RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Develop a deeper understanding of human interactions and living environments of older adults across multiple scales, from immediate surroundings to broader contexts (micro-, meso-, and macro-level perspectives).
Emphasize the subjective experiences and experiential knowledge of older adults and their close networks, alongside socio-cultural and geographic aspects and the heterogeneous nature of aging, to support best practices and encourage the involvement of older adult with diverse backgrounds and citizens in research processes.
THEMATIC AREAS
- Transportation, mobility, healthy and safe environments, accessibility, housing and living conditions.
- Services and care across the continuum from institutional settings to community based care - territories and rurality.
- Climate change.
- Epistemic justice, sexuality, and intimacy.
- Social networks, caregiving, bereavement, inclusion/exclusion, social isolation, participation, life course and end-of-life trajectories, support mechanisms.
- Diversity, citizenship, norms and regulations, socio-cultural dimensions, intersectionality, immigration, meaning and spirituality.
- Neighborhoods and communities, intergenerational dynamics, and the digital/virtual environment and its impacts.
CONTACT
Marie-Michèle Lord, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Researcher at Centre de recherche et d’expertise en gérontologie sociale.
Member of the Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement.
