Anne Martin-Matthews, University of British Columbia

Research

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Aging and life course health and society health and social care services especially home and community care intersections of formal and informal care especially involving the nexus of the public and private spheres transitional life events such as widowhood

Latest papers

Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2025 · senior author
A qualitative approach to bridging and bonding social capital: Experiences of a cohort of Chilean older people.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022 · senior author
Public Policy and Experiences of Aging: Social Relationships and Social Integration in Chilean Policy on Aging.
Journal of aging & social policy · 2022 · senior author

All 18 publications

Latest funding

Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$824,435
Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$840,170
International summer school in aging-Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$21,150

All 8 grants and awards

18 publications.

01

Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care.

Aaltonen M, McGrail K, Raitanen J, Martin-Matthews A

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980825000066 PMID: 40151049

02

A qualitative approach to bridging and bonding social capital: Experiences of a cohort of Chilean older people.

Torrejón MJ, Martin-Matthews A

Social science & medicine (1982)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114710 PMID: 35092866

03

Public Policy and Experiences of Aging: Social Relationships and Social Integration in Chilean Policy on Aging.

Torrejon MJ, Martin-Matthews A

Journal of aging & social policy2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1851430 PMID: 33413048

04

Experiences of people with memory disorders and their spouse carers on influencing formal care: "They ask my wife questions that they should ask me".

Aaltonen MS, Martin-Matthews A, Pulkki JM, Eskola P, Jolanki OH

Dementia (London, England)2021

DOI: 10.1177/1471301221994300 PMID: 33595339

05

Dementia and Poor Continuity of Primary Care Delay Hospital Discharge in Older Adults: A Population-Based Study From 2001 to 2016.

Aaltonen M, El Adam S, Martin-Matthews A, Sakamoto M, Strumpf E, McGrail K

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.030 PMID: 33358723

06

"These Few Blocks, These Are My Village": The Physical Activity and Mobility of Foreign-Born Older Adults.

Tong CE, McKay HA, Martin-Matthews A, Mahmood A, Sims-Gould J

The Gerontologist2020

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnz005 PMID: 30794287

07

Types and patterns of safety concerns in home care: client and family caregiver perspectives.

Tong CE, Sims-Gould J, Martin-Matthews A

International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw006 PMID: 26832159

08

Home support workers perceptions of family members of their older clients: a qualitative study.

Sims-Gould J, Byrne K, Tong C, Martin-Matthews A

BMC geriatrics2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0163-4 PMID: 26652746

09

Nurses negotiating professional-familial care boundaries: striving for balance within double duty caregiving.

Ward-Griffin C, Brown JB, St-Amant O, Sutherland N, Martin-Matthews A, Keefe J, Kerr M

Journal of family nursing2015

DOI: 10.1177/1074840714562645 PMID: 25535217

10

Professionalizing familial care: examining nurses' unpaid family care work.

St-Amant O, Ward-Griffin C, Brown JB, Martin-Matthews A, Sutherland N, Keefe J, Kerr MS

ANS. Advances in nursing science2014

DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000023 PMID: 24786201

Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: applied population research; aging population; student training; evidence-based decision-making; population analytics; social data science; big data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sectoral training; multidisciplinary collaboration

$824,435

Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: applied population research; aging population; student training; evidence-based decision-making; population analytics; social data science; big data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sectoral training; multidisciplinary collaboration

$840,170

International summer school in aging-Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Martin-Matthews, Anne E.

Keywords: capacity-building; training; aging; international; research mentoring; networking

$21,150

Building Capacity for Research on Chronic Care Home and Community Supports

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M

Keywords: Grant Planning

$20,000

Care of Older Adults across the Continuum: Experiences, Expectations and Policy Directions

Co-investigatorCIHR2011CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Fancey, Pamela

Keywords: Care Continuum; Care Providers; Caregiving; Community Care; Health Human Resources; Home Care; Long Term Care; Nursing Home Care; Older Canadians

$3,000

Social and economic dimensions of an aging population (SEDAP-II), Canada in the 21st century: moving towards an older society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Spencer, Byron G.

Keywords: population aging; socio-economic

$2,498,047

Social inequalities and preparation for later life

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Denton, Margaret

Keywords: aging; inequality; retirement planning; financial security; independence; gender; marital status

$60,238

Socio-economic dimensions of an aging population, a program of research

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Spencer, Byron

$1,924,978

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 Nursing
Department of Sociology
Family Practice
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
Department of Aging and Family Science
Emergency Medicine
Urban Planning
Other

Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Joanie Sims-Gould

Family Practice

9 shared papers, latest 2020

Janice Keefe

Department of Aging and Family Science

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Oona St-Amant

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Kimberlyn McGrail

Emergency Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Catherine Ward-Griffin

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Atiya Mahmood

Urban Planning

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Nisha Sutherland

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Erin Strumpf

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Carolyn Rosenthal

Sociology

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aging and life course Dear Professor Martin-Matthews, 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 "Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care." (2025), 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]