Browsing by Author "Raffin, Shelley"

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    Collective soul: The spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team
    (2006) Sinclair, Shane; Raffin, Shelley; Pereira, Jose; Guebert, Nancy
    Although spirituality as it relates to patients is gaining increasing attention, less is known about how health care professionals ~HCP! experience spirituality personally or collectively in the workplace. This study explores the collective spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team, by studying how individuals felt about their own spirituality, whether there was a shared sense of a team spirituality, how spirituality related to the care the team provided to patients and whether they felt that they provided spiritual care. A qualitative autoethnographic approach was used. The study was conducted in a 10-bed Tertiary Palliative Care Unit ~TPCU! in a large acute-care referral hospital and cancer center. Interdisciplinary team members of the TPCU were invited to participate in one-to-one interviews and0or focus groups. Five interviews and three focus groups were conducted with a total of 20 participants.
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    What Influences Use of Nonpharmacological Treatments for Seniors with Mild or Moderate Dementia: An Integrative Review Protocol
    (2022-04-02) Hwang, Jasmine; Donnelly, Tam Truong; Davidson, Sandra; Raffin, Shelley
    Aim: The aim of this integrative review is to explore the extent and nature of evidence concerning factors that influence use of nonpharmacological treatment interventions for community-dwelling seniors with mild-to-moderate dementia. Background: Despite the significance of nonpharmacological interventions in optimal management of mild-to-moderate dementia, it is unclear in the literature how seniors with mild or moderate dementia view, understand, and access nonpharmacological interventions. To our knowledge, no review has been conducted on factors influencing the use of nonpharmacological interventions for seniors with mild-to-moderate dementia. Design: An integrative review method will be used to meet the review objective. Review method: We will perform a systematic literature search from five electronic databases to locate relevant empirical and theoretical research evidence on the topic. Eligible studies include empirical research, both qualitative and quantitative methods, and theoretical studies published since 2000 in English, that explored factors influencing use of community-based nonpharmacological interventions for seniors with mild or moderate dementia. Eligibility criteria are studies that included community-dwelling seniors (≥ 65) with mild-to-moderate dementia, their care partners, or health care practitioners and that explored the use of community-based nonpharmacological dementia treatments. We will extract the data by creating matrices on quality appraisal, key methodological features, and key findings. Data analysis will include constant comparison of extracted data, examining relationships between concepts, overall strengths and weaknesses of the literature, and gaps in knowledge. Findings will be visually categorized and narratively summarized. Discussion: This integrative review will identify and synthesize enablers and barriers that influence use of nonpharmacological interventions by seniors with mild-to-moderate dementia, identify knowledge gaps, and inform future research studies and literature reviews.