Lora Bruyn Martin (Schlegel Villages)

Profile

Current Activity
In my role as Innovation Specialist I have three areas of focus. First, I help to build internal innovation capacity within our organization by building innovation teams within our villages. Innovation teams consist of multi-disciplinary team members who use design thinking to identify and innovate solutions for common challenges they experience in the villages. Second, I work closely with the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging to improve the uptake of evidence into practice. Finally, I collaborate with the innovation community so that our organization and innovators co-design solutions to suit the needs of our industry.

Areas of Interest

Changing the culture of aging
Age-friendly communities
Chronic disease and aging
End of life/ Palliative care
Health promotion
Mobility issues
Non-pharmacological treatment
Pain
Caregiver support and education
Fall and injury prevention
Housing (Staying at “home”, retirement homes, assisted living, long term care)
LGBTQ+ issues
Nutrition
Sexuality and intimacy
Isolation
Mental health
Normal aging
Policy
Sleep
Socialization and participation

Approaches to Innovation

Clinical care models/guidelines
Quality improvement
Evaluation
Technology and aging

Networks

LOOP Falls Prevention CoP