Yinfei Duan, University of Alberta

Research

Long-Term Care Homes Continuing Care Diffusion Of Innovations Learning System Social Networks Health Care Aides Personal Support Workers Stessful Events

Latest papers

Consumer-reported quality indicators for publicly funded home- and community-based services: development and validation.
The Gerontologist · 2026
Association of compassion fatigue and work context with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among care aides in nursing homes.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026
Association of long-term care organizational context, facilitation, and their interactions with resident pain: a cross-sectional study.
Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · 2026

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$325,125
Lifetime and workplace traumatic events among care aides who work in long-term care homes: Influences on job burnout, mental health, and intention to leave
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$350,369

All 2 grants and awards

39 publications.

01

Consumer-reported quality indicators for publicly funded home- and community-based services: development and validation.

Shippee TP, Wolf JM, Parikh RR, Langworthy B, Duan Y, Giordano S, Jutkowitz E

The Gerontologist2026

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnag145 PMID: 42406418

02

Association of compassion fatigue and work context with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among care aides in nursing homes.

Wang A, Duan Y, Kang SH, Symonds-Brown H, Saeidzadeh S, Silvius J, Banerjee S, Norton PG, Estabrooks CA

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-026-03174-5 PMID: 42458063

03

Association of long-term care organizational context, facilitation, and their interactions with resident pain: a cross-sectional study.

Shrestha S, Estabrooks CA, Cummings GG, Knopp-Sihota J, Duan Y, Chamberlain SA, Choroschun K, Iaconi A, Norton PG, Song Y, Hoben M

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104097 PMID: 42160942

04

Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric testing of the measure for unfinished care among nursing assistants in long-term care homes in China.

Xu M, Qi H, Duan Y, Mao Q, Zúñiga F, Song Y

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1829774 PMID: 42077946

05

Trauma-Informed Care-The Staff Matter Too.

Saeidzadeh S, Barbakh Y, Duan Y, Banerjee S, Norton PG, Silvius J, Estabrooks CA

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.106034 PMID: 41412178

06

Care Aides Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Working Environment.

Rahman A, Duan Y, Symonds-Brown H, Salma J, Estabrooks CA

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/07334648251328400 PMID: 40126450

07

Changes in nurses' quality of work life prior to and during COVID: A repeated cross-sectional analysis.

Hipel I, Keefe J, Duynisveld A, Song Y, Duan Y, Estabrooks CA, Norton PG, Packiam P, Squires J

International journal of nursing studies advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2026.100614 PMID: 42502376

08

Measuring Consumer-Reported Quality of Life Among Recipients of Publicly Funded Home- and Community-Based Services: Implications for Health Equity.

Shippee TP, Duan Y, Baker ZG, Parikh R, Bucy T, Jutkowitz E

Journal of aging and health2025

DOI: 10.1177/08982643241267378 PMID: 39046355

09

Factors Associated with Receiving Therapy in Long-Term Care Homes for Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Saeidzadeh S, Duan Y, Norton PG, Estabrooks CA

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105503 PMID: 39961355

10

Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment.

Duan Y, Thorne T, Iaconi A, Song Y, Saeidzadeh S, Doupe M, Norton PG, Estabrooks CA

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105380 PMID: 39642910

Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duan, Yinfei; Estabrooks, Carole Anne

Keywords: Continuing Care; Diffusion Of Innovations; Learning System; Long-Term Care Homes; Social Networks

$325,125

Lifetime and workplace traumatic events among care aides who work in long-term care homes: Influences on job burnout, mental health, and intention to leave

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duan, Yinfei; Estabrooks, Carole Anne; Silvius, James L

Keywords: Health Care Aides; Long-Term Care Homes; Personal Support Workers; Stessful Events; Trauma-Informed Care; Traumatic Experience; Workforce Well-Being

$350,369

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

Health Policy and Management
Family Studies and Gerontology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Nursing Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Family Medicine
Community Health Sciences
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.

Matthias Hoben

Health Policy and Management

9 shared papers, latest 2026

Janice Keefe

Family Studies and Gerontology

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Whitney Berta

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Ruth Lanius

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Janet Squires

Nursing Sciences

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Malcolm Doupe

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Carole Estabrooks

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Liane Ginsburg

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Ruth Lanius

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Adrian Wagg

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Long-Term Care Homes Dear Professor Duan, 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 "Consumer-reported quality indicators for publicly funded home- and community-based services: development and validation." (2026), 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 "Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care" (2025), 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]

Yinfei Duan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Consumer-reported quality indicators for publicly funded home- and community-based services: development and validation.

Association of compassion fatigue and work context with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among care aides in nursing homes.

Association of long-term care organizational context, facilitation, and their interactions with resident pain: a cross-sectional study.

Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric testing of the measure for unfinished care among nursing assistants in long-term care homes in China.

Trauma-Informed Care-The Staff Matter Too.

Care Aides Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Working Environment.

Changes in nurses' quality of work life prior to and during COVID: A repeated cross-sectional analysis.

Measuring Consumer-Reported Quality of Life Among Recipients of Publicly Funded Home- and Community-Based Services: Implications for Health Equity.

Factors Associated with Receiving Therapy in Long-Term Care Homes for Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment.

Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care

Lifetime and workplace traumatic events among care aides who work in long-term care homes: Influences on job burnout, mental health, and intention to leave

Frequent collaborators

Matthias Hoben

Matthias Hoben

Greta Cummings

Janice Keefe

Janice Keefe

Whitney Berta

Ruth Lanius

Janet Squires

Kaitlyn Tate

Holly Symonds-Brown

Malcolm Doupe

Stephanie Chamberlain

Carole Estabrooks

Jordana Salma

Liane Ginsburg

Jennifer Knopp-Sihota

Ruth Lanius

Adrian Wagg