Katie Aubrecht, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

(1) staff education and training (2) nursing home (3) dementia literacy (4) mental health literacy (5) arts-informed research (6) disability studies (7) sociology (8) relational care

Latest papers

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
Caregiving in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
European Geriatric Medicine · 2024
Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Equity for Immigrant Communities: A Co-design Approach to Understanding and Strengthening Collaboration between Community Organizations Serving Immigrants and Health and Social Care Organizations in Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$82,004
AI in Assessment of Functional Limitations and Disability Services for Postsecondary Education
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$250,000
An Arts-Informed Relational Approach to Understanding Nursing Home Staff Dementia & Mental Health Literacy
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$67,949

All 4 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

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

02

Caregiving in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Daari L, Finnegan HA, Jaiswal A, Sriranganathan A, Cameron CD, Haczkewicz KM, Monnin C, Aubrecht K, Bielska I, Cheng I

European Geriatric Medicine20241 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s41999-024-01029-3

03

Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies.

Herron RV, Spencer D, Novek S, Funk L, Kelly C, Aubrecht K

Social science & medicine (1982)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117091 PMID: 39002198

04

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 engagement2024

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

05

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

06

Co-designing action-oriented mental health conversations between care providers and ageing Canadians in the community: a participatory mixed-methods study protocol.

Giosa JL, Kalles E, McAiney C, Oelke ND, Aubrecht K, McNeil H, Habib-Perez O, Holyoke P

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079653 PMID: 38296303

07

Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What’s the difference for health researchers?

Kelly C, Dansereau L, Sebring J, Aubrecht K, FitzGerald M, Lee Y, Williams A, Hamilton-Hinch B

International Journal for Equity in Health202283 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01795-1 PMID: W4311940490

08

Balancing Flexibility and Administrative Burden: Experiences of Family Managers Using Directly Funded Home Care in Manitoba, Canada

Dansereau L, Kelly C, Aubrecht K, Grenier A, Williams A

Canadian Journal on Aging20225 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980821000660 PMID: W4223445190

09

Conceptualizing violence in nursing home policy: A citizenship perspective.

Novek S, Herron RV, Funk L, Aubrecht K, Spencer D, Luo YI

Journal of aging studies2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101064 PMID: 36462916

10

Emergent Issues in Directly-Funded Care: Canadian Perspectives

Kelly C, Jamal A, Aubrecht K, Grenier A

Journal of Aging & Social Policy202116 citations

DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1745736

Advancing Equity for Immigrant Communities: A Co-design Approach to Understanding and Strengthening Collaboration between Community Organizations Serving Immigrants and Health and Social Care Organizations in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Allana, Saleema

$82,004

AI in Assessment of Functional Limitations and Disability Services for Postsecondary Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Vukovic, Boris

Keywords: Assessment of functional limitations Disability services in higher education AI-augmented disability assessment Ethics of AI in disability services Lived experience of disability in AI

$250,000

An Arts-Informed Relational Approach to Understanding Nursing Home Staff Dementia & Mental Health Literacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Aubrecht, Katie

Keywords: (1) staff education and training; (2) nursing home; (3) dementia literacy; (4) mental health literacy; (5) arts-informed research; (6) disability studies; (7) sociology; (8) relational care; (9) knowledge mobilization; (10) quality care

$67,949

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$20,000

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

Janice Keefe and Matthias Hoben: 8 shared papers
Carole Estabrooks and Matthias Hoben: 6 shared papers
Christine Kelly and Katie Aubrecht: 6 shared papers
Kelli Stajduhar and Laura Funk: 5 shared papers
Iwona Bielska and Ivy Cheng: 4 shared papers
Allison Williams and Christine Kelly: 4 shared papers
Janice Keefe and Deanne Taylor: 4 shared papers
Janice Keefe and Katie Aubrecht: 4 shared papers
Matthias Hoben and Stephanie Chamberlain: 4 shared papers
Allison Williams and Yeonjung Lee: 3 shared papers
Tamara Daly and Matthias Hoben: 3 shared papers
Kelli Stajduhar and Matthias Hoben: 3 shared papers
Christine Kelly and Yeonjung Lee: 3 shared papers
Matthias Hoben and Deanne Taylor: 3 shared papers
Matthias Hoben and Katie Aubrecht: 3 shared papers
Laura Funk and Dale Spencer: 3 shared papers
Allison Williams and Amanda M Grenier: 2 shared papers
Allison Williams and Carrie McAiney: 2 shared papers
Allison Williams and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Ivy Bourgeault and Tamara Daly: 2 shared papers
Amanda M Grenier and Christine Kelly: 2 shared papers
Amanda M Grenier and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Kelli Stajduhar and Janice Keefe: 2 shared papers
Kelli Stajduhar and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Denise Cloutier and Janice Keefe: 2 shared papers
Denise Cloutier and Deanne Taylor: 2 shared papers
Denise Cloutier and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Janice Keefe and Jordana Salma: 2 shared papers
Stephanie Chamberlain and Jordana Salma: 2 shared papers
Ivy Cheng and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Laura Funk and Katie Aubrecht: 2 shared papers
Katie Aubrecht and Dale Spencer: 2 shared papers
Iwona Bielska and Carrie McAiney: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Allison Williams and Jennifer Sebring: 1 shared paper
Allison Williams and Barbara Hamilton-Hinch: 1 shared paper
Ivy Bourgeault and Kelli Stajduhar: 1 shared paper
Ivy Bourgeault and Denise Cloutier: 1 shared paper
Ivy Bourgeault and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Tamara Daly and Kelli Stajduhar: 1 shared paper
Tamara Daly and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Kelli Stajduhar and Pamela Jarrett: 1 shared paper
Kelli Stajduhar and Stephanie Chamberlain: 1 shared paper
Kelli Stajduhar and Jordana Salma: 1 shared paper
Denise Cloutier and Carole Estabrooks: 1 shared paper
Carole Estabrooks and Janice Keefe: 1 shared paper
Carole Estabrooks and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Janice Keefe and Pamela Jarrett: 1 shared paper
Christine Kelly and Pamela Jarrett: 1 shared paper
Christine Kelly and Jennifer Sebring: 1 shared paper
Christine Kelly and Dale Spencer: 1 shared paper
Christine Kelly and Barbara Hamilton-Hinch: 1 shared paper
Christine Kelly and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper
Pamela Jarrett and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Stephanie Chamberlain and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Deanne Taylor and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Jordana Salma and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Carrie McAiney and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Sebring and Yeonjung Lee: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Sebring and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Sebring and Barbara Hamilton-Hinch: 1 shared paper
Laura Funk and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper
Yeonjung Lee and Katie Aubrecht: 1 shared paper
Katie Aubrecht and Barbara Hamilton-Hinch: 1 shared paper
Katie Aubrecht and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper

Community Health Sciences
School of Nursing
Sociology
Department of Aging and Family Science
Earth, Environment & Society
Social Work
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Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) staff education and training Dear Professor Aubrecht, 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 "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." (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.] 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]