A5014419021- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Ethics in medical practice
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
University of Prince Edward Island
2011-2022
Community Hospital
2007
The main question examined is: How do nurses and other healthcare professionals ensure ethical interprofessional collaboration-in-practice as an everyday practice actuality? Ethical collaboration becomes especially relevant necessary when decisions are contested. To illustrate, two scenarios analyzed through three ethics lenses. Biomedical ethics, relational virtue provide different ways of knowing how to be act ethically professionals. focuses on situated, reflective, nonabsolute principled...
Our objective in this study was to learn about the experiences of older adults living a cohousing community during COVID-19 pandemic. In qualitative exploratory study, we interviewed 13 participants Canadian communities between October 2021 and January 2022. One key challenge identified focused on some members not choosing be vaccinated for COVID-19. We many positive impacts including social infrastructure, opportunities ongoing engagement, physical design shared indoor outdoor spaces were...
As part of ongoing quality improvement initiatives, the Canadian Standards for Psychiatric‐Mental Health Nursing were recently revised. For first time since standards published in 1995, input consumers mental health services was sought. Thirty‐one from across Canada participated focus groups, and answered questions related to domains practice as identified document. Through this input, able inform committee regarding areas satisfaction dissatisfaction their unique perspective. article,...
Cohousing is an innovative form of housing that characterized by the autonomy private dwellings with advantages shared resources in a socially intentional culture mutual support. While there are many benefits cohousing, growth cohousing for seniors Eastern Canada has been slow. We share findings from seven interviews conducted key informants focus on barriers faced their endeavors to establish communities. The results this study salient those interested developing and especially locations...
Objective: Family support in end-of-life decision-making is critical, yet this issue receives little attention. The purpose of research to provide insight into how the clinical ethicist can effectively family caregivers when making en
There is a lack of nursing literature on older adults' perceptions dignity, specifically those adults with schizophrenia. With the aging population, mental health services and support for schizophrenia will become greater priority. The purpose current descriptive phenomenological study was to describe meaning lived experience dignity residing in assisted living facilities. A purposive sample eight facilities participated semi-structured interviews following psychological method. Five...
It is well documented that nursing concerned about the social support needs of older adults and effects those on health well-being. Using survey data from Atlantic Seniors Housing Research Alliance, authors explore emotional informational community-dwelling Canadians aged 65 living in provinces. The results indicate these are not being met fully they increase with age. Also, men women report different insufficiencies for specific needs; more than having no across all items. Nurses should be...
We provided insights from older adults, their unpaid caregivers, and health-care professionals into specific roles for within the health system to better meet needs of community-dwelling adults caregivers experiencing transitions between services. used a qualitative approach collect data one Canadian province who participated in focus groups ( n = 98) working an online survey 52). Questions included experiences with service transitions, strengths, challenges, suggestions improve transitions....
Standards of practice (SOPs) comprise competency statements, which are grounded in current knowledge and research, provide foundations for performance that support professional accountability. The nursing profession, specifically the psychiatric-mental health specialty Canada, develops revises standards regularly. article describes collaborative, evidence-informed journey Canadian Federation Mental Health Nurses during its fourth revision Psychiatric-Mental Nursing SOPs. An intraprofessional...