Provincial policies affecting resident quality of life in Canadian residential long-term care

P Irwin, D Taylor, JM Keefe - Bmc Geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background The precautions and restrictions imposed by the recent Covid-19 pandemic
drew attention to the criticality of quality of care in long-term care facilities internationally …

Multi-stakeholder aged care research networks: A scoping review

AK Gillard, T McNeair, NE Andrew, T Haines… - The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives An ageing population worldwide has highlighted the
need for improved care in long term aged care homes. In Australia, such homes are called …

Do residential long-term care policies support family involvement in residents' quality of life in four canadian provinces?

JM Keefe, D Taylor, P Irwin, MJ Hande… - Journal of Aging & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Family members are essential contributors to the quality of life (QoL) of persons living in
residential long-term care (RLTC). This paper analyzes how the system enables or inhibits …

[HTML][HTML] “We are to be like machines… fill the bed before it gets cold”: Exploring the emotional geographies of healthcare providers caring for dying residents in long …

M Giesbrecht, KI Stajduhar, D Cloutier… - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The end-of-life context is imbued with emotions, with death and dying transforming everyday
places, like long-term care facilities, into entirely new emotional topographies that can evoke …

Long-term residential care policy guidance for staff to support resident quality of life

MJ Hande, J Keefe, D Taylor - The Gerontologist, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Amidst a complex policy landscape, long-term
residential care (LTRC) staff must navigate directives to provide safe care while also …

The role of volunteers in enhancing resident quality of life in long-term care: Analyzing policies that may enable or limit this role

MJ Hande, D Taylor, J Keefe - Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Research has shown that long-term care (LTC) volunteers play important roles in enhancing
the quality of life (QoL) of older LTC residents, often through providing unique forms of …

Exploring nursing home resident and their care partner priorities for care using the Action-Project Method

A Gruneir, M Hoben, A Easterbrook, C Jensen… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Nursing home (NH) residents' experiences are embedded within their
relationships to others. Our objectives were to describe how residents and care partners …

Participatory Evaluation of a Direct Payment Program for Equity in Dementia Care in Nova Scotia, Canada: A Study Protocol

E Reid-Musson, K Aubrecht, C Kelly… - International …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nova Scotia's Supportive Care Program (SCP) is an individualized funding program that
provides funds for people living with dementia (PLWD) or acquired brain injuries to …

Towards equitable representation in long-term residential care: widening the circle to ensure “essential voices” in research teams

MJ Hande, P Owusu, K Aubrecht, D Cloutier… - Research Involvement …, 2024 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing inequities in Canada's long-term
residential care (LTRC) sector with life-threatening consequences. People from …

[PDF][PDF] How residents' quality of life are represented in long term care policy: A novel method to support policy analysis

D Taylor, J Keefe - Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021 - scholar.archive.org
Method (s): Within the novel method mentioned there were four stages in the method that
consisted of an iterative and collaborative approach to understanding the relationships …