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Janice Keefe

ResearcherFamily Studies and GerontologyMount Saint Vincent University

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Janice Keefe

Researcher

Family Studies and Gerontology

Health Sciences

Mount Saint Vincent University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (10 CIHR, 4 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2013.

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Research

Health Services Long-Term Care End Of Life Person-Centred Care Quality Of Care Quality Of Life Residential Long Term Care Health Human Resources

Latest papers

Who is Looking After Mom and Dad in Atlantic Canada?
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2026 · first author
Sociodemographic, Occupational, and Organizational Predictors of Problem-Solving Skills Among Long-Term Care Nursing Staff in the Atlantic Region of Canada.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026
Clinical, social, and home-level factors associated with the quality of life of residents living with dementia in Canadian nursing homes: a cross-sectional, multi-province study.
Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026

All 29 publications

Latest funding

An Underrepresented, Undervalued Workforce: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$2,103,752
Presence of Family
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$149,984
Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$840,170

All 25 grants and awards

29 publications.

Who is Looking After Mom and Dad in Atlantic Canada?

Keefe J, Dicks H, Adefemi K, Duynisveld A, McCloskey R, Estabrooks CA

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2026First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980826100853 PMID: 42788212

Sociodemographic, Occupational, and Organizational Predictors of Problem-Solving Skills Among Long-Term Care Nursing Staff in the Atlantic Region of Canada.

Onyeso OK, Robertson C, Adefemi K, Dicks H, Keefe J, McCloskey R

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2026

DOI: 10.1177/08445621261467256 PMID: 42523180

Clinical, social, and home-level factors associated with the quality of life of residents living with dementia in Canadian nursing homes: a cross-sectional, multi-province study.

Dusing GJ, Corbett K, Dymchuk E, O'Rourke HM, Chamberlain SA, Doupe MB, Kelly C, Keefe J, Aubrecht K, Beeber AS, Arya A, Banerjee S, Jarrett P, Estabrooks CA, Shrestha S, Devkota R, Ristau M, Hoben M

Health and quality of life outcomes2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12955-026-02539-3 PMID: 42001103

Understanding Change in Home Care Pathways Over Time Through Longitudinal Qualitative Inquiry.

Funk LM, Kuryk K, O'Neil K, Warner G, Macdonald M, Keefe J

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s071498082510038x PMID: 41340369

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

Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of a care staff proxy measure of nursing home resident dementia-specific quality of life (DEMQOL-CH): do care aides' first language, and care aides' and residents' ethno-cultural background matter?

Hoben M, Kilmen S, Keefe J, O'Rourke HM, Banerjee S, Estabrooks CA

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118089 PMID: 40252265

Changes in frailty predict social vulnerability among home care clients living in the community followed for ten years.

Mah JC, Andrew MK, Quach J, Stevens S, Keefe J, Rockwood K, Godin J

The Journal of frailty & aging2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100031 PMID: 40048425

Towards equitable representation in long-term residential care: widening the circle to ensure "essential voices" in research teams.

Hande MJ, Owusu P, Aubrecht K, Cloutier D, Estabrooks C, Keefe J

Research involvement and engagement2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00562-6 PMID: 38528627

Counting what counts: assessing quality of life and its social determinants among nursing home residents with dementia.

Hoben M, Dymchuk E, Doupe MB, Keefe J, Aubrecht K, Kelly C, Stajduhar K, Banerjee S, O'Rourke HM, Chamberlain S, Beeber A, Salma J, Jarrett P, Arya A, Corbett K, Devkota R, Ristau M, Shrestha S, Estabrooks CA

BMC geriatrics2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04710-1 PMID: 38383339

Workforce resilience supporting staff in managing stress: A coherent breathing intervention for the long‐term care workforce

DeGraves BS, Titley H, Duan Y, Thorne TE, Banerjee S, Ginsburg L, Salma J, Hegadoren K, Angel C, Keefe J

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society20248 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18727

An Underrepresented, Undervalued Workforce: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M; Audas, Richard P; Estabrooks, Carole Anne; Tomblin Murphy, Gail G

Keywords: Health Human Resources; Health Services; Long-Term Care; Quality Of Work Life; Resident Care; Work Environment

$2,103,752

Presence of Family

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care - Eastern

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M; Andrew, Melissa K; Chamberlain, Stephanie A

Keywords: Covid-19; Long-Term Care; Pandemic

$149,984

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

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

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

$824,435

How Approaches to Care Shape the Pathways of Older Adult Home Care Clients

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M; Stevens, Susan

Keywords: Approaches To Care; Continuing Care Policy; Home Care; Home Care Pathways; Home Care System; Manitoba; Nova Scotia; Older Adults

$865,980

Seniors- Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Nominated PICIHR2015Team Grant: Late Life Issues

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M; Cook, Heather; Estabrooks, Carole Anne

Keywords: End Of Life; Health Services; Health Systems Policy; Late Life Issues; Paid/Unpaid Caregivers; Person-Centred Care; Quality Of Care; Quality Of Life; Residential Long Term Care

$1,390,731

Delaying retirement and old age: baby boomers redefining late life transitions in an aging population

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015

Principal investigators: Carrière, Yves

Keywords: asset pricing; risk; news

$231,344

Seniors - Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Nominated PICIHR2015Team Grant: Late Life Issues - LOI

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M; Estabrooks, Carole Anne

Keywords: End Of Life; Family/Friend Caregivers; Person-Centred Care; Quality Of Care; Quality Of Life; Quality Of Work-Life; Residential Long Term Care

$24,965

Building Capacity for Research on Chronic Care Home and Community Supports

Nominated PICIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Keefe, Janice M

Keywords: Grant Planning

$20,000

Persons by Proxy: An Examination of the Social Construction of Person-Centred Dementia Care

SupervisorCIHR2013CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Aubrecht, Catherine M

Keywords: Health Policy; Health Services; Institutional Ethnography; Long Term Care; Person-Centred Dementia Care; Social Constructivism

$90,000

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

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Janice Keefe

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Who is Looking After Mom and Dad in Atlantic Canada?

Sociodemographic, Occupational, and Organizational Predictors of Problem-Solving Skills Among Long-Term Care Nursing Staff in the Atlantic Region of Canada.

Clinical, social, and home-level factors associated with the quality of life of residents living with dementia in Canadian nursing homes: a cross-sectional, multi-province study.

Understanding Change in Home Care Pathways Over Time Through Longitudinal Qualitative Inquiry.

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

Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of a care staff proxy measure of nursing home resident dementia-specific quality of life (DEMQOL-CH): do care aides' first language, and care aides' and residents' ethno-cultural background matter?

Changes in frailty predict social vulnerability among home care clients living in the community followed for ten years.

Towards equitable representation in long-term residential care: widening the circle to ensure "essential voices" in research teams.

Counting what counts: assessing quality of life and its social determinants among nursing home residents with dementia.

Workforce resilience supporting staff in managing stress: A coherent breathing intervention for the long‐term care workforce

An Underrepresented, Undervalued Workforce: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care

Presence of Family

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

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

How Approaches to Care Shape the Pathways of Older Adult Home Care Clients

Seniors- Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Delaying retirement and old age: baby boomers redefining late life transitions in an aging population

Seniors - Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Building Capacity for Research on Chronic Care Home and Community Supports

Persons by Proxy: An Examination of the Social Construction of Person-Centred Dementia Care

Frequent collaborators

Janice Keefe

Matthias Hoben

Matthias Hoben

Yinfei Duan

Deanne Taylor

Christine Kelly

Susan Stevens

Oona St-Amant

Jordana Salma

Lori Wozney

Denise Cloutier

Catherine Ward-Griffin

Kelli Stajduhar

Kenneth Rockwood

Nisha Sutherland

Grace Warner

Malcolm Doupe

Lisa Cranley

Andrea Gruneir

Ruth Lanius

Pamela Jarrett

Stephanie Chamberlain

Liane Ginsburg

Ivy Bourgeault

Janet Squires

Janet Curran

Carole Estabrooks

Marilyn MacDonald

Pamela Fancey

Ruth Lanius

Adrian Wagg

Tamara Daly