Research Initiatives

Research Principles

Five guiding principles lay the foundation for research initiatives at Roger's House:

  • All research is geared towards advancing our patient care and improving patient outcomes.
  • A member of the CHEO Palliative Care Team and/or Roger's House is a co-investigator of any research involving Roger's House guests and their families.
  • All research proposals are approved by the Research Committee.
  • Both quantitative and qualitative studies are supported by the Research Committee.
  • The development and use of documentation tools support research initiatives.

Research Priorities

  1. End of life symptom treatment, recognition and monitoring
  2. Parent's assurance of the quality of care
  3. Pain assessment and control in palliative care patients
  4. Bereavement

First Publication for Roger's House!
An article by a team at Roger's House is being published in the Journal of Palliative Care. Congratulations to the authors: Regis Vaillancourt, Rabiah Siddiqui, Chris Vadeboncoeur, Marion Rattray and Doris Larivière.

Click here to read the full article.

Founding Sponsors

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