Manuscripts

Funk, L., Kuryk, K., Spring L., & Keefe, J., (2024). Problematizing dominant assumptions about unpaid support through exploring case study profiles of older home care clients. Health & Social Care in the Community, Volume 2024, Article ID 3707796. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/3707796

Kuryk, K., Funk, L., Warner, G., Macdonald, M., Lobchuk, M., Rempel, J., Spring, L., & Keefe, J., (2023). Ageing in place with non-medical home support services need not translate into dependence. Ageing & Society, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X23000478

Spring, L., Funk, L., Kuryk, K., Warner, G., Macdonald, M., Burke, R., & Keefe, J. M. (2023). Person-centered home care: Exploring worker-client relationships using an intersectional and critical disability framework. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231201837

Mitchell, L., Poss, J., MacDonald, M., Burke, R., & Keefe, J. (2023). Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada. BMC Geriatrics, 23, Article number: 389 (2023).

Funk, L., Irwin, P., Kuryk, K., Lobchuk, M., Rempel, J., & Keefe, J. (2022). Home care program flexibility as a relational phenomenon. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, Volume 2, 100107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100107.

Poss, J., Mitchell, L., Mah, J., & Keefe, J. (2021). Disparities in utilization of psychiatric services among home care clients: The tale of two Canadian jurisdictions. Frontiers in Psychiatry-Public Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.712112 Video: The Disparities in Utilization of Psychiatry Services Among Home Care Clients

Keefe, J., Funk, L., Knight, L., Lobchuk, M., Macdonald, M., Mitchell, L., Rempel, J., Warner, G., & Stevens, S. (2020). Home care clients: A research protocol for studying their pathways. BMC Health Services Research 20, 535 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05363-7

 

Presentations

Keefe, J., Mitchell, L., Poss, J., Mah, J. (2023). Do public home care clients ‘lose out on services ‘ because they have a family caregiver?. Oral presentation at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, November 8-12, 2023, Tampa, FL.

Funk, L., Kuryk, K., Spring, L., Burke, R., Lobchuk, M., Macdonald, M., Rempel, J., Warner, G., & Keefe, J., (2023). Understanding home care pathways over time: Insights from longitudinal qualitative inquiry. Oral presentation at the Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, October 26-28, 2023, Toronto, ON.

Spring, L., Mason, S., Kuryk, K., & Keefe, J. (2023). Relational cultures in homecare. Poster presentation to the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, May 29-31, 2023, Montreal.

Poss, J., Mitchell, L., Mah, J., & Keefe, J. (2023). Diversity among home care client pathways: Applying latent class models in longitudinal data. Oral presentation to the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, May 29-31, 2023, Montreal.

Kuryk, K., Spring, L. Burke, R., Rempel, J., Funk, L., Keefe, J., Warner G. (2022). Not a “task” like any other: meanings and anxieties associated with meal preparation in home care settings. Oral presentation at the Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, October 20-22, 2023, Regina, SK.

Keefe, J., Poss, J., Mah, J. & Mitchell, L. (2022, October). Trajectories of older home care clients’ pathways over 4 years: Exploring functional changes. Poster presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference, October 20-22, 2022, Regina.

Spring, L., Burke, R., Rempel, J., Kuryk, K., Funk, L., & Keefe, J. (2022, October). Not a “task” like any other: meanings and anxieties associated with meal preparation in home care settings. Oral presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference, October 20-22, 2022, Regina.

Kuryk, K., & Spring, L. (2022, October). “We’re just out there sacrificing”: A longitudinal study of homecare work during Covid-19. Oral presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference, October 20-22, 2022, Regina.

Kuryk, K., Funk, L., Warner, G., MacDonald, M., Lobchuk, M., Rempel, J., Spring, L. & Keefe, J. (2022, October). The work required of older clients to age in place with non-medical home support services. Poster presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference, October 20-22, 2022, Regina.

Spring, L., Funk L.., Kuryk, K., Warner, G., Burke, R., Macdonald, M., Lobchuk, M., Keefe, J., & Rempel, J. ‘Person-centred’ home care: How “rule-bending” can help fortify relationships and built trust between clients and care providers. Presentation at Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research Conference, May 31, 2022. Virtual.

Spring, L. & Warner, G. Is ”no news good news”? Or does being a ”squeaky wheel” improve home care client trajectories? Presentation at 2022 Northwood Research Symposium, June 17, 2022. Virtual.

Mitchell, L., Poss, J., & Keefe, J. (2021, October). Mapping older home care clients’ pathways in the health care system: A tale of two provinces. Paper presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology, October 22, 2021, virtual.

Stevens, S., & Keefe, J. (2019, May). How approaches to care shape the pathways of older adult home care clients. Oral presentation to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference, May 29, 2019, Halifax.

 

Summary Briefs

Exploring the Benefits of Person-Centered Home Care and the Policies that Limit its Practice

Flexibility as a Relational Phenomenon is Positive Step

Disparities in Utilization of Psychiatry Services Among Home Care Clients

Receiving Home Support Services Does Not Mean Client Dependence

Inter-provincial Variation in Older Home Care Clients and Their Pathways

 

Student Projects

Rosanne Burke. Masters research (September 2023). “How Home Care Communication Adapts Over Time to Meet Clients’ Needs: A Case Study of Home Care Constellations.”


Home Care Program Profiles

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