Restraints in Dementia Care

Atul Sunny Luthra, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is the medical coordinator for the Program for Older Adults at Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is the medical lead in the Behavioural Health Unit at St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, and is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also a research scientist with Schlegel's Research Institute in Aging at the University of Waterloo in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Yarima Gonzalez is an occupational therapist who practises in Toronto and Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She completed a master's degree in occupational therapy (MSc OT) at the University of Toronto and a BSc (Biology, Co-op) at the University of Waterloo. She worked in a research role at Homewood Health Centre, Guelph, Ontario, under Dr. Atul Sunny Luthra, and with the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP) at the University of Waterloo. She currently works at Altum Health, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, as an occupational therapist in mental health, hand therapy, and concussion treatment. Heather Millman is Project Coordinator at the Homewood Research Institute in Guelph, Ontario, where she focuses on research related to substance use and posttraumatic stress disorder. She received her MA from the University of Guelph, and has previously held research positions at the Region of Waterloo Public Health Services, Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre, and the Program for Older Adults at Homewood Health Centre.