Research Initiatives

Research Principles

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

• All research is geared toward advancing our patient care and improving patient outcomes.
• A member of the CHEO Palliative Care Team and/or Roger Neilson House is a co-investigator of any research involving Roger Neilson 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 Neilson House!

An article by a team at Roger Neilson 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.

Recent Publications

• Vadeboncoeur – A paediatric palliative care programme in development
• A comparative cost-minimization analysis of providing paediatric palliative respite care before and after the opening of services at a paediatric hospice
• Nurses’ Moral Experience of Adminstering PRN Anti-Seizure Medications in Pediatric Palliative Care
• Successful Treatment of a Seizure Disorder with Chronic High Dose Chloral Hydrate
• Treatment of Medication Intolerance with Lactase in a Complex Palliative Care Patient
• Volunteer Satisfaction and Program Evaluation at a Pediatric Hospice