Shelley Peacock, University of Alberta

Research

Dementia Long-Term Care Quality Of Life Clinical Trial Effectiveness Evaluation Social Isolation And Loneliness Loneliness Phase 3 Complex Intervention Evaluation

Latest papers

Light therapy for improving cognition, activities of daily living, sleep, challenging behaviour, and psychiatric disturbances in dementia.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
Self-administered intervention for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.
Clinical nursing research · 2014 · senior author
A mixed methods study of hope, transitions, and quality of life in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.
BMC geriatrics · 2011

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: An Evaluation of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Pragmatic Cluster RCT of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Pragmatic Cluster RCT of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 3 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Light therapy for improving cognition, activities of daily living, sleep, challenging behaviour, and psychiatric disturbances in dementia.

Forbes D, Blake CM, Thiessen EJ, Peacock S, Hawranik P

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2014

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003946.pub4 PMID: 24574061

02

Self-administered intervention for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.

Duggleby W, Swindle J, Peacock S

Clinical nursing research2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/1054773812474299 PMID: 23393291

03

A mixed methods study of hope, transitions, and quality of life in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.

Duggleby WD, Swindle J, Peacock S, Ghosh S

BMC geriatrics2011

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-88 PMID: 22192235

Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: An Evaluation of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA - Pandemics/Health Emergencies Res. - Multi-Year Funding

Principal investigators: O'Rourke, Hannah M; Hoben, Matthias; Peacock, Shelley

Keywords: Dementia; Loneliness; Long-Term Care; Phase 3 Complex Intervention Evaluation; Quality Of Life; Social Factors; Social Isolation

$300,000

Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Pragmatic Cluster RCT of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: O'Rourke, Hannah M; Hoben, Matthias; Peacock, Shelley

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Dementia; Effectiveness Evaluation; Long-Term Care; Quality Of Life; Social Isolation And Loneliness

$100,000

Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Pragmatic Cluster RCT of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: O'Rourke, Hannah M; Hoben, Matthias; Peacock, Shelley

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Dementia; Effectiveness Evaluation; Long-Term Care; Quality Of Life; Social Isolation And Loneliness

$100,000

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

Wendy Duggleby

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Dementia Dear Professor Peacock, 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 "Light therapy for improving cognition, activities of daily living, sleep, challenging behaviour, and psychiatric disturbances in dementia." (2014), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness: An Evaluation of a Remote Visiting Program for Care Home Residents Living with Dementia" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]