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Call for Winnipeg research participants: “Family caregiver navigation through organizational systems and policies”

March 4, 2015 — 

 

  • Are you currently providing care to a family member who is 65 years of age or older?
  • Do you provide at least 10 hours of week of support?
  • Are you currently employed?

 

If so:

Dr. Laura Funk (Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba) wants to hear from you about your experience as a caregiver. I am particularly interested in learning about how you experience policies, organizations and health care systems.

Your responses will provide important information about caregivers’ experiences navigating through health and support systems as well as balancing work and caregiving. Because we are seeking to create an overall picture of caregivers, we will also ask a few demographic questions.

Your participation would involve you being interviewed in-person (approx. 1.5 hours per interview) by a trained interviewer, at a time and quiet location convenient for you. Because we would like to examine changes over time in your experience, we would like to conduct two additional follow-up interviews over the course of two years.

Involvement is voluntary and steps will be taken to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information. If you would like to participate or learn more, please contact Dr. Laura Funk at Laura [dot] Funk [at] ad [dot] umanitoba [dot] ca or by phone at 204-474-6678.

 

This study is funded by a grant from the Manitoba Health Research Council and has been approved by the Psychology/Sociology Research Ethics Board at the University of Manitoba.

 

Research at the University of Manitoba is partially supported by funding from the Government of Canada Research Support Fund.

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