Grace Norris

Biographic Data

ID9610873
NAMEGrace Norris
GIVEN NAMESGrace
FAMILY NAMENorris
SIGNATURENORRIS G
AFFILIATIONSSchool of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Canada
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The continuous learning needs of personal support workers who care for people living with dementia in long-term care

    Grace Norris, Marie Y Savundranayagam et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2025

    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 …

  • The representation of personal support workers in dementia-specific learning need assessments

    Grace Norris, Marie Y Savundranayagam et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2024

    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…