Ann MacLeod

Faculty

RN, BScN (McGill), MPH (Michigan)

Office: LHS C163

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7386

Biography

Ann MacLeod practiced nursing in a variety of hospital and community-based settings in urban and rural areas in Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. After working in pediatrics in hospitals and home care, in Northeastern Ontario her practice focused on public health promotion, community development and primary care research. Since relocating to Peterborough in 2000, she has taught clinical and theoretical courses focusing on care of the older adult, community health, and primary care in the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing since its inception. Her research focuses on qualitative community-based approaches to study the intersection between health professionals, the volunteer sector and family in promoting health of older adults. When possible, arts-based approaches are used with participants. Current projects focus on social supports for community dwelling older adults and interventions to facilitate transitioning from hospital to home. She has sat on and been a founding member of many community boards of non-profit organizations in Ontario with the common thread being those that address health equity.

Areas of Interest

The intersection between health professionals, the volunteer sector, and family in promoting health of older adults; Social support; Transitions hospital to home; Community-based qualitative approaches; Arts-based research

Current Research Projects

Optimizing hospital-to-home transitions for older persons with dementia

Selected Publications

MacLeod, A., Levesque, J & Ward-Griffin, C (2022). Social Isolation of Seniors, Family and Formal Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories and Solutions Through Participatory Action Research. Canadian Journal on Aging (under review)

Fox, M. T., Sidani, S, Butler, J. I., Skinner, M. W., Macdonald, M., Durocher, E., Hunter, K. F., Wagg, A., Weeks, L. E. MacLeod, A., Dahlke, S. (2021). Optimizing hospital-to-home transitions for older persons in rural communities: A participatory, multimethod study protocol. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 81. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00179-w

Supervision

Not accepting graduate students (2023-2024)
May be accepting honours thesis students (2023-2024)