Knowledge Translation

Knowledge Translation (KT) means making technical and complicated information and research easier to understand and use. Integrated KT (iKT) involves working with knowledge users throughout the process. Our knowledge users are long-term care residents, unpaid caregivers such as family members, paid care staff such as nurses and care aides, administrators, managers, policymakers, and advocacy groups.

Effective iKT is designed with the intended knowledge users in mind, so that it best suits their needs. It allows us to understand the knowledge users' needs and tailor our approach to meet these needs. It gives knowledge users opportunities to shape the research from start to finish. It also helps us identify potential barriers and facilitators to conducting research in the knowledge user's specific context. Involving knowledge users is important to us because they help us make what we do more relevant and useful. We will continually engage with our knowledge users throughout our research.