Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Oliver D

Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada

Biography

Doug Oliver is an Associate Professor and Medical Director at the McMaster Family Practice. Doug is passionate about older adult health care and age-friendly home care services. He has developed several programs including a Long-Term Care clinical rotation for medical residents and a successful annual CME event entitled "Care of the Elderly: Perspectives for Primary Care". His clinical commitment to this patient population continues with weekly nursing home rounds and house-calls to older adults with frailty. Doug has developed and implemented an Advanced Access booking model for primary care patients.

Publications

Using Aggregate Data on Health Goals, Not Disease Diagnoses, to Develop and Implement a Healthy Aging Group Education Series

Background: The Healthy Aging Group Education Series was developed by interprofessional primary healthcare team and researchers to address the health needs and goals of nutrition, fitness and function, and advance care planning identified using data from a randomized controlled trial. Methods: Older adults from one family practice were invited to ... Read More»

Lamarche L, Oliver D, Cleghorn L, Werstuck MMD, Pauw G, Bauer M, Doyle L, Colleen McPhee, O’Neill C, Guenter D, Winemaker S, White J, Price D and Dolovich L

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 7:535

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000535

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