Biography
Lorraine is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Research Interests
- Palliative care
- Family caregivers
- Bereavement
- Nursing interventions
- Teaching & learning
Methodology
- Qualitative
- Mixed methods
Publications
Duggleby, W., Kuchera, S., MacLeod, R., Scott, T., Holtslander, L., Letendre, A., & Moeke-Maxwell, T. (2015, June 15). Indigenous People’s Experiences at the End of Life. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-15.
Bally, J., Holtslander, L., Duggleby, W., Spurr, S., Thomas, R., Mpofu, C., & Wright, K. (2014, April 28). Understanding Parents' Experiences Through Their Narratives of Restitution, Chaos, and Quest: Improving care for families experiencing childhood cancer. Journal of Family Nursing.
Comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1074840714532716
Holtslander, L., & Bally, J. (2014). The concept of finding balance in bereavement: Applying theory and research to practice. Grief Matters, 17(1), 20.
Comment: (invited short paper) Paper presented at the Australian Grief and Bereavement Conference 2014 in Melbourne, AUS, March 26-28, 2014.
Olson, T., Holtslander, L., & Bowen, A. (2014). Mother’s milk and tears. Clinical Lactation, 5(1), 9-15.
Duggleby, W., Williams, A., Holtslander, L., Thomas, R., Cooper, D., Hallstrom, L., ... O-Rourke, H. (2014). Hope of rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer: guilt, self-efficacy and mental health. Rural and Remote Health. Rural and Remote Health, 14.
Williams, A., Duggleby, W., Eby, J., Cooper, D., Hallstrom, L., Holtslander, L., & Thomas, R. (2013, December 17). Hope against hope: Exploring the hopes and challenges of rural female caregivers of persons with advanced cancer. BMC Palliative Care, 12(1), 44.
Comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-12-44 PMID: 24341372 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3878500 Free PMC Article
Burles, M., & Holtslander, L. (2013, December). "Cautiously optimistic that today will be another day with my disease under control": Understanding women's lived experiences of ovarian cancer. Cancer Nursing, 36(6), 436-44.
Comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0b013e318277b57e. PMID: 23348660
Duggleby, W., Williams, A., Cooper, D., Holtslander, L., Ghosh, S., Hallstrom, L., & Thomas, R. (2013, October 8). Evaluation of the Living with Hope Program for Rural Women Caregivers of Persons with Advanced Cancer. BMC Palliative Care, 12(36).
Comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-12-36, PMID: 24106841 [PubMed]
Bally, J. M., Duggleby, W., Holtslander, L., Mpofu, C., Spurr, S., Thomas, R., & Wright, K. (2013). Keeping Hope Possible: A Grounded Theory Study of Parental Caregivers Who Have Children in Treatment for Cancer. Cancer Nursing.
Comment: Print: 24145252 PUBMED ID, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182a453aa
Grants
Thomas R (Principal Investigator), Hammond C (Co-investigator), Egan M (Co-investigator), Gifford W (Co-investigator), Hall P (Co-investigator), Hamilton R (Co-investigator), Towers A (Co-investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), King J (Co-investigator), Morrison T (Co-investigator). Planning an international research agenda to advance arts-based interventions for men and women who have experienced cancer, CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant. Total: $9,063.00 for 2015-06 to 2016-06
Kaasalainen S (Principal Investigator), Costello A (Co-principal Investigator), Hunter P (Co-principal Investigator), Neves P (Co-principal Investigator), Thompson G (Co-principal Investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), Hadjistavropoulos T (Co-investigator), McClement S (Co-investigator), Chochinov H (Co-investigator), Goodridge D (Co-investigator). Partnering Together to Improve Palliative Care in Long Term Care, CIHR; Alberta Innovates; Manitoba Health Research Council; Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Total: $740,000.00 for 2015-06 to 2018-06
Duggleby W (Principal Investigator), Parmer J (Co-investigator), Nekoliachuk C (Co-investigator), Mirhosseinie N (Co-investigator), Symes A (Co-investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), Hudson P (Co-investigator), Peterson-Fraser M (Co-investigator), Tycholiz J (Co-investigator), Chambers T (Co-investigator), Mann A (Co-investigator). Metasynthesis study of transitions experienced by family caregivers of persons at the end of life., Institute for Continuing Care Education and Research. Total: $10,000.00 for 2014-06-01 to 2015-05-30
Peacock S (Principal Investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), Thompson G (Co-investigator), O'Connell M (Co-investigator). A psychosocial intervention for bereaved spousal caregivers of persons with dementia: Adapting the “Finding Balance” tool, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Total: $87,096.00 for 2014-06 to 2017-05
Holtslander L (Principal Investigator), Baxter S (Co-principal Investigator), Duggleby W (Co-investigator), Peacock S (Co-investigator), Hudson P (Co-investigator), Duncan I (Co-investigator), Cooper D (Co-investigator). Honoring the voices of bereaved caregivers: A metasynthesis of qualitative research with bereaved caregivers, CIHR. Total: $100,000.00 for 2014-03 to 2015-02
Holtslander L (Principal Investigator), Peternelj-Taylor C (Co-principal Investigator), Burles M (Co-investigator), Duncan I (Co-investigator). Palliative Care in Corrections: A Scoping Review, Centre for Forensic Behavioral Science and Justice Studies. Total: $8,392.00 for 2014-01 to 2014-12
Bally J (Co-principal Investigator), Holtslander L (Co-principal Investigator), Hodgson-Viden H (Co-investigator), Mpofu C (Co-investigator), Zimmer M (Co-investigator). Developing a Psychosocial Support Intervention for Parents of Children with a Life Limiting or Life Threatening Illness Living in Saskatchewan: A Community Based Approach, RBC Nurses Kids Community Development Program. Total: $40,000.00 for 2013-08 to 2015-08
Davison B (Principal Investigator), Gutwin C (Co-investigator), Szafron M (Co-investigator), Visvanathan K (Co-investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), Racine L (Co-investigator). Profiling patient’s preferences to facilitate treatment decision making, Canada’s Motorcycle Ride for DAD. Total: $42,896.00 for 2011-11 to 2013-02
Bally J (Principal Investigator), Holtslander L (Co-principal Investigator), Duggleby W (Co-investigator), Spurr S (Co-investigator), Mpofu C (Co-investigator), Thomas-Maclean R (Co-investigator), Wright K (Co-investigator). The Hope Experience of Parental Caregivers of Children Undergoing Cancer Treatment, CANO/ACIO (Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne des Infirmiries en Oncologie). Total: $5,000.00 for 2011 to 2013
Thomas-MacLean R (Co-principal Investigator), Quinlan E (Co-principal Investigator), Holtslander L (Co-investigator), Kalyn B (Co-investigator), Kowalski K (Co-investigator), McMullen L (Co-investigator), Nicol J (Co-investigator), Teucher U (Co-investigator). Creative practices for people with cancer (CP4PC), SHRF Phase I Group Grant. Total: $60,000.00 for 2011 to 2013