Co-development of intergenerational activities to break with ageism and support the social participation of people living with the after-effects of a traumatic brain injury.

This participatory research will bring together young people and seniors living with traumatic brain injury, a manager and stakeholders from a community organization serving people living with TBI (Servio), a representative from Intergénération Québec, as well as researchers in the health sciences, the humanities and social sciences, and the arts. These partners will use a human-centered design approach to co-develop an intergenerational initiative focused on the creation of life stories for the older generation living with CBT. These life stories will take the form of photo essays.

The project’s objectives are as follows:
1.co-develop and implement a series of intergenerational sessions aimed at creating life stories of TCC seniors in the form of photo essays;
2. Reduce the stigma attached to people aging with disabilities through a public exhibition showcasing these stories;
3. To explore the effects of this initiative and its feasibility.
This project will contribute to filling gaps in knowledge regarding interventions supporting social participation for individuals aging with CBD; while exploring the potential of intergenerational activities with this population.

Global progress

Setting up the steering committee and ethical request

Co-development of materials and intergenerational sessions aimed at creating life stories of TCC seniors (4 to 5 workshops workshops)

Pre-test data collection

Implementation of intergenerational sessions

Photo exhibition open to the general public

Post-test data collection and knowledge transfer activities knowledge transfer

Partners

Servio

Team members

Principal Investigators:

Thierry Belleguic, Ph.D., Full Professor, Department of Literature, Theatre and Film, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Université Laval. Director of the International Associated Laboratory “Arts, Society and Well-Being” (LIA-ASME) in partnership with Université Nice Côte d’Azur (UCA), and researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris) of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale and at the VITAM research center.
Samuel Turcotte, OT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval. CIHR-SPOR Scholar at Cirris of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale.

Main Partner:

Benoît Durand, Executive Director, Servio (formerly Association des traumatisés crânio-cérébraux des Deux Rives).

Person with Experiential Knowledge:

Frederick Paquin, Young member living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and receiving services at Servio.

Other Team Members:

Émilie Raymond, SW, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Full Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Social Work and Criminology, Université Laval. Regular researcher at Cirris of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale and associate researcher at Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marie-Ève Lamontagne, OT, Ph.D., Co-Researcher, Full Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Université Laval. Regular researcher at Cirris of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale.
Marie-Christine Ouellet, Ph.D., Co-Researcher, Full Professor, School of Psychology, Université Laval. Regular researcher at Cirris of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale and at the Centre for Studies in Mental Health (CEISM).
Valérie Poulin, OT, Ph.D., Co-Researcher, Full Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Regular researcher at Cirris of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale.
Carmen Pépin, Member of the steering committee, involved in shared decision-making.
Pascale Simard, M.Sc., Collaborator, Knowledge Broker, Servio.
Samantha Gagnon, Collaborator, Community Intervenor, Servio.
Martin Calvé, Collaborator, Liaison and Training Officer, Intergénération Québec.