Lorraine Holtslander
Biographic Data
| ID | 281910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Holtslander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Holtslander |
| SIGNATURE | HOLTSLANDER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8641-150X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Caregivers to older adults require support
The vast majority of older adults who are chronically ill rely on informal caregivers for support. Caregivers often require additional support to facilitate their role. To the best of our knowledge, there has yet to be a collation of caregiver-identified priorities for support. Using existing research, this scoping review provides a comprehensive picture of what caregivers have indicated as priorities for support. Arksey and O'Malley's scoping re…
Mental Health and Addiction Related Emergency Department Visits
Constructivist Grounded Theory or Interpretive Phenomenology? Methodological Choices Within Specific Study Contexts
Constructivist research methodologies are useful in discerning meanings of experience to subsequently inform and improve healthcare practice. For researchers who philosophically align with the constructivist paradigm, numerous methodologies are available from which to choose to address research questions. However, it can be challenging for researchers, especially novice ones, to choose the most appropriate methodology that aligns with the current…
Exploring opportunities for holistic family care of parental caregivers of children with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses
Life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses in children have profound implications for all family members, many of whom experience unmet health and support needs. Guided by literature on family-centered care and an Interpretive Description methodology, qualitative focus group interviews were conducted with 18 parental caregivers and health care and support providers to explore family experiences and identify care and support needs across the ill…
Keeping Hope Possible Toolkit
The evidence-informed KHP intervention can be used by healthcare providers to intervene with family caregivers to support their dynamic emotions including hope, need to live in the moment and remember self, and social preferences. In doing so, parents' critical caregiving activities can be sustained and their child's health and wellbeing optimized
A modified Delphi study on research priorities in cancer, gender and the arts
Men and women diagnosed with cancer may encounter complex changes to gendered roles and expectations within the work environment, families and the community. Creative interventions using the arts could address some of these challenges using person-centred approaches that attend to gender disruptions and negotiations. To identify current research gaps and future priorities in this field, a national expert panel was assembled of seventeen professio…
A ‘good death’ for all
The notion of dying a ‘good death’ is widespread among many cultures, despite variation in what this actually means. Efforts to facilitate dying well are reflected in palliative care and related movements. However, greater attention is needed with regard to the accessibility of a ‘good death’ in diverse social settings. In particular, we examine the attributes of a ‘good death’ relative to correctional settings to illustrate the tension between t…
A school curriculum for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
While a significant number of individuals in Canada and globally are affected by prenatal fetal alcohol exposure, scant research exists that focuses specifically on the subjective experiences of this population. Based on a single case study exploring through Photovoice methodology the life experiences of a young adult with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), this research paper utilises Schwab’s curriculum commonplaces as a framework to prese…
The Psychosocial Context of Bereavement for Older Women Who Were Caregivers for a Spouse With Advanced Cancer
The psychosocial context of bereavement for older women who were caregivers for a spouse with advanced cancer was explored qualitatively with 13 older women. Interviews and diaries were analyzed using constant comparison. The psychosocial context emerged as the intrapersonal: exhaustion, loneliness, pain, and recovering physical health; the interpersonal: finding a new way through both supportive and difficult relationships; and the community/soc…
Metasynthesis of the Hope Experience of Family Caregivers of Persons With Chronic Illness
The purpose of this metasynthesis was to describe the hope experience of family caregivers of persons with chronic illness. Fourteen studies were included in the metasynthesis. All studies described the importance of hope to the family caregivers of relatives with chronic illness regardless of age, relationship, or setting. Several derived themes arose from the metasynthesis, including (a) transitional refocusing from a difficult present to a pos…
The Hope Experience of Older Bereaved Women Who Cared for a Spouse With Terminal Cancer
In this study we explore the experience and processes of hope of older women who were bereaved after caring for a spouse with terminal cancer, and we develop a tentative, emerging theory of their hope experience. We used constructivist grounded theory methods. We conducted 30 open-ended, in-depth, audiotaped interviews with 13 western Canadian women, aged 60 to 79 years, within the 1st year of bereavement, and collected 12 hope diaries. Data were…
Constructivist Grounded Theory or Interpretive Phenomenology? Methodological Choices Within Specific Study Contexts
Constructivist research methodologies are useful in discerning meanings of experience to subsequently inform and improve healthcare practice. For researchers who philosophically align with the constructivist paradigm, numerous methodologies are available from which to choose to address research questions. However, it can be challenging for researchers, especially novice ones, to choose the most appropriate methodology that aligns with the current…
The Hope Experience of Older Bereaved Women Who Cared for a Spouse With Terminal Cancer
In this study we explore the experience and processes of hope of older women who were bereaved after caring for a spouse with terminal cancer, and we develop a tentative, emerging theory of their hope experience. We used constructivist grounded theory methods. We conducted 30 open-ended, in-depth, audiotaped interviews with 13 western Canadian women, aged 60 to 79 years, within the 1st year of bereavement, and collected 12 hope diaries. Data were…
Metasynthesis of the Hope Experience of Family Caregivers of Persons With Chronic Illness
The purpose of this metasynthesis was to describe the hope experience of family caregivers of persons with chronic illness. Fourteen studies were included in the metasynthesis. All studies described the importance of hope to the family caregivers of relatives with chronic illness regardless of age, relationship, or setting. Several derived themes arose from the metasynthesis, including (a) transitional refocusing from a difficult present to a pos…
A school curriculum for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
While a significant number of individuals in Canada and globally are affected by prenatal fetal alcohol exposure, scant research exists that focuses specifically on the subjective experiences of this population. Based on a single case study exploring through Photovoice methodology the life experiences of a young adult with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), this research paper utilises Schwab’s curriculum commonplaces as a framework to prese…
The Hope Experience of Older Bereaved Women Who Cared for a Spouse With Terminal Cancer
In this study we explore the experience and processes of hope of older women who were bereaved after caring for a spouse with terminal cancer, and we develop a tentative, emerging theory of their hope experience. We used constructivist grounded theory methods. We conducted 30 open-ended, in-depth, audiotaped interviews with 13 western Canadian women, aged 60 to 79 years, within the 1st year of bereavement, and collected 12 hope diaries. Data were…
The Psychosocial Context of Bereavement for Older Women Who Were Caregivers for a Spouse With Advanced Cancer
The psychosocial context of bereavement for older women who were caregivers for a spouse with advanced cancer was explored qualitatively with 13 older women. Interviews and diaries were analyzed using constant comparison. The psychosocial context emerged as the intrapersonal: exhaustion, loneliness, pain, and recovering physical health; the interpersonal: finding a new way through both supportive and difficult relationships; and the community/soc…
Metasynthesis of the Hope Experience of Family Caregivers of Persons With Chronic Illness
The purpose of this metasynthesis was to describe the hope experience of family caregivers of persons with chronic illness. Fourteen studies were included in the metasynthesis. All studies described the importance of hope to the family caregivers of relatives with chronic illness regardless of age, relationship, or setting. Several derived themes arose from the metasynthesis, including (a) transitional refocusing from a difficult present to a pos…
A ‘good death’ for all
The notion of dying a ‘good death’ is widespread among many cultures, despite variation in what this actually means. Efforts to facilitate dying well are reflected in palliative care and related movements. However, greater attention is needed with regard to the accessibility of a ‘good death’ in diverse social settings. In particular, we examine the attributes of a ‘good death’ relative to correctional settings to illustrate the tension between t…
A school curriculum for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
While a significant number of individuals in Canada and globally are affected by prenatal fetal alcohol exposure, scant research exists that focuses specifically on the subjective experiences of this population. Based on a single case study exploring through Photovoice methodology the life experiences of a young adult with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), this research paper utilises Schwab’s curriculum commonplaces as a framework to prese…
A modified Delphi study on research priorities in cancer, gender and the arts
Men and women diagnosed with cancer may encounter complex changes to gendered roles and expectations within the work environment, families and the community. Creative interventions using the arts could address some of these challenges using person-centred approaches that attend to gender disruptions and negotiations. To identify current research gaps and future priorities in this field, a national expert panel was assembled of seventeen professio…
Exploring opportunities for holistic family care of parental caregivers of children with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses
Life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses in children have profound implications for all family members, many of whom experience unmet health and support needs. Guided by literature on family-centered care and an Interpretive Description methodology, qualitative focus group interviews were conducted with 18 parental caregivers and health care and support providers to explore family experiences and identify care and support needs across the ill…
Keeping Hope Possible Toolkit
The evidence-informed KHP intervention can be used by healthcare providers to intervene with family caregivers to support their dynamic emotions including hope, need to live in the moment and remember self, and social preferences. In doing so, parents' critical caregiving activities can be sustained and their child's health and wellbeing optimized
Caregivers to older adults require support
The vast majority of older adults who are chronically ill rely on informal caregivers for support. Caregivers often require additional support to facilitate their role. To the best of our knowledge, there has yet to be a collation of caregiver-identified priorities for support. Using existing research, this scoping review provides a comprehensive picture of what caregivers have indicated as priorities for support. Arksey and O'Malley's scoping re…
Mental Health and Addiction Related Emergency Department Visits
Constructivist Grounded Theory or Interpretive Phenomenology? Methodological Choices Within Specific Study Contexts
Constructivist research methodologies are useful in discerning meanings of experience to subsequently inform and improve healthcare practice. For researchers who philosophically align with the constructivist paradigm, numerous methodologies are available from which to choose to address research questions. However, it can be challenging for researchers, especially novice ones, to choose the most appropriate methodology that aligns with the current…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)