Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Alberta profile.
Latest papers
Exploring Oral Care in Long-Term Care Homes: An Institutional Ethnography.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · 2025 · senior author
Multi-Level Factors Associated with Relationship-Centred and Task-Focused Mealtime Practices in Long-Term Care: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Making the Most of Mealtimes Study.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2023
Qualitative analysis of a virtual research meeting summarises expert-based strategies to promote hydration in residential care during COVID-19 and beyond
BMJ Open · 2022
Latest funding
- $45,312
Hearing loss as a contributor to excess disability among long-term care residents with dementia: Effects of an intervention
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
- $377,363
Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE): Translating knowledge to health care aides in long-term care facilities
CIHR · 2010 · Nominated PI
- $150,000
Hearing Loss as a Contributor to Excess Disability among Long-term Care Residents with Dementia: Effects of an Intervention
CIHR · 2010 · Nominated PI
6 publications.
Exploring Oral Care in Long-Term Care Homes: An Institutional Ethnography.
Brodie A, Caspar S, Hopper T, Compton S, Slaughter S
Multi-Level Factors Associated with Relationship-Centred and Task-Focused Mealtime Practices in Long-Term Care: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Making the Most of Mealtimes Study.
Wu SA, Morrison-Koechl JM, McAiney C, Middleton L, Lengyel C, Slaughter S, Carrier N, Yoon MN, Keller HH
Qualitative analysis of a virtual research meeting summarises expert-based strategies to promote hydration in residential care during COVID-19 and beyond
Keller H, Wei C, Slaughter S, Yoon MN, Lengyel C, Namasivayam-Macdonald A, Martin L, Heckman G, Gaspar P, Mentes J
Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): protocol of a multi-centre cross-sectional study of food intake and its determinants in older adults living in long term care homes.
Keller HH, Carrier N, Slaughter S, Lengyel C, Steele CM, Duizer L, Brown KS, Chaudhury H, Yoon MN, Duncan AM, Boscart VM, Heckman G, Villalon L
Training programmes and mealtime assistance may improve eating performance for elderly long-term care residents with dementia.
Keller H, Slaughter S
Making the most of mealtimes (M3): grounding mealtime interventions with a conceptual model.
Keller H, Carrier N, Duizer L, Lengyel C, Slaughter S, Steele C
Hearing loss as a contributor to excess disability among long-term care residents with dementia: Effects of an intervention
Principal investigators: Hopper, Tammy L; Slaughter, Susan E
Keywords: Aids And Adaptation; Alzheimer Disease; Caregiving; Cognitive Impairment; Communication; Excess Disability; Hearing Loss; Long-Term Care; Non-Pharmacological Treatment
Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE): Translating knowledge to health care aides in long-term care facilities
Principal investigators: Slaughter, Susan E; Schalm, Corinne B
Keywords: Aging; Knowledge Translation; Long-Term Care Facilities; Mobility
Hearing Loss as a Contributor to Excess Disability among Long-term Care Residents with Dementia: Effects of an Intervention
Principal investigators: Slaughter, Susan E
Keywords: Aids And Adaptation; Alzheimer Disease; Caregiving; Cognitive Impairment; Communication; Excess Disability; Hearing Loss; Long-Term Care; Non-Pharmacological Treatment
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Heather Keller and Christina Lengyel: 42 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Lisa Duizer: 35 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Laura Middleton: 20 shared papers
- Lisa Duizer and Alison Duncan: 20 shared papers
- Laura Middleton and Carrie McAiney: 19 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Catriona Steele: 18 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Alison Duncan: 18 shared papers
- Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald and Catriona Steele: 17 shared papers
- Catriona Steele and Lisa Duizer: 16 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Carrie McAiney: 15 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Lisa Duizer: 15 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Veronique Boscart: 14 shared papers
- Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald and Heather Keller: 13 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Habib Chaudhury: 13 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Catriona Steele: 11 shared papers
- Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald and Christina Lengyel: 10 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Habib Chaudhury: 9 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Alison Duncan: 9 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Veronique Boscart: 7 shared papers
- Veronique Boscart and Habib Chaudhury: 7 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Susan Slaughter: 5 shared papers
- Veronique Boscart and Carrie McAiney: 5 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Susan Slaughter: 4 shared papers
- Heather Keller and Sienna Caspar: 2 shared papers
- Christina Lengyel and Laura Middleton: 2 shared papers
- Catriona Steele and Susan Slaughter: 2 shared papers
- Lisa Duizer and Susan Slaughter: 2 shared papers
- Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Heather Keller and Minn Yoon: 1 shared paper
- Sharon Compton and Sienna Caspar: 1 shared paper
- Sharon Compton and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Christina Lengyel and Minn Yoon: 1 shared paper
- Veronique Boscart and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Laura Middleton and Minn Yoon: 1 shared paper
- Laura Middleton and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Habib Chaudhury and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Carrie McAiney and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Minn Yoon and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Sienna Caspar and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Alison Duncan and Susan Slaughter: 1 shared paper
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
- Department of Food Science
- Department of Human Health Sciences
- Rehabilitation Science
- Gloria Gutman Gerontology Research Centre
- Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
- Dentistry Dept
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Heather Keller
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Christina Lengyel
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Catriona Steele
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Lisa Duizer
Department of Food Science
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Habib Chaudhury
Gloria Gutman Gerontology Research Centre
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Carrie McAiney
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Minn Yoon
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Sienna Caspar
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald
Rehabilitation Science
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Alison Duncan
Department of Human Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Sharon Compton
Dentistry Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Veronique Boscart
Osler Research Institute for Health Innovation
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Laura Middleton
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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