Dr. Carole Estabrooks

Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Knowledge Translation, University of Alberta

Elder care, Long term care, Health sciences knowledge translation, Knowledge translation on patient/resident, provider and system outcomes

Media

Missed meals, walks and toileting: U of A study reveals essential tasks missed in nursing home care

After decades of systemic issues, time to finally overhaul Alberta long-term care, experts say

No easy fix for long-term care home problems highlighted by COVID-19

Experts question Alberta's proposed plan to increase costs for seniors in care

COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes is a gender crisis

COVID-19: Problems in senior care during pandemic were predictable, preventable says expert

We must act now to prevent a second wave of long-term care deaths

20 stories that defined University of Alberta in 2020

Carole A. Estabrooks and Janice Keefe: The human face of care aides in Canada

Biography

Dr Carole A. Estabrooks is Professor, Faculty of Nursing, at the University of Alberta, and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation. She is a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) and a Fellow in both the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS) and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). She is Scientific Director of the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program (KUSP) and the pan-Canadian Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) research program hosted at the University of Alberta.

Estabrooks' applied health services research program focuses on knowledge translation in the health sciences. She studies the influence of organizations on the use of knowledge and its effects on quality of care, quality of life/quality of end of life, and quality of work life outcomes. Her work is primarily situated in the residential long term care sector and focuses increasingly on quality improvement and the spread and scale-up of innovation.

Expertise

  • Long term care
  • Elder care
  • Health sciences knowledge translation
  • Knowledge translation on patient/resident, provider and system outcomes