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Tannenbaum, Cara; Labrecque, Danielle; Lepage, Christiane – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2005
This work seeks to identify factors that facilitate or diminish care-providers' propensity to improve continence care in long-term care (LTC) settings. We conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study using focus group methodology in four long-term care institutions in Montreal, QC. Forty-two nurses, nursing assistants, and orderlies caring for…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Health Personnel, Health Services, Foreign Countries
Lowe, Elaine, Ed. – 2003
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Case Studies, Child Care
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Pence, Alan R. – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1998
Reflects upon experiences with the First Nations' Partnerships and the European Commission Child Care Network to argue that efforts to understand quality care have been insufficiently sensitive to socioecological and cultural factors related to defining and assessing quality. Argues for a reconceptualization of early childhood care, and presents…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Johnson, Laura C.; Mathien, Julie – 1998
The Early Years Project investigated early childhood education programs for kindergarten-age children in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. This study combined quantitative and qualitative data to: (1) document changes in kindergarten and child care and their impact since 1990; (2) investigate how kindergarten…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Day Care, Family Needs
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Tardif, Genevieve; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Susanne; Dubeau, Diane – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
This study identified developmental and behavior problems Canadian child care providers find most challenging, strategies used to cope with these behavior problems, and how providers evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions. Interview responses indicated that externalizing problems were the most frequent difficulty, involving more than…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training
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Bernhard, Judith K.; Lefebvre, Marie Louise; Kilbride, Kenise Murphy; Chud, Gyda; Lange, Rika – Early Education and Development, 1998
Interviews with Canadian day care workers and minority parents showed that the two groups disagreed about why parents are not involved enough; were unaware of their basic differences in ECE goals; and disagreed substantially over what constitutes proper child-rearing methods. Discriminatory incidents were not uncommon at centers, although teachers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences, Day Care
Bowd, Alan D.; Loos, Cynthia H. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
An Ontario study of 68 caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease revealed that those respondents living in more remote areas of northwestern Ontario expressed greater needs for information, education, and social support; experienced significantly more difficulties with morale; and employed coping strategies that reflected an inadequate social…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Caregivers
Wilms, Douglas J. – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for Canadian families with young children. This report is based on one of seven communities studied in 2001-2002. Children's outcomes were…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Physical Health, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Willms, J. Douglas – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2002
"Understanding the Early Years" (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for families with young children. It seeks to provide information about the influence of community factors on children's early…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Research Reports, Foreign Countries, Child Development
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