Raeann G Leblanc
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 9123729 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Raeann G Leblanc |
| NOMBRES | Raeann G |
| APELLIDO | Leblanc |
| FIRMA | LEBLANC R G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 12 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Understanding Factors to Implement a Peer‐Led Exercise Program Aiming to Reduce Risk of Falls in a Community Setting
Background Zoomers in Balance is an evidence‐based fall prevention group exercise program offered for free to participants and led by peer‐volunteer leaders. Since 2009, it has been expanded to more sites, delivering to 800% more participants by adding capacity and online options. This program aims to reduce the risk of falls among adults aged 50+. To sustain and continue spreading the program as requests grow, it is crucial to understand the fac…
Sharing Rural Health Perspectives
People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Australia’s first Rural Health Consumer Panel (RHCP), established in 2022, assists researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of rural and regional A…
The Phenomenon of End-of-Life Dreams and Visions Through the Eyes of Nurses
This article presents findings from a qualitative phenomenological study exploring the lived experience of nurses who have witnessed end-of-life dreams and visions (ELDVs) of dying patients. Using Seidman's Three-Interview Series, conducted asynchronously via email, eight nurses from Western Massachusetts contributed six comprehensive and two partial experiential accounts. The study revealed that witnessing these deathbed phenomena was a profound…
Spiritual Coping in the Process of Home Care Among Family Caregivers
Spirituality helps family caregivers (FC) cope with the challenges of home care. FCs use spiritual resources such as hope, faith, or reflection to develop a mindful relationship with themselves, experience meaning, and accept the new life situation, which reduces negative emotions and strengthens their resilience. There is currently a lack of studies investigating how spirituality among FCs changes over time in the care situation. More knowledge …
Wellbeing and Agency Among Relatives of Persons With Lower‐Limb Amputations in Trinidad and Tobago
The study explores wellbeing and agency among relatives of persons with lower‐limb amputations in Trinidad and Tobago. Using a basic, interpretivist qualitative design, interview data were collected from 17 relatives of persons with amputations, purposively sampled across Trinidad and Tobago. Constant comparison analysis revealed three themes related to the conflicting views of care, variations in the social context, and changing perceptions and …
Typologies of Informal Care Networks for Middle‐Aged and Older Adults With Functional Difficulties in China
Introduction: This study aims to examine informal care networks for aging adults with functional disabilities in China by exploring caregivers within broader social relationships. It further investigates the multifaceted determinants of care network typologies across individual, household, and policy dimensions. Materials and Methods: Data were derived from the nationally representative China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2020…
Caring and Working
This paper reports on a study exploring the experiences of working carers in the South of England—part of a larger research project exploring carers’ needs, experiences and ideas about improving carer involvement in research. The purpose of this element of the project was to understand the experience of being in paid employment whilst providing unpaid care to someone, including adjustments made to employment, support provided by employers and sup…
Becoming Experts
Background: Social and health trends (e.g., the aging population and growth of chronic diseases) place stroke and informal care as global concerns. After a stroke, most survivors return home relying primarily on informal caregivers, who ensure essential daily support. Although informal care’s adaptive and learning dimensions are evident, it has rarely been problematized. Understanding what and how learning processes emerge in the context of infor…
Experiences of Disadvantage and Privilege of Care Recipients With a Migration Background in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Health inequities exist between care recipients with or without a migration background, but there is insufficient knowledge about the mechanisms that lead to the reproduction of health inequities. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of how diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) shape the experiences of care recipients with a disability and migration background in collaborative care networks, through an intersectional lens. A parti…
Social Isolation, Social Support and Loneliness and Their Relationship With Physical Activity and Physical Function Among Older People
Background: Older adults are at risk of poor social health which may lead to reduced physical activity and physical function. The aim of this study was to determine whether social isolation, social support, and loneliness are independently associated with and/or predictive of physical activity and physical function in older adults. Methods: Secondary analysis of 9066 participants from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial a…
I Never Thought I’d See the Day That I Would Be Doing Things on Zoom”
This paper considers the role of collective forms of day care for older people and their carers during the enforced closure of services in 2020 due to COVID‐19. The study provides a unique opportunity to examine how the sector adapted to these unprecedented times. The paper draws on qualitative data collected from 8 case studies conducted in England, during which 120 interviews were held with older people, their carers, staff, and managers of ser…
Care Drain” from East to West
This study employs a qualitative methodology to investigate the implications of Romanian women’s migration to Italy for employment in the domestic care sector. The research is based on in‐depth interviews conducted face to face with 20 Romanian women who have resided in Italy for over a decade, with the aim of capturing the details of their long‐term integration processes. These interviews, conducted in 2022, specifically focus on the participant…
Problematizing Dominant Assumptions about Unpaid Support through Exploring Case Study Profiles of Older Home Care Clients
Despite efforts to acknowledge diversity among unpaid caregivers, Canadian research, advocacy, practice, and policy tend to be based in and to reproduce dominant social and institutional expectations and assumptions about who provides unpaid support and why, and what this support looks like. The objective of this analysis is to generate unique insights into unpaid care by exploring the situations of older adult home care clients, who had particip…
I Never Thought I’d See the Day That I Would Be Doing Things on Zoom”
This paper considers the role of collective forms of day care for older people and their carers during the enforced closure of services in 2020 due to COVID‐19. The study provides a unique opportunity to examine how the sector adapted to these unprecedented times. The paper draws on qualitative data collected from 8 case studies conducted in England, during which 120 interviews were held with older people, their carers, staff, and managers of ser…
Care Drain” from East to West
This study employs a qualitative methodology to investigate the implications of Romanian women’s migration to Italy for employment in the domestic care sector. The research is based on in‐depth interviews conducted face to face with 20 Romanian women who have resided in Italy for over a decade, with the aim of capturing the details of their long‐term integration processes. These interviews, conducted in 2022, specifically focus on the participant…
I Never Thought I’d See the Day That I Would Be Doing Things on Zoom”
This paper considers the role of collective forms of day care for older people and their carers during the enforced closure of services in 2020 due to COVID‐19. The study provides a unique opportunity to examine how the sector adapted to these unprecedented times. The paper draws on qualitative data collected from 8 case studies conducted in England, during which 120 interviews were held with older people, their carers, staff, and managers of ser…
Care Drain” from East to West
This study employs a qualitative methodology to investigate the implications of Romanian women’s migration to Italy for employment in the domestic care sector. The research is based on in‐depth interviews conducted face to face with 20 Romanian women who have resided in Italy for over a decade, with the aim of capturing the details of their long‐term integration processes. These interviews, conducted in 2022, specifically focus on the participant…
Problematizing Dominant Assumptions about Unpaid Support through Exploring Case Study Profiles of Older Home Care Clients
Despite efforts to acknowledge diversity among unpaid caregivers, Canadian research, advocacy, practice, and policy tend to be based in and to reproduce dominant social and institutional expectations and assumptions about who provides unpaid support and why, and what this support looks like. The objective of this analysis is to generate unique insights into unpaid care by exploring the situations of older adult home care clients, who had particip…
The Phenomenon of End-of-Life Dreams and Visions Through the Eyes of Nurses
This article presents findings from a qualitative phenomenological study exploring the lived experience of nurses who have witnessed end-of-life dreams and visions (ELDVs) of dying patients. Using Seidman's Three-Interview Series, conducted asynchronously via email, eight nurses from Western Massachusetts contributed six comprehensive and two partial experiential accounts. The study revealed that witnessing these deathbed phenomena was a profound…
Spiritual Coping in the Process of Home Care Among Family Caregivers
Spirituality helps family caregivers (FC) cope with the challenges of home care. FCs use spiritual resources such as hope, faith, or reflection to develop a mindful relationship with themselves, experience meaning, and accept the new life situation, which reduces negative emotions and strengthens their resilience. There is currently a lack of studies investigating how spirituality among FCs changes over time in the care situation. More knowledge …
Wellbeing and Agency Among Relatives of Persons With Lower‐Limb Amputations in Trinidad and Tobago
The study explores wellbeing and agency among relatives of persons with lower‐limb amputations in Trinidad and Tobago. Using a basic, interpretivist qualitative design, interview data were collected from 17 relatives of persons with amputations, purposively sampled across Trinidad and Tobago. Constant comparison analysis revealed three themes related to the conflicting views of care, variations in the social context, and changing perceptions and …
Typologies of Informal Care Networks for Middle‐Aged and Older Adults With Functional Difficulties in China
Introduction: This study aims to examine informal care networks for aging adults with functional disabilities in China by exploring caregivers within broader social relationships. It further investigates the multifaceted determinants of care network typologies across individual, household, and policy dimensions. Materials and Methods: Data were derived from the nationally representative China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2020…
Caring and Working
This paper reports on a study exploring the experiences of working carers in the South of England—part of a larger research project exploring carers’ needs, experiences and ideas about improving carer involvement in research. The purpose of this element of the project was to understand the experience of being in paid employment whilst providing unpaid care to someone, including adjustments made to employment, support provided by employers and sup…
Becoming Experts
Background: Social and health trends (e.g., the aging population and growth of chronic diseases) place stroke and informal care as global concerns. After a stroke, most survivors return home relying primarily on informal caregivers, who ensure essential daily support. Although informal care’s adaptive and learning dimensions are evident, it has rarely been problematized. Understanding what and how learning processes emerge in the context of infor…
Experiences of Disadvantage and Privilege of Care Recipients With a Migration Background in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Health inequities exist between care recipients with or without a migration background, but there is insufficient knowledge about the mechanisms that lead to the reproduction of health inequities. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of how diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) shape the experiences of care recipients with a disability and migration background in collaborative care networks, through an intersectional lens. A parti…
Social Isolation, Social Support and Loneliness and Their Relationship With Physical Activity and Physical Function Among Older People
Background: Older adults are at risk of poor social health which may lead to reduced physical activity and physical function. The aim of this study was to determine whether social isolation, social support, and loneliness are independently associated with and/or predictive of physical activity and physical function in older adults. Methods: Secondary analysis of 9066 participants from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial a…
Understanding Factors to Implement a Peer‐Led Exercise Program Aiming to Reduce Risk of Falls in a Community Setting
Background Zoomers in Balance is an evidence‐based fall prevention group exercise program offered for free to participants and led by peer‐volunteer leaders. Since 2009, it has been expanded to more sites, delivering to 800% more participants by adding capacity and online options. This program aims to reduce the risk of falls among adults aged 50+. To sustain and continue spreading the program as requests grow, it is crucial to understand the fac…
Sharing Rural Health Perspectives
People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Australia’s first Rural Health Consumer Panel (RHCP), established in 2022, assists researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of rural and regional A…
Medicine (7 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Gerontology (5 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 obras) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 obras) · Qualitative research (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 obras)