Pamela Durepos

Jan 9, 2025 | mdpi.com | Rachel Maclean |Pamela Durepos |Lisa Keeping-Burke |Richelle L. Witherspoon

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Mar 6, 2024 | dovepress.com | Caroline Gibbons |Pamela Durepos |Natasha Taylor |Lisa Keeping-Burke

IntroductionThe Covid-19 pandemic was marked by an unprecedented global health crisis resulting from the rapid spread of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus. The novel coronavirus caused severe respiratory illness, leading to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. 1 Among the most profoundly affected settings were long-term care homes (LTCH) (ie, 24-hour residential and skilled nursing facilities).

Dec 16, 2023 | tandfonline.com | Pamela Durepos |Rachel Maclean |Sheila A Boamah |Nicole Ricketts

AbstractObjectives Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a relatively new type of psychotherapy effective for treating depression and anxiety amongst family care partners of persons living with dementia [PLWD]. However, care partner engagement in mental health services is low and specific guidelines for designing ACT programs for care partners of PLWD do not exist.