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- 6Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
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Fall 2014
Purpose: My aim in this thesis was to investigate the relationship between resident aggression towards care aides and quality of care in long-term care (LTC). Design: This is a paper-based thesis comprised of an introduction and overview, a critical review of the literature and an empirical...
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2011-05-01
This 4-page document prepared for family caregivers provides selected findings about designated assisted living (DAL), from a large-scale, longitudinal study involving over 2000 older adults residing in designated assisted living and long-term care in Alberta, their family caregivers, and the...
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2011-05-01
This 4-page document prepared for family caregivers provides selected findings on long-term care (LTC), from a large-scale, longitudinal study involving over 2000 older adults residing in designated assisted living and long-term care in Alberta, their family caregivers, and the facilities in...
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2018-02-01
SSHRC IDG Awarded 2018: This study applies social learning theory to case studies of nursing students to identify what, in both theoretical and clinical courses, perpetuates negative social stereotypes about aging and older people. Our goal is to craft opportunities for thoughtful interventions...
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Fall 2011
Despite their proximity to death because of advanced old age and disability necessitating institutionalization, the oldest-old have rarely been the recipients of a comprehensive palliative approach to care or the focus of palliative care research. This lack has been attributed prognostic...
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The Older Persons' Transitions in Care (OPTIC) study: Pilot testing of the transition tracking tool.
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Ertel, M., Bissell, L. J., Cooper, S. L., Reid, R. C., Cummings, G. G., Cummings, G. E., Wagg, A., Rowe, B. H., Norton, P., Abel, S. L., Estabrooks, C. A.
Background OPTIC is a mixed method Partnership for Health System Improvement (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34348.html webcite) study focused on improving care for nursing home (NH) residents who are transferred to and from emergency departments (EDs) via emergency medical services (EMS). In the...