Melissa Northwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Northwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Northwood |
| SIGNATURE | NORTHWOOD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5043-8068 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Caring in Changing Times
Background: Having a skilled workforce is essential for the delivery of high quality, integrated home and community care. Home Health Nursing (HHN) Competencies provide a unified understanding of the knowledge, skills and attributes required for safe and ethical care, serving as a resource to support consistency in care delivery across locations of care. However, to be used effectively for workforce training and development, competencies must ref…
What should we consider when implementing digital assessments in integrated health and social care? Ten action areas for implementation planning
Background: Health system fragmentation contributes to poor health and social outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity and their care partners. Integrated team-based models of care are recommended to improve health service delivery to older adults with complex needs. Standardized assessment instruments deployed on digital platforms are considered a necessary component of integrated care, as they can facilitate information sharing and develop…
Leveraging Community Support Services to Support an Integrated Health and Social System Response to Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted access to health and social care for older adults. In response, a standardized, self-report instrument, the interRAI COVID-19 Vulnerability Screener (CVS), was developed. In collaboration with a community support service organization, this project aimed to evaluate a surveillance process to identify those at risk and triage them to health- or social-care services. A convergent, mixed methods design was used. Virtu…
Assessing the Scalability of a Community-Based Self-Management Intervention for Older Adults with Diabetes and other Chronic Conditions – The Aging, Community and Health Research Unit Community Partne…
Background: A multi-pronged approach was undertaken to assess the scalability of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit – Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP), a complex, integrated 6-month self-management program for community-living older adults with diabetes and multimorbidity and their caregivers, in two Canadian provinces. The ACHRU-CPP was co-designed by patients, caregivers, home and community-care providers, and researchers, i…
Comprehensive Standardized Assessment for Information Continuity
Introduction: Older adults living with frailty and multimorbidity interact with multiple care providers across different health settings increasing the risk for fragmented care and information discontinuity. Information discontinuity results in workforce inefficiencies and adverse health events, including duplication of assessment and diagnostics, medication errors and increased health service use. Standardized assessments potentiate integrated c…
Exploring the Role of Interprofessional Education in Ontario Hospital to Home Integrated Care Programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Standardized assessment to support integrated care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Perceived Impacts, Facilitators and Barriers, and Recommendations to Support Diabetes Self-Management for Older Persons in Canada Through the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit – Community Part…
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The Complexity of Living with Diabetes and Urinary Incontinence for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions Receiving Home Care Services
Over 40% of older adults with diabetes receiving home-care services experience urinary incontinence. However, experiential knowledge is lacking on how these older adults live with diabetes and incontinence. Interpretive description methodology was used to explore the experiences of 18 older adults with diabetes and urinary incontinence receiving home-care services in Ontario, Canada. Five themes emerged from the findings: (a) enduring urinary inc…
Understanding the Complexity of Diabetes and Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Receiving Home Care Services
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a very prevalent problem for older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) receiving home care services. However, the complexities of living with UI and T2DM and providing nursing care for older adults in the home care context have received very little research attention. This article describes a protocol for a convergent, mixed methods research design study to address this knowledge and practice gap. The objectiv…
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Understanding the Complexity of Diabetes and Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Receiving Home Care Services
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a very prevalent problem for older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) receiving home care services. However, the complexities of living with UI and T2DM and providing nursing care for older adults in the home care context have received very little research attention. This article describes a protocol for a convergent, mixed methods research design study to address this knowledge and practice gap. The objectiv…
The Complexity of Living with Diabetes and Urinary Incontinence for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions Receiving Home Care Services
Over 40% of older adults with diabetes receiving home-care services experience urinary incontinence. However, experiential knowledge is lacking on how these older adults live with diabetes and incontinence. Interpretive description methodology was used to explore the experiences of 18 older adults with diabetes and urinary incontinence receiving home-care services in Ontario, Canada. Five themes emerged from the findings: (a) enduring urinary inc…
Exploring the Role of Interprofessional Education in Ontario Hospital to Home Integrated Care Programs
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Standardized assessment to support integrated care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Perceived Impacts, Facilitators and Barriers, and Recommendations to Support Diabetes Self-Management for Older Persons in Canada Through the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit – Community Part…
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Leveraging Community Support Services to Support an Integrated Health and Social System Response to Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted access to health and social care for older adults. In response, a standardized, self-report instrument, the interRAI COVID-19 Vulnerability Screener (CVS), was developed. In collaboration with a community support service organization, this project aimed to evaluate a surveillance process to identify those at risk and triage them to health- or social-care services. A convergent, mixed methods design was used. Virtu…
Assessing the Scalability of a Community-Based Self-Management Intervention for Older Adults with Diabetes and other Chronic Conditions – The Aging, Community and Health Research Unit Community Partne…
Background: A multi-pronged approach was undertaken to assess the scalability of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit – Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP), a complex, integrated 6-month self-management program for community-living older adults with diabetes and multimorbidity and their caregivers, in two Canadian provinces. The ACHRU-CPP was co-designed by patients, caregivers, home and community-care providers, and researchers, i…
Comprehensive Standardized Assessment for Information Continuity
Introduction: Older adults living with frailty and multimorbidity interact with multiple care providers across different health settings increasing the risk for fragmented care and information discontinuity. Information discontinuity results in workforce inefficiencies and adverse health events, including duplication of assessment and diagnostics, medication errors and increased health service use. Standardized assessments potentiate integrated c…
What should we consider when implementing digital assessments in integrated health and social care? Ten action areas for implementation planning
Background: Health system fragmentation contributes to poor health and social outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity and their care partners. Integrated team-based models of care are recommended to improve health service delivery to older adults with complex needs. Standardized assessment instruments deployed on digital platforms are considered a necessary component of integrated care, as they can facilitate information sharing and develop…
Caring in Changing Times
Background: Having a skilled workforce is essential for the delivery of high quality, integrated home and community care. Home Health Nursing (HHN) Competencies provide a unified understanding of the knowledge, skills and attributes required for safe and ethical care, serving as a resource to support consistency in care delivery across locations of care. However, to be used effectively for workforce training and development, competencies must ref…
Medicine (8 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Frailty in Older Adults (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Integrated care (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)