Wilchesky, Machelle
Mueller, Gerhard
Morin, Michèle
Marcotte, Martine
Voyer, Philippe
Aubin, Michèle
Carmichael, Pierre-Hugues
Champoux, Nathalie
Monette, Johanne
Giguère, Anik
Durand, Pierre
Verreault, René
Arcand, Marcel
Kröger, Edeltraut http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-3979
Funding for this research was provided by:
Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement/FRQ-S (2012-2014)
Donald Berman Maimonides Medical Research Foundation (2012-2014)
Fondation Laure Gaudreault (2014-2016)
Fondation des hôpitaux St-Sacrement et Enfant-Jésus (2011-2013)
Centre d'excellence sur le vieillissement de Québec, CIUSSSCN (2011-2015)
Alzheimer Society of Canada (2016-2018)
Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging (2016-2019)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2018
Accepted: 27 August 2018
First Online: 4 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study was proposed to the local Health and Social Services Board (HSSB), which suggested the name of three NHs that agreed to participate. The study was approved by the HSSB and the CHU de Québec research centre ethics review boards (Ethics Certificate # C13-12-1886 / 2013–2014-25). As all participants suffered from severe dementia and thus could not give informed consent, written substitute consent was obtained from those who were entitled to take care decisions for these participants, which is permitted under article 21 of the Code civil of the province of Quebec.
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