Alison Phinney
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 108960 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alison Phinney |
| PRENOMES | Alison |
| SOBRENOME | Phinney |
| ASSINATURA | PHINNEY A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3025-0396 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Integrating neighbourhood walkability perceptions of people living with dementia in urban design and planning in British Columbia, Canada
Urban design and planning play an important role in supporting the out-of-home activity participation of people living with dementia. Studies show discrepancies in planners' understanding of the perceptions, motivations, and needs of people living with dementia related to environmental support. This study explores 1) how people living with dementia perceive neighbourhood environmental support for outdoor walking, and 2) how the recommendations fo…
Perspectives of municipal professionals on adopting a dementia-friendly and inclusive approach in urban planning and design in British Columbia, Canada
An accessible and navigable neighbourhood physical environment is a critical part of dementia-friendly and inclusive communities (DFCs). Municipalities in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada have committed to the vision of DFCs with action plans outlining priorities in planning, design, engineering, and services. City planners and designers play an instrumental role in implementing these plans. Our study aims to understand their needs and challenges …
Exploring the awareness of changes in outdoor mobility and the influence of the neighbourhood environment among people living with dementia in British Columbia, Canada
Exploring people’s awareness of age and disease related changes (AADRC) offers unique insights into how people living with dementia form experiential knowledge. • The transition into living with dementia is marked by changing mobility-related needs and priorities, and adapting to changing walking abilities to maintain out-of-home activity. • People living with dementia become increasingly aware of physical and social risk factors in the neighbour…
The perspectives program
The Perspectives program is a unique collaborative undertaking where communication design students and people living in long-term care homes co-create ‘zines’ featuring the life stories of individuals living in care. A research project was undertaken to explore the effectiveness of the program as perceived by the people living in care, the staff who work with them, and design students. This was a qualitative study, using mixed qualitative methods…
Protocol for A Mixed-Methods Study
Neighbourhoods are known to help maintain functional abilities and enable out-of-home activities and social participation for people living with dementia. Dementia friendly and inclusive communities (DFC) frameworks recognize the importance of developing supportive and empowering environments for people living with dementia and their families. Beyond the core objective of raising awareness and eliminating stigma associated with dementia, most DFC…
Using Video-Reflexive Ethnography to Engage Hospital Staff to Improve Dementia Care
In this article, we discuss how video-reflexive ethnography may be useful in engaging staff to improve dementia care in a hospital medical unit. Seven patients with dementia were involved in the production of patient-story videos, and fifty members of staff (nurses, physicians, and allied health practitioners) participated in video-reflexive groups. We identified five substantial themes to describe how video-reflexive groups might contribute to e…
Appreciative Inquiry
Purpose: In this action study, researchers worked with a team of interdisciplinary practitioners to co-develop knowledge and practice in a medical unit of a large urban hospital in Canada. An appreciative inquiry approach was utilized to guide the project. This article specifically focuses on examining the research experiences of practitioners and their accounts on how the research influenced their practice development to enact person-centered ca…
Social citizenship, public art and dementia
Among gerontologists and health researchers, there is growing recognition of the importance of social participation and inclusion towards the health, well-being and quality of life of people with dementia. This paper examines the role of public artworks to facilitate the social citizenship of people with dementia. It is based on a subset of data from a larger study on community-based programmes for persons living with dementia and examines how Pa…
The Influence of Organizational Systems on Information Exchange in Long-Term Care Facilities
Person-centered care is heavily dependent on effective information exchange among health care team members. We explored the organizational systems that influence resident care attendants' (RCAs) access to care information in long-term care (LTC) settings. We conducted an institutional ethnography in three LTC facilities. Investigative methods included naturalistic observations, in-depth interviews, and textual analysis. Practical access to texts …
Walking With Meaning
Physical activity is beneficial for people with dementia, but little research explores subjective experiences of physical activity in this population. Interpretive description guided the analysis of 26 interviews conducted with 12 people with dementia. Three themes described the subjective meaning of everyday physical activity: Participants were attracted to activity because it improved physical well-being, provided social connections, gave oppor…
Maximizing Theoretical Contributions of Participant Observation While Managing Challenges
Participant observation (PO) is an important method of data collection used in a variety of research methodologies. PO can inform theory development by providing understanding of participants' behaviors and the contexts that influence their behaviors. Because theory development is important in grounded theory studies, we emphasize theoretical contributions of PO while interrogating the challenges of using PO, in particular, attending to informed …
Masculinities, Work, and Retirement Among Older Men Who Experience Depression
The high incidence of depression among older men has been linked to numerous factors. In this qualitative descriptive study of 30 older, Canadian-based men who experienced depression, we explored the connections between participants' depression, masculinities, work, and retirement. Our analyses revealed three thematic findings. The recursive relationship between depression and work was reflected in depression impeding and emerging from paid work,…
Horizons of Meaning in Dementia
Spiritual care of people with dementia can be challenging, in part because the impact of the disease on personhood is so poorly understood. To address this issue, in-depth interviews with people with dementia were analyzed to uncover the narratives that framed their sense of life as meaningful. Most common were retained narratives showing how meaning was unchanged; however, some were shifting narratives showing how people were finding meaning in …
Dementia at the Intersections
Integrating Human Rights and Public Health to Prevent Interpersonal Violence
Interpersonal violence accounts for a significant portion of the global burden of disease and imposes substantial direct and indirect costs on society. This article reviews a public health approach to the problem, describing the health dimensions of interpersonal violence and strategies for intervention, and then looks at human rights approaches to the problem, focusing on specific examples of violence against women and child abuse. The discussio…
The lived body in dementia
The lived body in dementia
Dementia at the Intersections
Masculinities, Work, and Retirement Among Older Men Who Experience Depression
The high incidence of depression among older men has been linked to numerous factors. In this qualitative descriptive study of 30 older, Canadian-based men who experienced depression, we explored the connections between participants' depression, masculinities, work, and retirement. Our analyses revealed three thematic findings. The recursive relationship between depression and work was reflected in depression impeding and emerging from paid work,…
Maximizing Theoretical Contributions of Participant Observation While Managing Challenges
Participant observation (PO) is an important method of data collection used in a variety of research methodologies. PO can inform theory development by providing understanding of participants' behaviors and the contexts that influence their behaviors. Because theory development is important in grounded theory studies, we emphasize theoretical contributions of PO while interrogating the challenges of using PO, in particular, attending to informed …
Protocol for A Mixed-Methods Study
Neighbourhoods are known to help maintain functional abilities and enable out-of-home activities and social participation for people living with dementia. Dementia friendly and inclusive communities (DFC) frameworks recognize the importance of developing supportive and empowering environments for people living with dementia and their families. Beyond the core objective of raising awareness and eliminating stigma associated with dementia, most DFC…
The Influence of Organizational Systems on Information Exchange in Long-Term Care Facilities
Person-centered care is heavily dependent on effective information exchange among health care team members. We explored the organizational systems that influence resident care attendants' (RCAs) access to care information in long-term care (LTC) settings. We conducted an institutional ethnography in three LTC facilities. Investigative methods included naturalistic observations, in-depth interviews, and textual analysis. Practical access to texts …
Integrating Human Rights and Public Health to Prevent Interpersonal Violence
Interpersonal violence accounts for a significant portion of the global burden of disease and imposes substantial direct and indirect costs on society. This article reviews a public health approach to the problem, describing the health dimensions of interpersonal violence and strategies for intervention, and then looks at human rights approaches to the problem, focusing on specific examples of violence against women and child abuse. The discussio…
The lived body in dementia
Dementia at the Intersections
Horizons of Meaning in Dementia
Spiritual care of people with dementia can be challenging, in part because the impact of the disease on personhood is so poorly understood. To address this issue, in-depth interviews with people with dementia were analyzed to uncover the narratives that framed their sense of life as meaningful. Most common were retained narratives showing how meaning was unchanged; however, some were shifting narratives showing how people were finding meaning in …
Masculinities, Work, and Retirement Among Older Men Who Experience Depression
The high incidence of depression among older men has been linked to numerous factors. In this qualitative descriptive study of 30 older, Canadian-based men who experienced depression, we explored the connections between participants' depression, masculinities, work, and retirement. Our analyses revealed three thematic findings. The recursive relationship between depression and work was reflected in depression impeding and emerging from paid work,…
Walking With Meaning
Physical activity is beneficial for people with dementia, but little research explores subjective experiences of physical activity in this population. Interpretive description guided the analysis of 26 interviews conducted with 12 people with dementia. Three themes described the subjective meaning of everyday physical activity: Participants were attracted to activity because it improved physical well-being, provided social connections, gave oppor…
Maximizing Theoretical Contributions of Participant Observation While Managing Challenges
Participant observation (PO) is an important method of data collection used in a variety of research methodologies. PO can inform theory development by providing understanding of participants' behaviors and the contexts that influence their behaviors. Because theory development is important in grounded theory studies, we emphasize theoretical contributions of PO while interrogating the challenges of using PO, in particular, attending to informed …
The Influence of Organizational Systems on Information Exchange in Long-Term Care Facilities
Person-centered care is heavily dependent on effective information exchange among health care team members. We explored the organizational systems that influence resident care attendants' (RCAs) access to care information in long-term care (LTC) settings. We conducted an institutional ethnography in three LTC facilities. Investigative methods included naturalistic observations, in-depth interviews, and textual analysis. Practical access to texts …
Social citizenship, public art and dementia
Among gerontologists and health researchers, there is growing recognition of the importance of social participation and inclusion towards the health, well-being and quality of life of people with dementia. This paper examines the role of public artworks to facilitate the social citizenship of people with dementia. It is based on a subset of data from a larger study on community-based programmes for persons living with dementia and examines how Pa…
Using Video-Reflexive Ethnography to Engage Hospital Staff to Improve Dementia Care
In this article, we discuss how video-reflexive ethnography may be useful in engaging staff to improve dementia care in a hospital medical unit. Seven patients with dementia were involved in the production of patient-story videos, and fifty members of staff (nurses, physicians, and allied health practitioners) participated in video-reflexive groups. We identified five substantial themes to describe how video-reflexive groups might contribute to e…
Appreciative Inquiry
Purpose: In this action study, researchers worked with a team of interdisciplinary practitioners to co-develop knowledge and practice in a medical unit of a large urban hospital in Canada. An appreciative inquiry approach was utilized to guide the project. This article specifically focuses on examining the research experiences of practitioners and their accounts on how the research influenced their practice development to enact person-centered ca…
The perspectives program
The Perspectives program is a unique collaborative undertaking where communication design students and people living in long-term care homes co-create ‘zines’ featuring the life stories of individuals living in care. A research project was undertaken to explore the effectiveness of the program as perceived by the people living in care, the staff who work with them, and design students. This was a qualitative study, using mixed qualitative methods…
Protocol for A Mixed-Methods Study
Neighbourhoods are known to help maintain functional abilities and enable out-of-home activities and social participation for people living with dementia. Dementia friendly and inclusive communities (DFC) frameworks recognize the importance of developing supportive and empowering environments for people living with dementia and their families. Beyond the core objective of raising awareness and eliminating stigma associated with dementia, most DFC…
Perspectives of municipal professionals on adopting a dementia-friendly and inclusive approach in urban planning and design in British Columbia, Canada
An accessible and navigable neighbourhood physical environment is a critical part of dementia-friendly and inclusive communities (DFCs). Municipalities in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada have committed to the vision of DFCs with action plans outlining priorities in planning, design, engineering, and services. City planners and designers play an instrumental role in implementing these plans. Our study aims to understand their needs and challenges …
Exploring the awareness of changes in outdoor mobility and the influence of the neighbourhood environment among people living with dementia in British Columbia, Canada
Exploring people’s awareness of age and disease related changes (AADRC) offers unique insights into how people living with dementia form experiential knowledge. • The transition into living with dementia is marked by changing mobility-related needs and priorities, and adapting to changing walking abilities to maintain out-of-home activity. • People living with dementia become increasingly aware of physical and social risk factors in the neighbour…
Integrating neighbourhood walkability perceptions of people living with dementia in urban design and planning in British Columbia, Canada
Urban design and planning play an important role in supporting the out-of-home activity participation of people living with dementia. Studies show discrepancies in planners' understanding of the perceptions, motivations, and needs of people living with dementia related to environmental support. This study explores 1) how people living with dementia perceive neighbourhood environmental support for outdoor walking, and 2) how the recommendations fo…
Medicine (14 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Dementia (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (4 obras) · Gerontology (4 obras) · Medical education (4 obras) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 obras)