Rural and remote dementia care challenges and needs: perspectives of formal and informal care providers residing in Saskatchewan, Canada

Vanina Dal Bello-Haas

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review, original concept, wrote the first draft, thematic analysis

position: Associate professor, Assistant dean (Physiotherapy)

Canada

My research interests include understanding the interplay among impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, context and environment in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases (dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson disease), and older adults, and therapeutic interventions that allow individuals to maximize their function and quality of life in the face of dealing with the progressive nature of the disease.

Allison Cammer

qualifications: MSc

contribution: original concept, collected data, contributed to drafts, thematic analysis

position: Professional Research Associate

Debra Morgan

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Professor, CIHR Applied Chair, Rural Health Delivery

Norma Stewart

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

Canada

rural dementia care rural nursing

Julie Kosteniuk

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts, statistical analysis

position: Post-doctoral fellow