Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos is an Associate Teaching Professor at Ontario Tech University whose research interests include family caregiving (young carers/youth caregivers) and long-term care (LTC). She is also a leading advocate for LTC residents in Ontario and has provided over 300 expert interviews on the topic over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experience
2016–present
Associate Teaching Professor, Ontario Tech University
Publications
2022
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Poor and Lost Connections: Essential Family Caregivers’ Experiences Using Technology with Family Living in Long-Term Care Homes during COVID-19
2022
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being , “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever been put through in my life”: the trauma experienced by essential family caregivers of loved ones in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2022
Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, No Young Carer Left Behind: A Two-Phased Study to Understand and Address the Needs of Young Carers from Rural and Urban Communities Before and During Covid-19
2021
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Young Carers, The Overlooked Caregiving Population: Introduction to a Special Issue
2021
Children and Youth Services Review, Brief report: Youth homelessness, youthful caregiving, and resilience
2018
Child & Youth Services, The young carer penalty: Exploring the costs of caregiving among a sample of Canadian youth
2017
Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium (pp. 199-215). Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd., Caregiving and Support for Older Adults
2017
CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), Caring for young carers in Canada
2016
Adolescent Research Review volume, Unacknowledged Caregivers: A Scoping Review of Research on Caregiving Youth in the United States
2016
Child Abuse Research in South Africa, Application of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child to young carers in the United States : US policies in international context
2015
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Supporting young carers: a qualitative review of young carer services in Canada
2012
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Staffing Levels in Six Countries