Vivian Stamatopoulos Explained

Alma Mater:York University
Workplaces:Ontario Tech University
Thesis Title:Young Carers in Canada: An Examination of the Prevalence, Policy and Practice of Young People Providing Unpaid Care
Thesis Url:https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/37847
Thesis Year:2018
Doctoral Advisor:Norene Pupo
Main Interests:Ontario Long Term Care Home Safety

Vivian Stamatopoulos is a Canadian university academic and an advocate for better long term care in Ontario.[1] [2]

She is the founder of Canadians 4 LTC, and has authored widely cited papers on nursing standards and the support of young carers in Canada.

Education

Stamatopoulos has both a Master's degree and a PhD in sociology from York University.[3]

Career

Teaching

Stamatopoulos is an associate professor at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, where she lectures on sociology.[4] [5]

Her research has been used to show the significantly worse support for young people who provide family care in Canada compared to the UK.[6]

Long term care home advocacy

Stamatopoulos has been advocating for better government oversight of long term care homes since before the COVID-19 pandemic but became prominent spokesperson during 2020.[7] She advocates for stronger incentives to motivate improvements in long term care, government reform of rules, and criticized the Ontario Government for introducing legislation to absolve corporations from legal liabilities.[8] In 2021 she advocated for government take over of failing care homes.[9]

In May 2021, she spoke of the need for improved air conditioning in long term care homes.[10] In June she was critical of personal support workers who posted TikTok videos mocking long term care residents.[11] [12]

Stamatopoulos has undertaken more than 200 expert interviews about long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She is the founder of Canadians 4 LTC.[13]

Selected publications

Awards

Stamatopoulos won the York University President’s University-wide Teaching Award in 2015,[18] the Women Achiever Award in 2020,[19] and the 2021 Doris Anderson award.

In 2021 she was recognised by the Toronto Star as one of the top 20 people who advocated for COVID-19 vaccinations,[20] and was identified as a 2021 health hero by Canadian magazine Best Health.[21]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mancini. Melissa. 4 June 2021. Nursing homes with repeated violations continue to break law, despite Ontario's promise to crack down. CBC.
  2. Web site: 'Voices of Long Term Care' calls for accountability as COVID deaths increase. 2021-11-23. BarrieToday.com. en.
  3. Web site: Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos. 2021-11-23. Ontario Tech Social Science and Humanities. en.
  4. News: Crawley. Mike. 29 Oct 2021. Ontario is unveiling new long-term care legislation. Here's what advocates want in it. CBC.
  5. Web site: Calis. Kristen. 2021-03-05. Ontario government plan to hire and train more PSWs too little, too late, argues Ontario Tech professor. 2021-11-23. Toronto.com. en-CA.
  6. Web site: Chadi. Nicholas. 19 Dec 2016. How Canada should care for young caregivers. 2021-12-28. TVO.org. en.
  7. News: Halushak. Maureen. 30 Nov 2021. Why Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos Is A Doris Anderson Award Recipient. Chatelaine.
  8. Web site: 2021-11-25. Inspection at Toronto LTC home underway after woman feels need to call ambulance for sick father. 2021-11-27. Toronto. en.
  9. Web site: McKenzie-Sutter. Holly. 2021-11-03. Ontario commits to keep funding for-profit long-term care despite pandemic findings. 2021-11-23. Toronto. en.
  10. Web site: 2021-05-27. All Ontario long-term care homes now have air conditioning, but not all have them in resident rooms. 2021-11-23. Toronto. en.
  11. Web site: 2021-06-18. TikTok videos by personal support worker 'dehumanizing,' 'ageist,' advocate says. 2021-11-23. Toronto. en.
  12. News: Gallardo. Celina. 2021-06-17. Ontario PSW Association under fire for sharing 'dehumanizing and ageist content'. en-CA. The Toronto Star. 2021-11-23. 0319-0781.
  13. Web site: Stamatopoulos. Vivian. Twitter Biography. 2022-01-23. Twitter. en.
  14. Backhaus, Ramona, Hilde Verbeek, Erik van Rossum, Elizabeth Capezuti, and Jan PH Hamers. "Nurse staffing impact on quality of care in nursing homes: a systematic review of longitudinal studies." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 15, no. 6 (2014): 383-393.
  15. Dellefield, Mary Ellen, Nickolas G. Castle, Katherine S. McGilton, and Karen Spilsbury. "The relationship between registered nurses and nursing home quality: an integrative review (2008-2014)." Nursing economic$ 33, no. 2 (2015): 95-108.
  16. Kavanaugh, Melinda S., Vivian Stamatopoulos, Donna Cohen, and Lixia Zhang. "Unacknowledged caregivers: A scoping review of research on caregiving youth in the United States." Adolescent Research Review 1, no. 1 (2016): 29-49.
  17. Joseph, Stephen, Joe Sempik, Agnes Leu, and Saul Becker. "Young carers research, practice and policy: an overview and critical perspective on possible future directions." Adolescent Research Review 5, no. 1 (2020): 77-89.
  18. Web site: Open Your Mind: A Q&A with York PhD candidate Vivian Stamatopoulos – YFile. 2022-01-23. en-US.
  19. Web site: 13 March 2020. FSSH Professor Presented with International Women's Day Award. 2022-01-23. socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca. en.
  20. News: Ogilvie. Megan. Wallace. Kenyon. Warren. May. Yousif. Nadine. Bowden. Olivia. 2021-12-26. 20 people who took on the biggest job of the pandemic and helped Ontario get its shots. en-CA. The Toronto Star. 2021-12-28. 0319-0781.
  21. Web site: Boutsalis. Kelly. Frangou. Christina. Gao. Rebecca. Philps. Rebecca. Wray. Meaghan. Yu. Andrea. 3 Dec 2021. Meet Best Health's 2021 Health Heroes. 2022-01-23. Best Health. en-US.

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