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Katherine McGilton, PhD, RN, FAAN is Senior Scientist and Research Division Head with KITE, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network. Dr. McGilton is a Professor at the University of Toronto’s Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and is currently the co-lead of the Quality of Life Theme for the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). She has spearheaded the International Consortium of Professional Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) founded in 2011 – focused on building capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research, practice, education and policy in LTCF.Dr McGilton’s research interests in LTCH have focused on staffing, job satisfaction of personal support workers and regulated nurses, leadership, and implementation of evidence informed practices. Dr. McGilton’s research also focuses on care of persons with cognitive impairment, particularly in identifying interventions and models of care delivery that improve outcomes.
Articles
Close care provider–resident relationships in long‐term care environments
Journal of Clinical Nursing2007The nature of care provider–resident relationships in long-term care is crucial to the quality of life of residents. Clinical observations and anecdotal evidence suggest that close relationships exist between residents and care providers. However, research ...
Supervisory support, job stress, and job satisfaction among long-term care nursing staff
Journal of Nursing Administration2007To investigate the effects of perceived supervisory support provided by registered nursing staff on job stress and job satisfaction among nurse aides (NAs) working in long-term care. Background: Job-related stress is a major problem for NAs working in long-term ...
Communication enhancement: nurse and patient satisfaction outcomes in a complex continuing care facility
Journal of Advanced Nursing2006This paper presents an evaluation of a communication enhancement intervention on staff and patients in a complex continuing care facility. Background. The importance of effective communication as a fundamental element of nursing has been emphasized and ...
Measuring leadership practices of nurses using the leadership practices inventory
Nursing Research2004Originally developed for educational use, the Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI) is used to measure leadership practices in nursing research. There is limited reporting of LPI psychometric properties when used to measure leadership practices of nurses. ...
Effects of a relationship-enhancing program of care on outcomes
Journal of Nursing Scholarship2003A quasi-experimental, repeated measures design, with intervention and comparison groups. Questionnaires were distributed to 50 residents, and observations were conducted of 40 residents and 34 nursing staff at baseline and 3 months after the intervention, on two Canadian ...
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Area of Expertise
Care of Persons with Cognitive Impairement
Dementia Care
Intervantions and Models of Care Delivery
Long Term Care
Re-enablement
Affiliation
The Canadian Dementia Priority Setting Partnership : Principal Investigator
Development of a Clinically Effective Sensory Screening Tool for Residents with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in Long Term Care (LTC) : Principal Investigator
Understanding Structures Processes and Outcomes Related to Effective Leaders in Long-Term Care Homes : Principal Investigator
Interventions to prevent and treat frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies : Co-Investigator
University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing : Associate Professor
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care : Affiliate Scientist
Nursing Health Services Research Unit Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto : Co-Investigator
Industry
Education/Learning
Research
Health and Wellness
Health Care - Facilities
Health Care - Services
Education
Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care : Measurement
University of Toronto : Nursing
University of Toronto : Nursing
University of Toronto : Nursing