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Creating space for citizenship : the impact of group structure on validating the voices of people with dementia

Wiersma, Elaine C.; O'Connor, Deborah L.; Loiselle, Lisa; Hickman, Kathy; Heibein, Bill; Hounam, Brenda; Mann, Jim (Sage, 2016-05)

Recently, there has been increasing attention given to finding ways to help people diagnosed with dementia “live well” with their condition. Frequently however, the attention has been placed on the family care partner ...
The Job Accommodation Scale (JAS): Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Employer Support for Temporary Job Modifications

Shaw, William S.; Kristman, Vicki L.; Williams-Whitt, Kelly; Soklaridis, Sophie; Huang, Yueng-Hsiang; Cote, Pierre; Loisel, Patrick (2015-04-28)

An employer offer of temporary job modification is a key strategy for facilitating return-to-work for musculoskeletal conditions, but there are no validated scales to assess the level of support for temporary job modifications ...
Prevalence of multimorbidity in adults with cancer, and associated health service utilization in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Kone Pefoyo, Anna; Scharf, Deborah (Springer Nature, 2021)

Background: The majority of people with cancer have at least one other chronic health condition. With each additional chronic disease, the complexity of their care increases, as does the potential for negative outcomes ...