Nathalie Veillette, Ph.D.

Education

• B.Sc. in Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1990)
• M.Sc. in Psychology (Neuropsychology), Université de Montréal (1992)
• M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy, Université de Montréal (1996)
• Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation), Université de Montréal (2008)

Current research projects

• 2016-2020: Connecting Emergency Departments with Community services to prevent mobility losses in pre-frail & frail Seniors (CEDeComS)
  Granting Agency: Institut de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC)
  Program:  Project Grant: 2016 1st Live Pilot-2016-03-01
• 2017-2019 : Optimiser la planification du congé des personnes âgées hospitalisées à la suite d’une chute.
  Granting Agency: Fonds de recherche du Québec en santé (FRQS)
  Program: Consortium pour le développement de la recherche en traumatologie- Volet 4
• 2018-2019: Improving the housing decision process with frail patients and their caregivers before hospital discharge
  Granting Agency: Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement (RQRV)
  Program: Projet pilote
• 2018-2020: Comparative effectiveness of a comprehensive, patient-centered hospital discharge planning intervention for frail older adults: feasibility study for a large mixed-method randomized pragmatic trial
  Granting Agency: Institut de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC)
  Program: Project Grant – Fall 2017

 Selected publications

• Gagnon-Roy, M., Hami, B., Généreux, M., Veillette, N., Sirois, M.-J., Egan, M., & Provencher, V. (2018). Preventing emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalisations of older adults with cognitive impairment compared with the general senior population: what do we know about avoidable incidents? Results from a scoping review. BMJ Open, 8(4). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019908
• McCusker, J., Cetin-Sahin, D., Cossette, S., Ducharme, F., Vadeboncoeur, A., Minh Vu, T. T., Veillette, N., . . . Mah, R. (2018). How Older Adults Experience an Emergency Department Visit: Development and Validation of Measures. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 71(6), 755-766. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.01.009
• McCusker, J., Minh Vu, T. T., Veillette, N., Cossette, S., Vadeboncoeur, A., Ciampi, A., . . . Belzile, E. (2018). Elder-Friendly Emergency Department: Development and Validation of a Quality Assessment Tool. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(2), 394-400. doi:10.1111/jgs.15137
• McCusker, J., Vadeboncoeur, A., Cossette, S., Veillette, N., Ducharme, F., Minh Vu, T. T., . . . Belzile, E. (2017). Changes in Emergency Department Geriatric Services in Quebec and Correlates of These Changes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(7), 1448-1454. doi:10.1111/jgs.14818
• Sirois, M.-J., Griffith, L., Perry, J., Daoust, R., Veillette, N., Lee, J., . . . Émond, M. (2017). Measuring Frailty Can Help Emergency Departments Identify Independent Seniors at Risk of Functional Decline After Minor Injuries. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 72(1), 68-74. doi:10.1093/gerona/glv152
• Veillette, N., Demers, L., Dutil, E., & McCusker, J. (2009). Development of a functional status assessment of seniors visiting emergency department. Archives od Gerontology and Geriatrics, 48(2), 205-212. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.009
• McCusker, J., Verdon, J., Veillette, N., Berg, K., Emond, T., & Belzile, E. (2007). Standardized screening and assessment of older patients in the emergency department: a survey of implementation in Quebec. Canadian Journal on Aging, 26(1), 49-57.
• Veillette, N., Demers, L., & Dutil, É. (2007). Description de la pratique des ergothérapeutes du Québec en salle d’urgence. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4), 348-358. doi:10.2182/cjot.07.006

Research interests

• Occupational therapy in the emergency department
• Hospital discharge planning
• Assessment of the functional status
• Geriatrics