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2008

Clemmer, S., Ward-Griffin, C., Forbes, D.

Canadians are experiencing increased life expectancy and chronic illness requiring end-of-life care. There is limited research on the multiple roles for family members providing home-based palliative care. Based on a larger ethnographic study of client-family-provider relationships in home-based...

2007

McWilliams, C., Kothari, A., Kloseck, M., Oudshoorn, A., Leipert, B., Forbes, D.

While home care has received much attention lately, little research to date has drawn on the experiences of rural multidisciplinary teams providing in-home care. Home care is typically studied in urban areas, with the tendency to expand urban practices to rural settings, often with problematic...

2012

Richmond, C., Forbes, D., Finkelstein, S.

This article explores how dementia care is provided to First Nations communities in southwestern Ontario. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with health care providers and analysed using a constructivist grounded-theory methodology. Two interrelated frameworks for understanding...

2003

Forbes, D., Peacock, S.C.

The prevalence of dementia in older adults is increasing.Due to cuts in funding for formal support,many families are having to provide care for a loved one with dementia at home.This systematic review gathered and synthesized information on interventions designed to enhance the well-being of...

2011

Stolee, P., Kothari, A., Forbes, D., Conklin, J., Chambers, L., Le Clair, K.

Background: The Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) Collaborative is a network of networks that work together to improve the health and health care of Ontario seniors. The collaborative facilitates knowledge exchange through a library service, knowledge brokers (KBs), local...

2009

Forbes, D., Culum, I., Morgan, D.G., Forbes, J., Lischka, A.R., Forbes, S., Peacock, S.

Background Rest-activity and sleep-wake cycles are controlled by the endogenous circadian rhythmgenerated by the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus. Degenerative changes in the SCN appear to be a biological basis for circadian disturbances in people with dementia, and might be...

2004

Morgan, D.G., Forbes, D., Bangma, J., Peacock, S., Adamson, J.

Background Rest-activity and sleep-wake cycles are controlled by the endogenous circadian rhythmgenerated by the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus. Degenerative changes in the SCN appear to be a biological basis for circadian disturbances in people with dementia, and might be...

2012

St-Amant, O., DeForge, R.T., Ward-Griffin, C., McWilliam, C., Klosek, M., Forbes, D., Hall, J., Oudshoorn, A.

The hours of unpaid elder care by family members are projected to triple by 2038. Because living with dementia can inhibit decision-making abilities, family members are often besought to assist in this process. In this ethnographic study, relationships within home-based dementia care were...

2008

Kirk, A., Stewart, N., Morgan, D., Biem, J., D’Arcy, C., Crossley, M., Forbes, D., Steve, T.

2002

Forbes, D., Rusak-Maguire, A.

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is a systematic review of evidence relating to clinical efficacy and safety of melatonin in treatment of manifestations of dementia or cognitive impairment (CI).