Belinda Parke, University of Alberta

Research

Caregivers Dementia Emergency Departments Rural Health Services

Latest papers

Know me - A new person-centered approach for dementia-friendly emergency department care.
Dementia (London, England) · 2019 · first author
A Scoping Literature Review of Dementia-Friendly Hospital Design.
The Gerontologist · 2017 · first author
The dementia-friendly emergency department: An innovation to reducing incompatibilities at the local level.
Healthcare management forum · 2017 · first author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Understanding emergency department care transitions for older adults with dementia living in rural communities
CIHR · 2012 · Principal investigator
$85,847
Quality and Safety for Older People in Canadian Hospitals: Creating a National Collaboration
CIHR · 2011 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Can we get old here? A Scoping Review of Suburban Aging-in-Place
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$47,290

All 5 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Know me - A new person-centered approach for dementia-friendly emergency department care.

Parke B, Hunter KF, Schulz ME, Jouanne L

Dementia (London, England)2019First author

DOI: 10.1177/1471301216675670 PMID: 27811017

02

A Scoping Literature Review of Dementia-Friendly Hospital Design.

Parke B, Boltz M, Hunter KF, Chambers T, Wolf-Ostermann K, Adi MN, Feldman F, Gutman G

The Gerontologist2017First author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw128 PMID: 27831481

03

The dementia-friendly emergency department: An innovation to reducing incompatibilities at the local level.

Parke B, Hunter KF

Healthcare management forum2017First author

DOI: 10.1177/0840470416664532 PMID: 28929901

04

Balancing safety and harm for older adults with dementia in rural emergency departments: healthcare professionals' perspectives.

Hunter KF, Parke B, Babb M, Forbes D, Strain L

Rural and remote health2017

DOI: 10.22605/rrh4055 PMID: 28186825

05

The care of older adults in hospital: if it's common sense why isn't it common practice?

Parke B, Hunter KF

Journal of clinical nursing2014First author

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12529 PMID: 24444372

06

Identifying modifiable factors to improve quality for older adults in hospital: a scoping review.

Parke B, Hunter KF, Bostrom AM, Chambers T, Manraj C

International journal of older people nursing2014First author

DOI: 10.1111/opn.12007 PMID: 23067226

07

Facilitators and barriers to safe emergency department transitions for community dwelling older people with dementia and their caregivers: a social ecological study.

Parke B, Hunter KF, Strain LA, Marck PB, Waugh EH, McClelland AJ

International journal of nursing studies2013First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.005 PMID: 23219329

08

Contextual factors influencing success or failure of emergency department interventions for cognitively impaired older people: a scoping and integrative review.

Parke B, Beaith A, Slater L, Clarke AM

Journal of advanced nursing2011First author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05611.x PMID: 21382076

Understanding emergency department care transitions for older adults with dementia living in rural communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Catyalyst Grant: Health Services and Systems for an Aging Population

Principal investigators: Hunter, Kathleen F; Parke, Belinda B

Keywords: Caregivers; Dementia; Emergency Departments; Rural Health Services

$85,847

Quality and Safety for Older People in Canadian Hospitals: Creating a National Collaboration

Principal investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Aging

Principal investigators: Liu, Barbara; Juby, Angela G; Parke, Belinda B

Keywords: Aging; Health Policy And Services; Maintaining Function; Older Adults; Safety In Hospitals

$25,000

Can we get old here? A Scoping Review of Suburban Aging-in-Place

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Garvin, Theresa D; Johnson, Sherrill A; Menec, Verena H; Nykiforuk, Candace

Keywords: Aging In Place; Built Environment; Healthy Aging; Older Adults; Suburbs; Urban Planning

$47,290

Older Persons' Transitions in Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Cummings, Greta; Konnert, Joanne N; Estabrooks, Carole Anne; Norton, Peter G; Reid, Robert C

Keywords: Elderly Adults; Emergency Department; Emergency Medical Service; Knowledge Translation; Nursing Homes; Transitions

$340,600

Understanding Emergency Department Care Transitions for Older Adults with Dementia

Nominated PICIHR2009Research Program on Care Practice in Cognitive Impairment in Aging

Principal investigators: Parke, Belinda B

Keywords: Dementia

$31,313

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

School of Population and Public Health
Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
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Fabio Feldman

Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Fabio Feldman

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Caregivers Dear Professor Parke, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Know me - A new person-centered approach for dementia-friendly emergency department care." (2019), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]