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 reasons as to why older adults have fallen 4 or more times between March 16, 2020 and December 31, 2021.

One (1) student working closely with the Remembering When team

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 background/literature review, development of data collection tool (quantitative and qualitative), data collection, data analysis, data display, computer skills.

The project may include, but is not limited to:

Phase 1: Interview tool development and interviews (January 1 - March 1, 2022) - conducting interviews and analyzing the data (transcribing and theming)

Phase 2: Quantitative Research (January 2022) - data analysis

Phase 3: Writing a report for Saskatoon Fire Department, Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health (March 2022)

Program co-ordinator, volunteers, and program advisory team will provide consistent mentorship and supervision. This team consists of retired interprofessionals across healthcare, education, and public services

Roslyn M. Compton will provide mentorship and supervision as requested (minimum of 1-2 hours/week)

Dori Krahn will provide mentorship, supervision, and necessary data as requested ( minimum of 1-2 hours/week)