Being and Doing Together in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community: Pandemic Experiences of Older Adults.

Developing effective, sustainable strategies that promote social inclusion, reduce isolation, and support older adults' wellbeing continues to be important to aging communities in Canada. One strategy that targets community-living older adults involves identifying naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) and supporting them through supportive service programs (NORC-SSPs). This qualitative descriptive study utilized semi-structured interviews to explore how older adults living in a NORC supported by an SSP, sought to build, and maintain, a sense of community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physical and occupational therapy service delivery models for populations identified as hard-to-reach: A scoping review.

Background: The delivery of rehabilitation services for hard-to-reach populations (e.g., refugees) is highly complex.

Participatory Research with Persons who Experience Mental Illness in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review.

Persons who experience mental illness also face stigma and discrimination that frequently lead to a loss of ability to exercise autonomy and agency in their lives. The range and breadth of literature exploring participatory research with persons living with mental illness are unknown in occupational therapy and occupation science. We initiated this study to fill this gap in the existing occupational therapy and occupational science literature.

Co-designing solutions to enhance access and engagement in pediatric telerehabilitation.

Introduction: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, children's therapy appointments provided by Ontario's publicly-funded Children's Treatment Centre (CTCs) primarily occurred in-person. With COVID-19 restrictions, CTCs offered services via telerehabilitation (e.g.