Technology-Enabled Integrated Care Pathway (Tech-ICP)
An innovative approach to dementia care that combines evidence-based practice, technology, and personalized strategies to support better care in long-term care homes.
Who We Are
Tech-ICP brings together evidence-based dementia care and innovative technology to help care teams better understand and respond to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Building on an evidence-based Integrated Care Pathway (ICP), it combines clinical assessments, personalized care strategies, safer medication use, staff education, and technology to support more consistent, person-centred care.
Our Impact So Far
A growing community working together to improve dementia care in long-term care.
16
Long-term care homes participating
50+
Frontline staff trained in non-pharmacological approaches
6
Toronto Dementia Research Alliance institutions
24
Research support staff working across the GTA
Explore Tech-ICP
Tech-ICP brings together quality improvement, research, and practical resources to support better dementia care.
Quality Improvement
Learn how Tech-ICP is supporting long-term care to strengthen and standardize dementia care.
Research
Explore how our research is using technology to better understand and support personalized dementia care.
Our Goals
Better care starts with better understanding.
Tech-ICP aims to:
- Improve quality of life for people living in long-term care
- Reduce behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with dementia
- Reduce reliance on psychiatric medications
- Reduce emergency department visits and hospital admissions
- Promote person-centred, non-pharmacological approaches to dementia care
- Reduce burden on caregivers and frontline staff
Our Partners Make This Happen
Tech-ICP is led through the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) and developed in collaboration with a wide network of clinical, research, long-term care, and technology partners. Tech-ICP is generously funded by the Slaight Family Foundation and Ontario Health.
