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2012
Duggleby, W., Williams, A., McIntosh, M.J., Eby, J., Leipert, B.
Most informal caregivers in Canada are women (Cranwick, 1997; Fast, Eales & Keating, 2001; Kaden & MacDonald, 1990; MacLean, Cairn, & Sellick, 1998). Women caring for dying persons at the end-of-life have been identified in the literature as those most likely to experience negative physical and...
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The transition experience of rural older persons with advanced cancer and their families: A Grounded theory study
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Leipert, B., Keall, S., Berry, P., Justice, C., Goodridge, D., Duggleby, W., Wilson, D., Penz, K.
Background: Transitions often occur suddenly and can be traumatic to both patients with advanced disease and their families. The purpose of this study was to explore the transition experience of older rural persons with advanced cancer and their families from the perspective of palliative home...
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The Alberta Oil Sands Then and Now: An Investigation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Discourses Across Four Decades
Download2013-08-22
Williams, A., Steward, G., Paskey, J.
A detailed study of dozens of documents pertaining to the Alberta oil sands produced by the Alberta government over the past 40 years shows the government’s perspective regarding this vast resource has undergone a major shift. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Alberta government initiated...
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Study protocol: Living with hope: Developing a psychosocial supportive program for rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer
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Background: Hope is defined by caregivers as the inner strength to achieve future good and to continue care giving. Pilot test findings of a Living with Hope Program (LWHP) suggested it is an acceptable and feasible intervention for use by family caregivers. Although it shows promise in...
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2014
In this paper we use Alvesson and Sandberg’s strategy of problematisation to analyse the assumptions embedded in the development and use of the concept of ‘care-giver burden’.We do this in order to develop an explanation as to why decades of research into the experience of providing home-based...
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2013
Low, G., Wilson, D., Wong, E., Ross, C., Stickland, M.
Among pulmonary rehabilitation attendees, we explored their tendency to downplay versus acknowledge physical and psychosocial health limitations, and the subsequent impact either strategy had on how they perceive their own aging process. Participants (N = 87) were 44 to 82 years of age, and...
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Palliative Care Professionals' Perceptions of Effective Interpersonal Communication in the Context of Caring for Older Adults in Rural Settings
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Duggleby, W., Marshall, D., Penz, K., Williams, A., Goodridge, D., Leipert, B., Cooper, L., Wilson, D.
The purpose of this article was to report an in-depth appraisal of palliative care professionals’ perceptions of effective interpersonal communication while providing palliative care for older adults in rural settings. A total of four focus group interviews were conducted involving 12 palliative...
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2010
Kylma, J., Hammond, C., Holtslander, L., Duggleby, W., Williams, A., Duncan, V.
The purpose of this metasynthesis was to describe the hope experience of family caregivers of persons with chronic illness. Fourteen studies were included in the metasynthesis. All studies described the importance of hope to the family caregivers of relatives with chronic illness regardless of...
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Information sharing with rural family caregivers during care transitions of hip fracture patients.
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Elliott, J., Stolee, P., Chesworth, B. M., Ceci, C., Forbes, D
INTRODUCTION: Following hip fracture surgery, patients often experience multiple transitions through different care settings, with resultant challenges to the quality and continuity of patient care. Family caregivers can play a key role in these transitions, but are often poorly engaged in the...