Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU)

Scaling up RaDAR Primary Health Care
Memory Clinics in Rural Saskatchewan

Project Update
July 2023

The University of Regina’s Dementia Supports in Rural Saskatchewan (DSRS) team, working in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan’s Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) team, have established a memory clinic in the Esterhazy District Medical Clinic. The clinic provides assessment and management support for people with symptoms or concerns about dementia, including memory loss… READ NEWS RELEASE

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Led by Dr. Debra Morgan, the Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) Team is an interdisciplinary group of knowledge users and researchers from three Canadian provinces (SK, AB, ON) and the United Kingdom.

Our goal is to improve healthcare delivery to people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia and their caregivers in rural and remote communities. We see a critical need for improved healthcare delivery to rural populations, which have a higher proportion of seniors than cities, but fewer primary health care, specialist, and support services available and accessible locally. 

Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) investigators share a team research program as well as affiliated studies and projects focusing on the diagnosis, management, and care of individuals with dementia, and their caregivers. Check out the latest RaDAR Newsletter and catch up with the team!

This new project launched in October 2022. The RaDAR (Rural Dementia Action Research) team will implement and sustain rural memory clinics in the Yorkton area in collaboration with primary healthcare professionals and Saskatchewan Health Authority leadership. This University of Saskatchewan-based project will support greater social inclusion of people living with dementia by building capacity and establishing services for dementia diagnosis and ongoing management directly in local rural areas.

MORE VIDEOS:

Rural PHC Memory Clinic Video (short)

Rural PHC Memory Clinic Video (long)

For more information, visit the Rural Dementia Action Research website

If you are interested in learning more about this project, please email: rural.dementia@usask.ca