Donna Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canadian Heart Research Centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building Bridges
Background/Objectives : Transitioning from pediatric to adult services can be challenging for youth with complex chronic health conditions, especially those with multi-morbidity. These youth often require extra coordination and support during this phase of their healthcare journey. Building upon existing provincial and national initiatives for transitions from pediatric to adult healthcare services, we have developed a hospital-wide program withi…
Caregiver-Centered Care
Family caregivers are the largest care workforce. Besides providing 90% of the care, they are conduits of critical information about the patient and the de facto care coordinators in siloed health and social care systems. It is well established that family caregivers require support to reduce stress, anxiety, and burden caused by caregiving demands and that health providers should consistently recognize and include family caregivers as partners o…
Exploring factors associated with the physical, mental, and financial health of unpaid caregivers
Natural Support for Canadians with Disabilities
Background: Natural supports provide crucial emotional, informational, and instrumental support for people with disabilities and can facilitate social inclusion and belonging. Minimal research explores natural support in Canadian contexts for people with disabilities. Purpose: This scoping review identifies how natural supports for adults with disabilities in Canada are described in published research literature. Method: Using Arksey and O’Malley…
The Limits and Contributions of Formal Support
Evidence suggests that integrated support, combining both natural and formal supports, is often essential for individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve their preferred quality of life. However, studies are limited on how to organize supports so that people with developmental disabilities and their families find a balance between formal and natural supports. Often, there are systemic and personal boundaries around the nature and exten…
Covid19 as the Impetus for a Social Movement for Healthcare Transformation
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 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Nurse absenteeism, stress and workplace injury
States Canadian governments have, after a decade of health care downsizing, started to focus on issues of health human resources. Posits that nurses in particular experience higher rates of absenteeism and injury than other types of Canadian workers. Advocates that this study’s findings offers numerous ideas to managers of the system, unions, nurses, government and other parties on how to manage the system better for all involved and the improvem…
Nurse absenteeism, stress and workplace injury
States Canadian governments have, after a decade of health care downsizing, started to focus on issues of health human resources. Posits that nurses in particular experience higher rates of absenteeism and injury than other types of Canadian workers. Advocates that this study’s findings offers numerous ideas to managers of the system, unions, nurses, government and other parties on how to manage the system better for all involved and the improvem…
Nurse absenteeism, stress and workplace injury
States Canadian governments have, after a decade of health care downsizing, started to focus on issues of health human resources. Posits that nurses in particular experience higher rates of absenteeism and injury than other types of Canadian workers. Advocates that this study’s findings offers numerous ideas to managers of the system, unions, nurses, government and other parties on how to manage the system better for all involved and the improvem…
Covid19 as the Impetus for a Social Movement for Healthcare Transformation
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 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Natural Support for Canadians with Disabilities
Background: Natural supports provide crucial emotional, informational, and instrumental support for people with disabilities and can facilitate social inclusion and belonging. Minimal research explores natural support in Canadian contexts for people with disabilities. Purpose: This scoping review identifies how natural supports for adults with disabilities in Canada are described in published research literature. Method: Using Arksey and O’Malley…
The Limits and Contributions of Formal Support
Evidence suggests that integrated support, combining both natural and formal supports, is often essential for individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve their preferred quality of life. However, studies are limited on how to organize supports so that people with developmental disabilities and their families find a balance between formal and natural supports. Often, there are systemic and personal boundaries around the nature and exten…
Building Bridges
Background/Objectives : Transitioning from pediatric to adult services can be challenging for youth with complex chronic health conditions, especially those with multi-morbidity. These youth often require extra coordination and support during this phase of their healthcare journey. Building upon existing provincial and national initiatives for transitions from pediatric to adult healthcare services, we have developed a hospital-wide program withi…
Caregiver-Centered Care
Family caregivers are the largest care workforce. Besides providing 90% of the care, they are conduits of critical information about the patient and the de facto care coordinators in siloed health and social care systems. It is well established that family caregivers require support to reduce stress, anxiety, and burden caused by caregiving demands and that health providers should consistently recognize and include family caregivers as partners o…
Exploring factors associated with the physical, mental, and financial health of unpaid caregivers
Psychology (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Absenteeism (1 work)