dc.contributor.advisor | Kelley, Mary Lou | |
dc.contributor.author | McAnulty, Jessica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-11T03:38:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-11T03:38:19Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-11-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/329 | |
dc.description.abstract | This research paper is a sub-study of a five year Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Counci l of Canada (SSHRC) funded Community-University Research Alliance project: Improving Quality ofLife for People Dying in Long-Term Care Homes, in progress from 2009 to 2013. This sub-study uses a comparative case study design and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association' s (CHPCA) model of practice as a framework to understand how the organizational infrastructure of two long-term care (LTC) homes affects their capacity to develop and deliver formal palliative care programs. The three main goals of this sub-study were: 1 ) to identifY resources and functions within the two LTC homes that serve as enablers to support palliative care development and delivery; 2) to identify current gaps and barriers that influence the development and delivery of formal palliative care programs within these two care homes ; and 3 ) t o determine a list of priorities for change a t the organizational level i n e fforts t o make
the LTC homes more successful during the development and delivery their own formalized
palliative care programs. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Palliative care | en_US |
dc.subject | Ontario, Northern | en_US |
dc.subject | Long-term care facilities | en_US |
dc.subject | Long-term care of the sick | en_US |
dc.title | An Assessment of organizational infrastructure gaps, barriers and enablers to developing formal palliative care programs in LTC homes : a comparative case study of two long term care homes in Northern Ontario | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
etd.degree.name | M.S.W. | en_US |
etd.degree.level | Master | en_US |
etd.degree.discipline | Social Work | en_US |
etd.degree.grantor | Lakehead University | en_US |