Current Projects
Dementia: Understanding the Journey Course Review (2023-2024)
Pamela Fancey and Kelly O’Neil
Dementia: Understanding the Journey Board
May 2023 – June 2024
This project involves a review and refresh of the 7th edition of the Dementia: Understanding the Journey curriculum, a nine module course for individuals caring for persons living with dementia. Project activities include literature search, collecting and reviewing input from various sources – course participants, facilitators, sector representatives, subject matter experts, making recommendations to the DUTJ Board for revisions and making revisions.
Review literature, implement survey, conduct focus groups and interviews, synthesize input and revise course materials.
No project specific webpage For more information on the course visit https://www.dementiaedu.ca/
pamela.fancey@msvu.ca
Understanding Quality of Work Life for Staff in Atlantic Canadian Long-term Care Homes
Janice Keefe (Mount Saint Vincent University), Rick Audas (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Carole Estabrooks (University of Alberta), Rose McCloskey (University of New Brunswick), Gail Tomblin Murphy (Nova Scotia Health Authority)
Melissa Andrew (Nova Scotia Health Authority)
Debra Boudreau (Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association)
Ramsay Duff (PEI Long-term Care Private Operators Association)
Marilyn Hodgins (University of New Brunswick)
Andrew MacDougall (Health PEI)
Adrian MacKenzie (Nova Scotia Department of Health)
Catherine MacPherson (Shannex)
Caitlin McArthur (Dalhousie University)
Sarah Melanson (Nova Scotia Department of Seniors and Long-term Care)
Kathleen Norman (University of Waterloo)
Peter Norton (University of Calgary)
Judy O’Keefe (NFLD Eastern Health)
Susan Stevens (Nova Scotia Health Authority)
Deena Waddleton (Newfoundland Department of Health and Community Services)
Lori Weeks (Dalhousie University)
Julie Weir (New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes)
Robert Wilson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institute of Aging
Partner Funders:
Research Nova Scotia (RNS)
Contributions:
Newfoundland and Labrador Center of Applied Health Research (NLCAHR)
HealthPEI
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)
April 2023 – March 2027
This project is an Atlantic Canadian research collaboration to build much needed evidence to understand, support and manage the under-researched residential long-term care (LTC) workforce in our region. The purpose of the project is to understand the health and quality of work life of staff, their work environment and their relationships to resident quality of care in Atlantic Canada’s LTC homes. The Atlantic region currently has limited data on the quality of work life for its LTC staff which hinders the ability to understand what can be done to support these staff. Ultimately, this study will enable tangible interventions to improve LTC staff quality of work life, their work environment, and the quality of care for residents.
Organizing/Lead Institution for the project
Contact Person paula.richardson@msvu.ca
How Approaches to Care Shape the Pathways of Older Adult Home Care Clients
Janice Keefe (Mount Saint Vincent University), Susan Stevens (Nova Scotia Health Authority), Michelle Lobchuk (University of Manitoba)
Laura Funk (University of Manitoba), Marilyn Macdonald (Dalhousie University), Martha MacDonald (Saint Mary’s University), Grace Warner (Dalhousie University), Lori Mitchell (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority), Julie Donaldson (Manitoba Caregiver Coalition), Kathryn Graves (Northwoodcare), Vicki Elliott-Lopez (NS Department of Health & Wellness); Project partners and collaborators: Canadian Home Care Association, Caregivers Nova Scotia, Health Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
April 2018-March 2022, extended to March 2024
This multi-site project will generate evidence to understand how approaches to care shape the pathways of older adult home care clients with chronic and long term conditions through the home care system. Project activities to include retrospective analysis of home care client assessment data, interviews with members of care constellations (clients, caregivers, workers, health care practitioners), and review of key policy documents.
Organizing/lead institution for the project
pamela.fancey@msvu.ca
Long Term Care Staff Quality of Work Life
Dr. Janice Keefe
Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
November 2020-March 2023
This project will collect much needed information about the quality of work life of frontline staff in Nova Scotia’s nursing homes. Areas to be examined include: job satisfaction, burnout, work engagement, organizational context, etc. with attention given to the impact of COVID-19 on quality of work life. Established survey tools available from the Translating Research in Elder Care program at the University of Alberta will be used with 8-10 participating care homes in Nova Scotia.
No specific website.
Pamela.fancey@msvu.ca