Marie Y Savundranayagam
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie Y Savundranayagam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Savundranayagam |
| SIGNATURE | SAVUNDRANAYAGAM M Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3911-1854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Learning How to Breathe
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic lung disease that affects breathing and can have a large impact on the quality of life of those living with it and their caregivers. Managing COPD is complex and often experienced as disjointed; integrated care is essential to providing high quality care to people with COPD. Efforts are underway in Ontario, Canada (and around the world) to better support people with…
The continuous learning needs of personal support workers who care for people living with dementia in long-term care
Personal support workers (PSWs) in long-term care (LTC) homes provide the most care to people living with dementia, yet receive the least education compared to other healthcare professionals. Informed by adult learning theory, this study investigated PSW perspectives of their dementia-specific learning needs while working in LTC. Interpretive Description guided the secondary qualitative analysis of focus groups with ‘mid-career’ PSWs (n = 39) in …
Pediatric oncology caregiving as narrative repair
Drawing on Arthur Frank's conceptualization of narrative repair, we consider how pediatric oncology nurses restore and re-story the narratives of patients and families whose biographies have been thrown off course by the diagnosis and death of a child from cancer, as well as their own narratives as caregivers. Frank argued that when one's life story is shipwrecked by chronic or life-threatening illness, storytelling is way to reorient one's biogr…
The representation of personal support workers in dementia-specific learning need assessments
In formal care organizations, personal support workers (PSWs) provide the most daily direct care to people living with dementia. PSWs receive the least comprehensive education and have the fewest opportunities for continuing education compared to nurses and physicians. PSWs need to be provided with opportunities for continuous education programs tailored to their specific learning needs to improve dementia car Conducted in accordance with the JBI…
Primary Care Physician Engagement in Integrated Health System Transformation
Background: Primary care physician (PCP) engagement is essential in enhancing health system performance, efficacy and collaboration, however; limited research exists in terms of how PCPs are engaged in health system reform. Aims & Methods: Ontario is undergoing a healthcare transformation with the introduction of Ontario Health Teams (OHTs). OHTs provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local…
I can't be the nurse I want to be
Quality home care for persons living with dementia
There is a global need to understand how the quality of home care for persons living with dementia is perceived by their most frequent formal caregivers, personal support workers (PSW), especially given the expected rise in the prevalence of dementia. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of PSW regarding what constitutes quality home care for persons with dementia. Qualitative content analysis was undertaken to interpret semi-stru…
Expanding current understandings of epistemic injustice and dementia
Assessment of Caregiving Constructs
Social Psychological Aspects of Communication and Aging
Language plays an important role in defining identities in older adulthood. Both self-perception and others' perceptions of older adults are reflected through language used by older and younger adults (see recent texts: de Bot & Makoni, 2005; Harwood, 2007; Hummert & Nussbaum, 2001; Nussbaum & Coupland, 2004). In this review, we outline key theoretical perspectives on the study of communication with older adults and provide evidence supporting th…
Investigating the Effects of Communication Problems on Caregiver Burden
The study findings not only lend further support to the existing literature that has documented problem behaviors as strong predictors of burden but also emphasize the importance of communication problems in the caregiving process
Investigating the Effects of Communication Problems on Caregiver Burden
The study findings not only lend further support to the existing literature that has documented problem behaviors as strong predictors of burden but also emphasize the importance of communication problems in the caregiving process
Expanding current understandings of epistemic injustice and dementia
I can't be the nurse I want to be
Investigating the Effects of Communication Problems on Caregiver Burden
The study findings not only lend further support to the existing literature that has documented problem behaviors as strong predictors of burden but also emphasize the importance of communication problems in the caregiving process
Social Psychological Aspects of Communication and Aging
Language plays an important role in defining identities in older adulthood. Both self-perception and others' perceptions of older adults are reflected through language used by older and younger adults (see recent texts: de Bot & Makoni, 2005; Harwood, 2007; Hummert & Nussbaum, 2001; Nussbaum & Coupland, 2004). In this review, we outline key theoretical perspectives on the study of communication with older adults and provide evidence supporting th…
Assessment of Caregiving Constructs
Expanding current understandings of epistemic injustice and dementia
Quality home care for persons living with dementia
There is a global need to understand how the quality of home care for persons living with dementia is perceived by their most frequent formal caregivers, personal support workers (PSW), especially given the expected rise in the prevalence of dementia. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of PSW regarding what constitutes quality home care for persons with dementia. Qualitative content analysis was undertaken to interpret semi-stru…
Primary Care Physician Engagement in Integrated Health System Transformation
Background: Primary care physician (PCP) engagement is essential in enhancing health system performance, efficacy and collaboration, however; limited research exists in terms of how PCPs are engaged in health system reform. Aims & Methods: Ontario is undergoing a healthcare transformation with the introduction of Ontario Health Teams (OHTs). OHTs provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local…
I can't be the nurse I want to be
The representation of personal support workers in dementia-specific learning need assessments
In formal care organizations, personal support workers (PSWs) provide the most daily direct care to people living with dementia. PSWs receive the least comprehensive education and have the fewest opportunities for continuing education compared to nurses and physicians. PSWs need to be provided with opportunities for continuous education programs tailored to their specific learning needs to improve dementia car Conducted in accordance with the JBI…
The continuous learning needs of personal support workers who care for people living with dementia in long-term care
Personal support workers (PSWs) in long-term care (LTC) homes provide the most care to people living with dementia, yet receive the least education compared to other healthcare professionals. Informed by adult learning theory, this study investigated PSW perspectives of their dementia-specific learning needs while working in LTC. Interpretive Description guided the secondary qualitative analysis of focus groups with ‘mid-career’ PSWs (n = 39) in …
Pediatric oncology caregiving as narrative repair
Drawing on Arthur Frank's conceptualization of narrative repair, we consider how pediatric oncology nurses restore and re-story the narratives of patients and families whose biographies have been thrown off course by the diagnosis and death of a child from cancer, as well as their own narratives as caregivers. Frank argued that when one's life story is shipwrecked by chronic or life-threatening illness, storytelling is way to reorient one's biogr…
Learning How to Breathe
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic lung disease that affects breathing and can have a large impact on the quality of life of those living with it and their caregivers. Managing COPD is complex and often experienced as disjointed; integrated care is essential to providing high quality care to people with COPD. Efforts are underway in Ontario, Canada (and around the world) to better support people with…
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Dementia (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Disease (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Personal care (3 works)