Denise Cloutier
Biographic Data
| ID | 225125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise Cloutier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise |
| FAMILY NAME | Cloutier |
| SIGNATURE | CLOUTIER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6065-5234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 211 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Breadlines, victory gardens, or human rights: Examining food insecurity discourses in Canada
Long before the exacerbating effects of COVID-19, household food insecurity (HFI) has been a persistent yet hidden problem in wealthy nations such as Canada, where it has been perpetuated in part through dominant discourses and practices. In this critique of HFI-related frameworks, we suggest that discourses organized around the production and (re)distribution of food, rather than income inequality, have misdirected household food insecurity redu…
More than a roof; challenges for older women renters in British Columbia, Canada
The growing issue of housing affordability is an increasing challenge worldwide as the financialization of housing markets undermines housing as a basic human right. One of the most vulnerable segments of the population affected by rising housing costs are older, low-income, females. Drawing on qualitative interviews with older women, we explore lived experiences of housing insecurity using a feminist political ecology perspective. Our findings r…
Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
PURPOSE: To document the prevalence of functional impairment in middle-aged and older adults from rural regions and to determine urban-rural differences. METHODS: We have conducted a secondary analysis using data from an ongoing population-based cohort study, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). We used a cross-sectional sample from the baseline wave of the "tracking cohort." The definition of rurality was the same as the one used in …
Becoming Wolf and other stories: Using Indigenist arts-based methodologies to explore urban Indigenous coming of age
Arts-based methodologies are increasingly being used in community-based research to explore and communicate issues of importance to Indigenous communities. Situating research in an Indigenist framework ensures that relational accountability—foundational to Indigenous ways of knowing and doing—is threaded throughout all stages of a research project. In this article, the authors describe how using Indigenist arts-based methodologies helped to devel…
Recent challenges and new possibilities with urban agriculture in Victoria, British Columbia
Increasing urbanization generates new challenges for cities, including housing shortages, environmental degradation, public health concerns, and food security issues, just to mention a few. High levels of food insecurity can motivate planners to increase their support for community gardening forms of urban agriculture. The COVID‐19 pandemic has amplified many pressures of urban living. In this paper, we focus on challenges around urban agricultur…
Becoming Self-in-Relation: Coming of Age as a Pathway towards Wellness for Urban Indigenous Youth in Care
Two workshops were held with urban Indigenous youth who live in foster care on Lekwungen Territory on southern Vancouver Island. The workshops were informed by guidance from community knowledge holders and Elders and explored the meaning of Indigenous coming of age and adolescence with 15 youth through oral, visual, and text-based activities. Following a thematic analysis of the workshop transcripts, five themes emerged: self-continuity; self-awa…
“We are to be like machines…fill the bed before it gets cold”: Exploring the emotional geographies of healthcare providers caring for dying residents in long-term care facilities
The end-of-life context is imbued with emotions, with death and dying transforming everyday places, like long-term care facilities, into entirely new emotional topographies that can evoke profound effects on those who live and work within these settings. Despite their significant role, healthcare providers' emotions and their interconnections with 'place' have received relatively little attention from researchers, including geographers of care an…
Asset based community development to promote healthy aging in a rural context in Western Canada: Notes From the Field
Working from an asset-based perspective, this exploratory, qualitative study examined local community strengths and capacities to support healthy aging in a rural community in Western Canada. The research team consisted of academic leads and a project coordinator from a Canadian university, collaborating partners from the health authority, representatives from local and regional municipal leadership, and an Advisory Committee comprising local mun…
Long-Term Care Service Trajectories and Their Predictors for Persons Living With Dementia: Results From a Canadian Study
Reliance on HC and RC by persons with dementia raises critical questions about ensuring that an adequate range of services is available in local communities to support aging in place and to ensure appropriate timing for entry into institutions
From home to ‘home’: Mapping the caregiver journey in the transition from home care into residential care
Long-term Care Trajectories in Canadian Context: Patterns and Predictors of Publicly Funded Care
Our findings support the utility of a structural LCP for understanding LTC trajectories in later life. In doing so, they also reveal avenues for enhancing equitable access to care and the need for options that would increase continuity and minimize unnecessary, untimely, or undesirable transitions
The space between: Using 'Relational Ethics' and 'Relational Space' to Explore Relationship-Building Between Care Providers and Care Recipients in the Home Space
Geographers and other social scientists have a longstanding interest in 'geographies of aging' focused on the provision of care to vulnerable older populations and the challenges and experiences of caregivers [Skinner, M. W., Cloutier, D., & Andrews, G. J. (2014). Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change. Progress in Human Geography, 1–24]. This qualitative research project explores strategies for relationship…
Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change
This article examines two-decades of progress toward developing ‘geographies of ageing’ as a distinct field of human geography. Reflecting on the last review in this journal by Harper and Laws (1995), we elucidate the longstanding, emergent, and hidden pathways of scholarship involved in the constitution of the field since the mid-1990s. We consider contemporary developments relating to the empirical gap in understanding the contributions of olde…
The subjective dimension of social isolation: A qualitative investigation of older adults' experiences in small social support networks
Articulating the Role of Relationships in Access to Home Care Nursing at the End of Life
In this article, we draw on data collected from two samples of home care nurses to examine how relationships between nurses and family caregivers intersected with access to palliative home care nursing services. Participants referred to relationships as important for their practical benefits and for access to care: good relationships enhanced the nurse's ability to assess clients and families and fostered the family's trust in the nurse's care. A…
Examining social isolation by gender and geography: Conceptual and operational challenges using population health data in Canada
In 2003, the Canadian Federal/Provincial/Territorial Task Force on Seniors identified social isolation as an important issue for further study and policy development given that socially isolated persons are considered to be more vulnerable to both inappropriate use of the health care system and poorer health outcomes. In order to provide adequate support to this vulnerable population, it is critical to untangle the complex web of relationships th…
Making Meaningful Connections: A Profile of Social Isolation and Health Among Older Adults in Small Town and Small City, British Columbia
The findings underscore the importance of understanding differential profiles of need and service use for SIOA within broader social contexts, and are discussed in terms of their implications for health care policy and program planning for this vulnerable population
Levelling the playing field? Exploring the implications of managed competition for voluntary sector providers of long-term care in small town Ontario
Different Strokes: Need for Help Among Stroke-affected Persons in British Columbia
Health Diaries for Monitoring Events Following Immunization
Long-term care restructuring in rural Ontario: Retrieving Community Service User and Provider Narratives
Elderly migration and its implications for service provision in rural communities: An Ontario perspective
A framework for modeling the consumption of health services by the rural elderly
Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change
This article examines two-decades of progress toward developing ‘geographies of ageing’ as a distinct field of human geography. Reflecting on the last review in this journal by Harper and Laws (1995), we elucidate the longstanding, emergent, and hidden pathways of scholarship involved in the constitution of the field since the mid-1990s. We consider contemporary developments relating to the empirical gap in understanding the contributions of olde…
Long-term care restructuring in rural Ontario: Retrieving Community Service User and Provider Narratives
The space between: Using 'Relational Ethics' and 'Relational Space' to Explore Relationship-Building Between Care Providers and Care Recipients in the Home Space
Geographers and other social scientists have a longstanding interest in 'geographies of aging' focused on the provision of care to vulnerable older populations and the challenges and experiences of caregivers [Skinner, M. W., Cloutier, D., & Andrews, G. J. (2014). Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change. Progress in Human Geography, 1–24]. This qualitative research project explores strategies for relationship…
Elderly migration and its implications for service provision in rural communities: An Ontario perspective
The subjective dimension of social isolation: A qualitative investigation of older adults' experiences in small social support networks
Levelling the playing field? Exploring the implications of managed competition for voluntary sector providers of long-term care in small town Ontario
Making Meaningful Connections: A Profile of Social Isolation and Health Among Older Adults in Small Town and Small City, British Columbia
The findings underscore the importance of understanding differential profiles of need and service use for SIOA within broader social contexts, and are discussed in terms of their implications for health care policy and program planning for this vulnerable population
A framework for modeling the consumption of health services by the rural elderly
Asset based community development to promote healthy aging in a rural context in Western Canada: Notes From the Field
Working from an asset-based perspective, this exploratory, qualitative study examined local community strengths and capacities to support healthy aging in a rural community in Western Canada. The research team consisted of academic leads and a project coordinator from a Canadian university, collaborating partners from the health authority, representatives from local and regional municipal leadership, and an Advisory Committee comprising local mun…
From home to ‘home’: Mapping the caregiver journey in the transition from home care into residential care
Examining social isolation by gender and geography: Conceptual and operational challenges using population health data in Canada
In 2003, the Canadian Federal/Provincial/Territorial Task Force on Seniors identified social isolation as an important issue for further study and policy development given that socially isolated persons are considered to be more vulnerable to both inappropriate use of the health care system and poorer health outcomes. In order to provide adequate support to this vulnerable population, it is critical to untangle the complex web of relationships th…
Long-term Care Trajectories in Canadian Context: Patterns and Predictors of Publicly Funded Care
Our findings support the utility of a structural LCP for understanding LTC trajectories in later life. In doing so, they also reveal avenues for enhancing equitable access to care and the need for options that would increase continuity and minimize unnecessary, untimely, or undesirable transitions
Long-Term Care Service Trajectories and Their Predictors for Persons Living With Dementia: Results From a Canadian Study
Reliance on HC and RC by persons with dementia raises critical questions about ensuring that an adequate range of services is available in local communities to support aging in place and to ensure appropriate timing for entry into institutions
Articulating the Role of Relationships in Access to Home Care Nursing at the End of Life
In this article, we draw on data collected from two samples of home care nurses to examine how relationships between nurses and family caregivers intersected with access to palliative home care nursing services. Participants referred to relationships as important for their practical benefits and for access to care: good relationships enhanced the nurse's ability to assess clients and families and fostered the family's trust in the nurse's care. A…
Health Diaries for Monitoring Events Following Immunization
A framework for modeling the consumption of health services by the rural elderly
Elderly migration and its implications for service provision in rural communities: An Ontario perspective
Health Diaries for Monitoring Events Following Immunization
Long-term care restructuring in rural Ontario: Retrieving Community Service User and Provider Narratives
Levelling the playing field? Exploring the implications of managed competition for voluntary sector providers of long-term care in small town Ontario
Different Strokes: Need for Help Among Stroke-affected Persons in British Columbia
Making Meaningful Connections: A Profile of Social Isolation and Health Among Older Adults in Small Town and Small City, British Columbia
The findings underscore the importance of understanding differential profiles of need and service use for SIOA within broader social contexts, and are discussed in terms of their implications for health care policy and program planning for this vulnerable population
Examining social isolation by gender and geography: Conceptual and operational challenges using population health data in Canada
In 2003, the Canadian Federal/Provincial/Territorial Task Force on Seniors identified social isolation as an important issue for further study and policy development given that socially isolated persons are considered to be more vulnerable to both inappropriate use of the health care system and poorer health outcomes. In order to provide adequate support to this vulnerable population, it is critical to untangle the complex web of relationships th…
The subjective dimension of social isolation: A qualitative investigation of older adults' experiences in small social support networks
Articulating the Role of Relationships in Access to Home Care Nursing at the End of Life
In this article, we draw on data collected from two samples of home care nurses to examine how relationships between nurses and family caregivers intersected with access to palliative home care nursing services. Participants referred to relationships as important for their practical benefits and for access to care: good relationships enhanced the nurse's ability to assess clients and families and fostered the family's trust in the nurse's care. A…
Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change
This article examines two-decades of progress toward developing ‘geographies of ageing’ as a distinct field of human geography. Reflecting on the last review in this journal by Harper and Laws (1995), we elucidate the longstanding, emergent, and hidden pathways of scholarship involved in the constitution of the field since the mid-1990s. We consider contemporary developments relating to the empirical gap in understanding the contributions of olde…
The space between: Using 'Relational Ethics' and 'Relational Space' to Explore Relationship-Building Between Care Providers and Care Recipients in the Home Space
Geographers and other social scientists have a longstanding interest in 'geographies of aging' focused on the provision of care to vulnerable older populations and the challenges and experiences of caregivers [Skinner, M. W., Cloutier, D., & Andrews, G. J. (2014). Geographies of ageing: Progress and possibilities after two decades of change. Progress in Human Geography, 1–24]. This qualitative research project explores strategies for relationship…
Long-term Care Trajectories in Canadian Context: Patterns and Predictors of Publicly Funded Care
Our findings support the utility of a structural LCP for understanding LTC trajectories in later life. In doing so, they also reveal avenues for enhancing equitable access to care and the need for options that would increase continuity and minimize unnecessary, untimely, or undesirable transitions
Long-Term Care Service Trajectories and Their Predictors for Persons Living With Dementia: Results From a Canadian Study
Reliance on HC and RC by persons with dementia raises critical questions about ensuring that an adequate range of services is available in local communities to support aging in place and to ensure appropriate timing for entry into institutions
From home to ‘home’: Mapping the caregiver journey in the transition from home care into residential care
Asset based community development to promote healthy aging in a rural context in Western Canada: Notes From the Field
Working from an asset-based perspective, this exploratory, qualitative study examined local community strengths and capacities to support healthy aging in a rural community in Western Canada. The research team consisted of academic leads and a project coordinator from a Canadian university, collaborating partners from the health authority, representatives from local and regional municipal leadership, and an Advisory Committee comprising local mun…
Becoming Self-in-Relation: Coming of Age as a Pathway towards Wellness for Urban Indigenous Youth in Care
Two workshops were held with urban Indigenous youth who live in foster care on Lekwungen Territory on southern Vancouver Island. The workshops were informed by guidance from community knowledge holders and Elders and explored the meaning of Indigenous coming of age and adolescence with 15 youth through oral, visual, and text-based activities. Following a thematic analysis of the workshop transcripts, five themes emerged: self-continuity; self-awa…
“We are to be like machines…fill the bed before it gets cold”: Exploring the emotional geographies of healthcare providers caring for dying residents in long-term care facilities
The end-of-life context is imbued with emotions, with death and dying transforming everyday places, like long-term care facilities, into entirely new emotional topographies that can evoke profound effects on those who live and work within these settings. Despite their significant role, healthcare providers' emotions and their interconnections with 'place' have received relatively little attention from researchers, including geographers of care an…
Breadlines, victory gardens, or human rights: Examining food insecurity discourses in Canada
Long before the exacerbating effects of COVID-19, household food insecurity (HFI) has been a persistent yet hidden problem in wealthy nations such as Canada, where it has been perpetuated in part through dominant discourses and practices. In this critique of HFI-related frameworks, we suggest that discourses organized around the production and (re)distribution of food, rather than income inequality, have misdirected household food insecurity redu…
More than a roof; challenges for older women renters in British Columbia, Canada
The growing issue of housing affordability is an increasing challenge worldwide as the financialization of housing markets undermines housing as a basic human right. One of the most vulnerable segments of the population affected by rising housing costs are older, low-income, females. Drawing on qualitative interviews with older women, we explore lived experiences of housing insecurity using a feminist political ecology perspective. Our findings r…
Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
PURPOSE: To document the prevalence of functional impairment in middle-aged and older adults from rural regions and to determine urban-rural differences. METHODS: We have conducted a secondary analysis using data from an ongoing population-based cohort study, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). We used a cross-sectional sample from the baseline wave of the "tracking cohort." The definition of rurality was the same as the one used in …
Becoming Wolf and other stories: Using Indigenist arts-based methodologies to explore urban Indigenous coming of age
Arts-based methodologies are increasingly being used in community-based research to explore and communicate issues of importance to Indigenous communities. Situating research in an Indigenist framework ensures that relational accountability—foundational to Indigenous ways of knowing and doing—is threaded throughout all stages of a research project. In this article, the authors describe how using Indigenist arts-based methodologies helped to devel…
Recent challenges and new possibilities with urban agriculture in Victoria, British Columbia
Increasing urbanization generates new challenges for cities, including housing shortages, environmental degradation, public health concerns, and food security issues, just to mention a few. High levels of food insecurity can motivate planners to increase their support for community gardening forms of urban agriculture. The COVID‐19 pandemic has amplified many pressures of urban living. In this paper, we focus on challenges around urban agricultur…
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Economics (8 works)