Shelley Peacock, University of Saskatchewan

Research

Acute Care Dementia Care Health Professional Education Older Persons

Latest papers

The long-term grief experience of young widows and widowers: A constructivist grounded theory study.
Death studies · 2026 · senior author
Performance of cognitive screening tools in detecting possible dementia among older males in custody in Canada: a pilot study.
Health & justice · 2026
Effectiveness of peer-based interventions among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review.
Journal of pediatric nursing · 2026 · senior author

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Socialization Intervention and Mental Health Monitoring for Older Adults in the Era of Physical Distancing due to COVID-19
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$174,577
Championing Health Professional Dementia Care Education
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$20,000
Developing a Doorway to Accessible Supportive Care Resources for Parents of Seriously Ill Children: An Innovative Pediatric Palliative Care ePortal
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$9,995

All 4 grants and awards

52 publications.

01

The long-term grief experience of young widows and widowers: A constructivist grounded theory study.

Kazoleas K, Bally J, Spurr S, Peacock S

Death studies2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2026.2626559 PMID: 41677406

02

Performance of cognitive screening tools in detecting possible dementia among older males in custody in Canada: a pilot study.

Stoliker BE, Lagimodiere K, Tetreault C, Jewell LM, Adelugba O, Chalmers S, Mela M, O'Connell M, Reddick L, Boone T, Peacock S, Surkan M, Kent-Wilkinson A

Health & justice2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40352-026-00428-x PMID: 42360579

03

Effectiveness of peer-based interventions among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review.

Kumoji Ayamsegna HN, Bally JMG, Spurr S, Peacock S

Journal of pediatric nursing2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.11.005 PMID: 41240792

04

Effectiveness of My Tools for Care-in Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

O'Rourke HM, Swindle J, Baxter P, Peacock S, Thompson G, Ghosh S, Chacinski D, Holroyd-Leduc J, Dubé V, Duggleby W

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105484

05

Exploring self-efficacy as perceived by men and women unpaid caregivers of older adults: A secondary analysis of focus group data

Dal Pizzol FLF, Duggleby W, Baxter P, Peacock S, Thompson G, Swindle J, O'Rourke HM

Geriatric Nursing20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.103662

06

“You Don’t Feel Alone”: Perceptions of the My Tools 4 Care-In Care Web-Based Interactive Toolkit

Thompson G, Peacock S, Kraut J, Harrison T, O’Rourke HM, Baxter P, Dubé V, Swindle J, Duggleby W

Global Qualitative Nursing Research2025

DOI: 10.1177/23333936251390491

07

Facilitators and barriers faced by community organizations supporting older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Haase KR, Sirois AC, Detwyler D, Kardeh B, Peacock S, Cosco TD, Kamali M, O'Connell ME

BMC geriatrics2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-05816-w PMID: 40155806

08

Considerations in Recruiting Caregivers of Older Adults to Qualitative Internet-Mediated Research Using Facebook and Meta Business Suite.

Hall S, Rohatinsky N, Holtslander L, Peacock S

Western journal of nursing research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/01939459251346583 PMID: 40530584

09

Comparison between two Canadian Provinces on technology use for social interaction by older adults: comparative cross-sectional survey study.

Lee K, Cosco TD, Peacock S, O'Connell ME, Haase KR

BMC geriatrics2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06133-y PMID: 40610909

10

How Young Widows and Widowers Experience Grief More Than Two Years Following the Death of Their Spouse: An Integrative Review.

Kazoleas K, Spurr S, Bally J, Peacock S

Issues in mental health nursing2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2025.2475354 PMID: 40117494

Socialization Intervention and Mental Health Monitoring for Older Adults in the Era of Physical Distancing due to COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: O'Connell, Megan E; Poole, Lisa; Haase, Kristen

Keywords: Caregivers; Mental Health; Mental Health Tracking; Older Adults; Socialization

$174,577

Championing Health Professional Dementia Care Education

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Peacock, Shelley

Keywords: Acute Care; Dementia Care; Health Professional Education; Older Persons

$20,000

Developing a Doorway to Accessible Supportive Care Resources for Parents of Seriously Ill Children: An Innovative Pediatric Palliative Care ePortal

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bally, Jill M; Spurr, Shelley

Keywords: Digital Health; Family-Focused Care; Hope Science; Life Limiting Illness; Life Threatening Illness; Pediatric Health Care; Pediatric Palliative Care; Portal

$9,995

Honoring the voices of bereaved caregivers: A metasynthesis of qualitative research with bereaved caregivers

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Holtslander, Lorraine F; Baxter, Sharon

Keywords: Chronic Diseases; Family Caregivers; Grief And Bereavement; Metasynthesis; Palliative Care; Qualitative Research

$100,000

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

Maureen Frances Markle-Reid and Jenny Ploeg: 103 shared papers
Isabelle Vedel and Isabelle Vedel: 90 shared papers
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc and Jayna Holroyd-Leduc: 90 shared papers
Jill Bally and Shelley Spurr: 22 shared papers
Allison Williams and Jenny Ploeg: 20 shared papers
Allison Williams and Maureen Frances Markle-Reid: 18 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Shelley Peacock: 18 shared papers
Melissa Northwood and Maureen Frances Markle-Reid: 17 shared papers
Jenny Ploeg and Carrie McAiney: 16 shared papers
Lorraine Holtslander and Shelley Peacock: 15 shared papers
Jenny Ploeg and Wendy Duggleby: 14 shared papers
Allison Williams and Wendy Duggleby: 13 shared papers
Melissa Northwood and Jenny Ploeg: 12 shared papers
Jenny Ploeg and Shelley Peacock: 12 shared papers
Maureen Frances Markle-Reid and Carrie McAiney: 10 shared papers
Pamela Baxter and Jenny Ploeg: 9 shared papers
Maureen Frances Markle-Reid and Shelley Peacock: 9 shared papers
Allison Williams and Shelley Peacock: 8 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Lorraine Holtslander: 8 shared papers
Isabelle Vedel and Carrie McAiney: 8 shared papers
Genevieve Thompson and Shelley Peacock: 8 shared papers
Debra Morgan and Amanda Froehlich Chow: 7 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Jayna Holroyd-Leduc: 7 shared papers
Shelley Peacock and Jill Bally: 7 shared papers
Isabelle Vedel and Carrie McAiney: 7 shared papers
Debra Morgan and Megan O'Connell: 6 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Genevieve Thompson: 6 shared papers
Lorraine Holtslander and Shelley Spurr: 6 shared papers
Lorraine Holtslander and Noelle Rohatinsky: 6 shared papers
Shelley Peacock and Shelley Spurr: 6 shared papers
Shelley Peacock and Carrie McAiney: 6 shared papers
Shelley Peacock and Noelle Rohatinsky: 6 shared papers
Pamela Baxter and Wendy Duggleby: 5 shared papers
Pamela Baxter and Genevieve Thompson: 5 shared papers
Pamela Baxter and Shelley Peacock: 5 shared papers
Lorraine Holtslander and Jill Bally: 5 shared papers
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc and Shelley Peacock: 4 shared papers
Megan O'Connell and Shelley Peacock: 4 shared papers
Jenny Ploeg and Debra Morgan: 3 shared papers
Debra Morgan and Isabelle Vedel: 3 shared papers
Lorraine Holtslander and Megan O'Connell: 3 shared papers
Pamela Baxter and Isabelle Vedel: 2 shared papers
Melissa Northwood and Shelley Peacock: 2 shared papers
Maureen Frances Markle-Reid and Dorothy Forbes: 2 shared papers
Jenny Ploeg and Dorothy Forbes: 2 shared papers
Debra Morgan and Shelley Peacock: 2 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Jayna Holroyd-Leduc: 2 shared papers
Wendy Duggleby and Dorothy Forbes: 2 shared papers
Theodore Cosco and Shelley Peacock: 2 shared papers
Shelley Peacock and Dorothy Forbes: 2 shared papers
Allison Williams and Bharati Sethi: 1 shared paper
Bharati Sethi and Maureen Frances Markle-Reid: 1 shared paper
Bharati Sethi and Jenny Ploeg: 1 shared paper
Bharati Sethi and Shelley Peacock: 1 shared paper
Pamela Baxter and Jayna Holroyd-Leduc: 1 shared paper
Pamela Baxter and Hannah O'Rourke: 1 shared paper
Melissa Northwood and Ashley Hyde: 1 shared paper
Maureen Frances Markle-Reid and Ashley Hyde: 1 shared paper
Jenny Ploeg and Noelle Rohatinsky: 1 shared paper
Jenny Ploeg and Ashley Hyde: 1 shared paper
Wendy Duggleby and Hannah O'Rourke: 1 shared paper
Isabelle Vedel and Shelley Peacock: 1 shared paper
Genevieve Thompson and Hannah O'Rourke: 1 shared paper
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc and Shelley Peacock: 1 shared paper
Hannah O'Rourke and Shelley Peacock: 1 shared paper
Shelley Peacock and Amanda Froehlich Chow: 1 shared paper
Shelley Peacock and Isabelle Vedel: 1 shared paper
Shelley Peacock and Ashley Hyde: 1 shared paper
Jill Bally and Amanda Froehlich Chow: 1 shared paper

Nursing
Earth, Environment & Society
School of Rehabilitation Science
Community Health Sciences
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Family Medicine
Clinical Psychology
Other

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

Allison Williams

Earth, Environment & Society

8 shared papers, latest 2020

Genevieve Thompson

Community Health Sciences

8 shared papers, latest 2025

Jill Bally

School of Rehabilitation Science

7 shared papers, latest 2026

Shelley Spurr

School of Rehabilitation Science

6 shared papers, latest 2026

Carrie McAiney

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

6 shared papers, latest 2023

Megan O'Connell

Clinical Psychology

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Family Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Dorothy Forbes

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Theodore Cosco

Gerontology Research Centre

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Amanda Froehlich Chow

School of Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Isabelle Vedel

Centre de recherche

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Bharati Sethi

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Nazeem Muhajarine

Community Health and Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Acute Care Dear Professor Peacock, 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 "The long-term grief experience of young widows and widowers: A constructivist grounded theory 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.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Championing Health Professional Dementia Care Education" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

Shelley Peacock

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The long-term grief experience of young widows and widowers: A constructivist grounded theory study.

Performance of cognitive screening tools in detecting possible dementia among older males in custody in Canada: a pilot study.

Effectiveness of peer-based interventions among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review.

Effectiveness of My Tools for Care-in Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Exploring self-efficacy as perceived by men and women unpaid caregivers of older adults: A secondary analysis of focus group data

“You Don’t Feel Alone”: Perceptions of the My Tools 4 Care-In Care Web-Based Interactive Toolkit

Facilitators and barriers faced by community organizations supporting older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Considerations in Recruiting Caregivers of Older Adults to Qualitative Internet-Mediated Research Using Facebook and Meta Business Suite.

Comparison between two Canadian Provinces on technology use for social interaction by older adults: comparative cross-sectional survey study.

How Young Widows and Widowers Experience Grief More Than Two Years Following the Death of Their Spouse: An Integrative Review.

Socialization Intervention and Mental Health Monitoring for Older Adults in the Era of Physical Distancing due to COVID-19

Championing Health Professional Dementia Care Education

Developing a Doorway to Accessible Supportive Care Resources for Parents of Seriously Ill Children: An Innovative Pediatric Palliative Care ePortal

Honoring the voices of bereaved caregivers: A metasynthesis of qualitative research with bereaved caregivers

Frequent collaborators

Wendy Duggleby

Lorraine Holtslander

Jenny Ploeg

Maureen Frances Markle-Reid

Allison Williams

Genevieve Thompson

Jill Bally

Shelley Spurr

Noelle Rohatinsky

Carrie McAiney

Pamela Baxter

Megan O'Connell

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Dorothy Forbes

Melissa Northwood

Theodore Cosco

Debra Morgan

Amanda Froehlich Chow

Kristen Haase

Julie Kosteniuk

Ashley Hyde

Isabelle Vedel

Isabelle Vedel

Sharon June Kaasalainen

Bharati Sethi

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Sharon Baxter

Hannah O'Rourke

Ruta K Valaitis

Nazeem Muhajarine