarrett P. Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. Halifax. May 2019.

Published Abstracts

  1. Montero-Odasso, M., Jarrett, P., Handrigan, G., Chamard-Witkowski, L., Bouchard, D. R., Tranchant, C. C., Yetman, L., Belleville, S., Chertkow, H., Feldman, H., Nygaard, H. B., Almeida, Q. J., Bherer, L., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Speechley, M. R., Kamkar, N., & McGibbon, C. A. (2021). The SYNERGIC RCTs from Can Thumbs Up: Canadian experience in migrating lifestyle interventions to an @Home-based program to enhance cognition. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17(S10), https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055806
  2. Pauley, C., Yetman, L., Lupo, J-L., Slack, P., Jacobs, D., McGibbon, C., Jarrett, P., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2021). Virtual Testing of Seniors: The Feasibility of Research with Online Neuropsychological Tests (FRONT). Innovation in Aging, 5(S1), 956-957. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3451
  3. Kelley, S., MacDonald, E., Jarrett, P., & Patten, K. (2018). Poster Number: NR 18 – Effectiveness of A Review and Reduction Strategy for Patients Receiving Atypical Neuroleptic Treatment for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia on Hospital Inpatient Geriatric Units. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(S3), S149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.01.180
  4. Landry, V., Yetman, L., MacDonald, E., McGibbon, C., MacNeil, D., & Jarrett, P. (2018). Successful Aging in Place: Physician Predictions of Prognosis Do Not Reliably Align with Patient Outcomes in a Memory Clinic Population. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(3), S123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.01.150
  5. Arbeau, D., Bustard, J., Elliott, J., Williams, M., Josselyn, A., Gaudet, A., & Jarrett, P. (2017). Home Based Rehabilitation and Reablement: Evaluating a Patient Centered Integrated Model of Care. Innovation in Aging, 1(1), 905. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.3243
  6. Losier, E., McCollum, A., Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., Nicholson, P., & Howlett, M. (2016). P083: Why do older adults in assisted living facilities use the emergency department: are all these visits necessary? Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18(S1), S106. https://doi.org/10.1017/cem.2016.259
  7. Gionet, S., Jarrett, P., Sutherland, D., McCloskey, R., & Stewart, C. (2013). Measuring Outcomes on an Inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit: The Effectiveness of Goal Attainment Scaling in Patients with Dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(3), S140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.186
  8. Oakley, H., Jarrett, P., & McCloskey, R. (2013). The Relationship between Dementia and Falling in Long-stay Hospital Patients. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(S3), S147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.193
  9. Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., Stewart, C., McCollum, A., & Oakley, H. (2013). Long Stay Hospital Patients in Acute Care Hospital beds: What does Dementia have to do with this? The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(S3), S141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.187

Published Manuscripts (2017-2022)

  1. Lévesque, M., Ouellet, M.-C., Meilleur-Durand, S., Callahan, B., Bergeron, D., Hsiung, G.-Y., Verret, L., Fortin, M.-P., Masellis, M., Jarrett, P., Gauthier, S., Poulin, S., Cunnane, S., Villeneuve, S., Macoir, J., Bouchard, R., & Laforce, R. (2022). Cognitive differences between healthy monolingual and bilingual anglophones on the English version of the Dépistage Cognitif de Québec: A new screening tool for atypical dementia. International Journal of Bilingualism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221132199
  2. Trenaman, S. C., Kennie-Kaulbach, N., d’Entremont-MacVicar, E., Isenor, J. E., Goodine, C., Jarrett. P., & Andrew, M. K. (2022). Implementation of pharmacist-led deprescribing in collaborative primary care settings. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 44(5), 1216-1221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-022-01449-w
  3. McGibbon, C., Jarrett, P., Handrigan, G., Bouchard, D., Tranchant, C., Sexton, A., Yetman, L., Robinson, B., Crapoulet, S., Chamard-Witkowski, L., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L., Almeida, Q., Bherer, L., Lim, A., Speechely, M., Kamkar, N., Montero-Odasso, M., & Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), CAN-THUMBS UP Group. (2022). Protocol for SYNchronising Exercises, Remedies in GaIt and Cognition at Home (SYNERGIC@Home): feasibility of a home-based double-blind randomised controlled trial to improve gait and cognition in individuals at risk for dementia. BMJ Open, 12(3). e059988. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059988
  4. Skerry, L., Kervin, E., Hanson, N., Jarrett, P., & McCloskey, R. (2022). Investigating areas for improvement in the transition from hospital-to-home for frail older adults: A mixed methods study. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 27(6), 275-284.
  5. Gallibois, M. A., Rogers, K., Folkins, C., Jarrett, P., & Magalhaes, S. (2022). Prevalence of Frailty Among Hospitalized Older Adults in New Brunswick, Canada: An Administrative Data Population-Based Study. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.25.563
  6. Montero-Odasso, M., Jarrett, P., Handrigan, G., Chamard-Witkowski, L., Bouchard, D. R., Tranchant, C. C., Yetman, L., Belleville, S., Chertkow, H., Feldman, H., Nygaard, H. B., Almeida, Q. J., Bherer, L., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Speechley, M. R., Kamkar, N., & McGibbon, C. A. (2021). The SYNERGIC RCTs from Can Thumbs Up: Canadian experience in migrating lifestyle interventions to an @Home-based program to enhance cognition. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. 17(S10). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055806
  7. Salehi, V., Hanson, N., Smith, D., McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., & Veitch, B. (2021). Modeling and analyzing hospital to home transition processes of frail older adults using the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM). Applied Ergonomics, 93, 103392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103392
  8. Liddy, C., Moroz, I., Affleck, E., Boulay, E., Cook, S., Crowe, L., Drimer, N., Ireland, L., Jarrett, P., MacDonald, S., McLellan, D., Mihan, A., Miraftab, N., Nabelsi, V., Russell, C., Singer, A., & Keely, E. (2020). How long are Canadians waiting to access specialty care? Retrospective study from a primary care perspective. Canadian Family Physician. 66(6), 434-444. https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC7292524
  9. Vedel, I., McAiney, C., Couturier, Y., Pakzad, S., Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Godard-Sebillotte, C., Sourial, N., Simmons, R., Bergman, H., & Research on Organization of Healthcare Services for Alzheimers (ROSA) Team (Jarrett P on that team). (2020). Assessing care models implemented in primary healthcare for persons with dementia: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(5), e035916. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035916
  10. McCloskey, R., Yetman, L., Stewart, C., Slayter, J., Jarrett, P., McCollum, A., & Stoica, G. (2020). Changes in nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and interest in caring for older adults: A longitudinal cohort study. Nurse Education in Practice, 44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102760
  11. McGibbon, C. A., Slayter, J. T., Yetman, L., McCollum, A., McCloskey, R., Gionet, S. G., Oakley, H., & Jarrett, P. (2019). An Analysis of Falls and Those who Fall in a Chronic Care Facility. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(2), 171-176 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.06.022
  12. Jarrett, P., Easton, A., Rockwood, K., Dyack, S., McCollum, A., Siu, V., Mirsattari, S. M., Massot-Tarrús, A., Beis, M. J., D’Souza, N., & Darvesh, S. (2018). Evidence for Cholinergic Dysfunction in Autosomal Dominant Kufs Disease. Canadian Journal Neurological Sciences. 45(2), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2017.261
  13. McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., & Yetman, L. (2017). Putting Performance Measurement Recommendations into Practice: Building on Current Practices. HealthcarePapers, 17(2), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpap.2017.25407