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Article History

Received: 7 August 2019

Accepted: 14 November 2019

First Online: 2 December 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study received ethics approval from the Research Ethics Board at Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (REB-118). The researchers obtained approval from all required study sites to be included in the study. Informed and written consent was obtained from all residents, family members and staff who participated in the study. Where the ability to write was impaired, verbal informed consent was sought from residents that were able to understand and describe back to the researcher the following three points: (1) the purpose of the study; (2) the procedures involved; and (3) that they are free to refuse to participate at any time. If there was any hesitation on determining the cognitive status of the resident, proxy consent was sought from the Substitute Decision Maker. These principles follow the accepted research practices of the organization and respect the Clinical Investigator Trainee Association of Canada principles to conducting research with human participants.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.