Vivian Stamatopoulos
Vivian Stamatopoulos | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | York University |
| Thesis | Young Carers in Canada: An Examination of the Prevalence, Policy and Practice of Young People Providing Unpaid Care (2018) |
| Doctoral advisor | Norene Pupo |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ontario Tech University |
| Main interests | Ontario Long Term Care Home Safety |
Vivian Stamatopoulos is a Canadian university academic and an advocate for better long term care in Ontario.[1][2]
She is the founder of Canadians 4 LTC, and has authored widely cited papers on nursing standards and the support of young carers in Canada.
Education
[edit]Stamatopoulos has both a Master's degree and a PhD in sociology from York University.[3]
Career
[edit]Teaching
[edit]Stamatopoulos is an associate professor at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, where she lectures on sociology.[4][5][6]
Her research has been used to show the significantly worse support for young people who provide family care in Canada compared to the UK.[6]
Long term care home advocacy
[edit]Stamatopoulos has been advocating for better government oversight of long term care homes since before the COVID-19 pandemic but became prominent spokesperson during 2020.[4][7] She advocates for stronger incentives to motivate improvements in long term care, government reform of rules, and criticized the Ontario Government for introducing legislation to absolve corporations from legal liabilities.[4][8] In 2021 she advocated for government take over of failing care homes.[9]
In May 2021, she spoke of the need for improved air conditioning in long term care homes.[10] In June she was critical of personal support workers who posted TikTok videos mocking long term care residents.[11][12]
Stamatopoulos has undertaken more than 200 expert interviews about long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
She is the founder of Canadians 4 LTC.[13]
Selected publications
[edit]- Stamatopoulos et al, Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Staffing Levels in Six Countries, 2012, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01430.x[14][15]
- Stamatopoulos V., Supporting young carers: a qualitative review of young carer services in Canada, 2015, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2015.1061568[16][17]
Awards
[edit]Stamatopoulos won the York University President’s University-wide Teaching Award in 2015,[18] the Women Achiever Award in 2020,[19] and the 2021 Doris Anderson award.[7]
In 2021 she was recognised by the Toronto Star as one of the top 20 people who advocated for COVID-19 vaccinations,[20] and was identified as a 2021 health hero by Canadian magazine Best Health.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ Mancini, Melissa (4 June 2021). "Nursing homes with repeated violations continue to break law, despite Ontario's promise to crack down". CBC.
- ^ "'Voices of Long Term Care' calls for accountability as COVID deaths increase". BarrieToday.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ a b "Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos". Ontario Tech Social Science and Humanities. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ a b c Crawley, Mike (29 Oct 2021). "Ontario is unveiling new long-term care legislation. Here's what advocates want in it". CBC.
- ^ Calis, Kristen (2021-03-05). "Ontario government plan to hire and train more PSWs too little, too late, argues Ontario Tech professor". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ a b Chadi, Nicholas (19 Dec 2016). "How Canada should care for young caregivers". TVO.org. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ a b Halushak, Maureen (30 Nov 2021). "Why Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos Is A Doris Anderson Award Recipient". Chatelaine.
- ^ "Inspection at Toronto LTC home underway after woman feels need to call ambulance for sick father". Toronto. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (2021-11-03). "Ontario commits to keep funding for-profit long-term care despite pandemic findings". Toronto. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "All Ontario long-term care homes now have air conditioning, but not all have them in resident rooms". Toronto. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "TikTok videos by personal support worker 'dehumanizing,' 'ageist,' advocate says". Toronto. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Gallardo, Celina (2021-06-17). "Ontario PSW Association under fire for sharing 'dehumanizing and ageist content'". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Stamatopoulos, Vivian. "Twitter Biography". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Backhaus, Ramona, Hilde Verbeek, Erik van Rossum, Elizabeth Capezuti, and Jan PH Hamers. "Nurse staffing impact on quality of care in nursing homes: a systematic review of longitudinal studies." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 15, no. 6 (2014): 383-393.
- ^ Dellefield, Mary Ellen, Nickolas G. Castle, Katherine S. McGilton, and Karen Spilsbury. "The relationship between registered nurses and nursing home quality: an integrative review (2008-2014)." Nursing economic$ 33, no. 2 (2015): 95-108.
- ^ Kavanaugh, Melinda S., Vivian Stamatopoulos, Donna Cohen, and Lixia Zhang. "Unacknowledged caregivers: A scoping review of research on caregiving youth in the United States." Adolescent Research Review 1, no. 1 (2016): 29-49.
- ^ Joseph, Stephen, Joe Sempik, Agnes Leu, and Saul Becker. "Young carers research, practice and policy: an overview and critical perspective on possible future directions." Adolescent Research Review 5, no. 1 (2020): 77-89.
- ^ "Open Your Mind: A Q&A with York PhD candidate Vivian Stamatopoulos – YFile". Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "FSSH Professor Presented with International Women's Day Award". socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Ogilvie, Megan; Wallace, Kenyon; Warren, May; Yousif, Nadine; Bowden, Olivia (2021-12-26). "20 people who took on the biggest job of the pandemic and helped Ontario get its shots". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ Boutsalis, Kelly; Frangou, Christina; Gao, Rebecca; Philps, Rebecca; Wray, Meaghan; Yu, Andrea (3 Dec 2021). "Meet Best Health's 2021 Health Heroes". Best Health. Retrieved 2022-01-23.