Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Poulin, Laura Iona Leone, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Mary, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Woodend, Kirsten, Degree committee member (dgc): Brassolotto, Julia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Aligning health services with aging populations is the fundamental issue of modern Canadian health policy, yet rural older populations still experience compromised patient safety and poor-quality care as they transfer between care settings. As such, contemporary scholars acknowledge that more contextually sensitive studies are needed to better understand the unique health and care… more Full Text: RURAL OLDER ADULT TRANSITIONS IN CARE A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …