Susan Stevens, Mount Saint Vincent University

Research

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

Latest papers

Ready to Lead: An Innovative Microcredentials Leadership Program for Frontline Healthcare Workers in Continuing Care.
Healthcare management forum · 2026 · senior author
Changes in frailty predict social vulnerability among home care clients living in the community followed for ten years.
The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025
Quality of Work Life and Mental Well-Being for Long-Term Care Staff in Nova Scotia.
Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Further Refinement and Multi-country Validation of a Preliminary Set of Quality Indicators for Palliative Care
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$638,776
The Influence of Context on Implementation and Improvement
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$2,096,101
Optimizing hospital-to-home transitional care to promote functioning in older persons with dementia in rural communities
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$321,300

All 7 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Ready to Lead: An Innovative Microcredentials Leadership Program for Frontline Healthcare Workers in Continuing Care.

Smith JW, Stevens S

Healthcare management forum2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704261432501 PMID: 41843556

02

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

03

Quality of Work Life and Mental Well-Being for Long-Term Care Staff in Nova Scotia.

Keefe JM, Duynisveld A, Stevens S, Estabrooks C

Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante2024

DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27348 PMID: 39229661

04

Recent innovations in long-term care coverage and financing: a rapid scoping review.

Macdonald M, Weeks LE, Langman E, Roach S, MacNeil MX, Caruso J, Tricco AC, Pham B, Straus SE, Mishra S, Isaranuwatchai W, Cormack GV, Grossman MR, Yakubovich AR, Mojbafan A, Ignaczak M, Leid C, Watt J, Stevens S, Khan T, Curran JA, Moody E, Rodrigues R

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077309 PMID: 38388500

05

A multi-stage process to develop quality indicators for community-based palliative care using interRAI data

Guthrie DM, Williams N, Beach C, Buzath E, Cohen J, Declercq A, Fisher K, Fries BE, Goodridge D, Hermans K

PLoS ONE202216 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266569

06

Hospital to Home: Supporting the Transition From Hospital to Home for Older Adults.

Barber B, Weeks L, Steeves-Dorey L, McVeigh W, Stevens S, Moody E, Warner G

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2022

DOI: 10.1177/08445621211044333 PMID: 34704507

07

Do Interventions Reducing Social Vulnerability Improve Health in Community Dwelling Older Adults? A Systematic Review.

Mah J, Rockwood K, Stevens S, Keefe J, Andrew MK

Clinical interventions in aging2022

DOI: 10.2147/cia.s349836 PMID: 35431543

08

Home care clients: a research protocol for studying their pathways.

Keefe JM, Funk L, Knight L, Lobchuk M, Macdonald M, Mitchell L, Rempel J, Warner G, Stevens S

BMC health services research2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05363-7 PMID: 32532268

Further Refinement and Multi-country Validation of a Preliminary Set of Quality Indicators for Palliative Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Guthrie, Dawn M

Keywords: Home Care; Interrai; Palliative Care; Quality Indicators; Standardized Assessment

$638,776

The Influence of Context on Implementation and Improvement

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Estabrooks, Carole Anne

Keywords: Implementation; Knowledge Translation; Long-Term Care Settings; Quality Improvement

$2,096,101

Optimizing hospital-to-home transitional care to promote functioning in older persons with dementia in rural communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fox, Mary; McNeil, David R; Sidani, Souraya

Keywords: Aging; Dementia; Family-Caregivers; Function; Home; Intervention Acceptability; Intervention Optimization; Rural; Transitions

$321,300

What Does A Person- And Family-Centred Approach To Challenging Behaviours In Dementia Look Like In Practice, At The Service Delivery Level? A Partnership To Support Research Informed Continuing Care Policy In Nova Scotia

SupervisorCIHR2017Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Eastern Canada 2 year

Principal investigators: Aubrecht, Catherine M

Keywords: Challenging Behaviours Best Practice; Challenging Behaviours Protocol; Continuing Care System; Dementia; Health System Impact; Mixed-Methods Research; Older Adults; Seniors Mental Health

$108,500

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Project 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

Developing and testing quality indicators for palliative care using existing data

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Guthrie, Dawn M

Keywords: Palliative Care; Quality Indicators; Standardized Assessment

$336,600

Seniors- Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team 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

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 Medicine
Family Studies and Gerontology Department
Department of Aging and Family Science
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Family Medicine
Department of Oncology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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