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Vanessa Burholt

Auckland
As seen in: Color Research & Application, The Guardian, Ageing & Society, PLOS ONE, MDPI, Taylor & Francis Online, Journal of Public Health, The Lancet
Prof at University of Auckland. Social gerontologist with an interest in people's attachment to people & places. Mum, grandma, & former dementia carer to my Mum
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Improving continence management for people with dementia in the community in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Protocol for a mixed methods study

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By Vanessa Burholt, Kathryn Peri, Sharon Awatere
| PLOS ONE
Study design. Different 3-stage adapted Delphi consultations [47, 75] will be used to co-produce clinical/practice guidelines and COS. A series of workshops with Māori and non-Māori caregivers will be convened for ideation and development of appropriate resource materials/models to support PLWD, caregivers and family. Co-produced clinical/practice guidelines.
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Communication technologies in older people’s long-distance family relationships, and the impact on isolation and loneliness

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By Vanessa Burholt, John A. Percival, Deborah Morgan
| Taylor & Francis Online
Results Proximity to relatives, TMC use and social outcomes Older people were in contact with relatives by telephone more frequently than they were by text/email or video calls. More than half (58.8%) used the telephone daily or 2–3 times per week. Texts and emails were used less frequently, however around one third of the sample were in contact with relatives at least weekly. Video calls were used least frequently, with only 13.3% contacting relatives at least monthly by this means.
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Health equity and wellbeing among older people’s caregivers in New Zealand during COVID-19: Protocol for a qualitative study

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By Vanessa Burholt, Deborah Balmer, Rosemary Frey
| PLOS
Phase 1: Experiences of caregivers Sample and setting. Two samples will be used in Phase 1 of the study, extant data and new primary data. Extant data for caregivers extracted from a study entitled Social connectedness among older people during Covid-19 (Auckland Medical Research Foundation; Principal Investigator Professor Merryn Gott). This study requested letters from people age ≥ 70 years living in NZ describing their experiences of COVID-19.
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