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Latest papers
"It's easy being together": Creating a shared space of belonging within a day program.
Journal of aging studies · 2026 · first author
Addressing Caregivers' Needs beyond Respite: Enhancing Social Connections and Letting Them Know They Matter.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2025 · first author
Negotiating Experiences of Belonging Alongside Age-Related Life Transitions.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2023 · first author
Latest funding
- $99,995
Compassion and Collective Care in Long-Term Care Settings: A Communicative Perspective
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $23,744
The role of the community centre in enhancing belonging for older adults
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $64,351
Exploring the meaning of deep and sustained friendships for people with dementia
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
"It's easy being together": Creating a shared space of belonging within a day program.
Fortune D, Lopez KJ
Addressing Caregivers' Needs beyond Respite: Enhancing Social Connections and Letting Them Know They Matter.
Fortune D, Gauthier-Gilbert A
Negotiating Experiences of Belonging Alongside Age-Related Life Transitions.
Fortune D, Weisgarber B
The interplay between leisure, friendship, and dementia.
Fortune D, Whyte C, Genoe R
Relationship-Centered Dementia Care: Insights from a Community-Based Culture Change Coalition.
de Witt L, Fortune D
Compassion and Collective Care in Long-Term Care Settings: A Communicative Perspective
Principal investigators: McAllum, Kirstie L.
Keywords: compassion; team interactions; elder care; long-term residential care; organizational communication; ethnography
The role of the community centre in enhancing belonging for older adults
Principal investigators: Fortune, Darla
Keywords: belonging; older adults; community centre; photovoice
Exploring the meaning of deep and sustained friendships for people with dementia
Principal investigators: Whyte, Colleen
Keywords: (1) Friendships; (2) Dementia; (3) Leisure; (4) Community living; (5) Retirement home; (6) Long-term care home; (7) Qualitative methodology; (8) Phenomenology; (9) Socioemotional selectivity theory
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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