Gail Low, RN, BSN, MA (Gerontology), PhD (Human and Social Development)

About

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Research

My program of research focuses on factors that enhance and take away from quality of life and psychological well-being at midlife and in older age. I also test measurement instruments and analyze large data sets pertaining to quality of life, psychological well-being, and physically and mentally adapting to aging. I have worked with a number of international students and scholars on projects related to spirituality and religion, living with chronic respiratory disease and stroke, and intimate relationships in older age. A key focus of my research work on mentally healthy living at midlife and in later life is knowledge sharing through community engagements. Mental health and social isolation are paramount issues in post-pandemic society (https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/pandemic-accelerant-how-covid-19-advanced-our-mental-health-priorities; https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection">https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection).

For more information, please visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gail_Low/contributions

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Teaching

1. Canadian Association on Gerontology. https://www.cag2023.ca/_files/ugd/efbed2_85381069927a4bfe99efbde1f07c1ef1.pdf
2. CFCW Radio (November 30, 2023). Mentally Healthy Living after Social Distancing. Ag Show Feature. URL pending.
3. Rutherford, G. (November 27, 2023). https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/11/researchers-serve-up-a-menu-for-mental-and-nutritional-health
4. Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association: Mentally Healthy Living after Social Distancing. Invited Presentation. January 2024.
5. LaMantia, A. (August 23, 2023). Mentally Healthy Living Post-COVID-19: Experiencing troubling anxiety? Add these two strategies to your mental health toolbox! Renaissance Magazine – The Retired Teachers of Ontario Magazine. https://erenaissance.rtoero.ca/mentally-healthy-living-post-covid-19
6. The Age Collective (July 2, 2022). New Old – Stories and perspective to tackle ageism and re-define aging. https://www.theagecollective.com/stories/
7. Low, Gail, Gloria Gutman, and Zhiwei Gao (May 31, 2022). https://rtoero.ca/webinar-mentally-healthy-living-after-social-distancing-a-study-of-older-canadians Webinar: Mentally Healthy Living after Social Distancing. Attendees: 500.

8. Ageism. Discussion seminar. South East Edmonton Seniors Association (SEESA). October 2019. Edmonton.

9. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Aging in Place; Sexuality and sexual well-being. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2

NURS 124 - Foundations of Nursing I

The course explores the meanings of health and healing. It highlights the diversity of beliefs, values, and perceptions of health. The course introduces the Canadian Health Care System, conceptual frameworks of health promotion, determinants of health, disease and injury prevention, and primary health care. The focus is on the nurse/client relationship in a relational practice context. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative Program. Prerequisites: MMI 133, NURS 106 (or NURS 140 and 150), and NURS 120 (or NURS 103). Corequisite: NURS 125 (or NURS 105). Students must achieve a minimum grade of C+ in order to progress in the program. Credit may be obtained for only one of NURS 124 or 103.

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NURS 425A - Nursing Leadership in a Focus Area

This leadership experience provides opportunity to consolidate prior learning and develop confidence and competence as students prepare to transition to the role of the Registered Nurse. The focus is on collaboration with interprofessional teams, systems thinking, and healthcare system change. Students evaluate the influence of evidence, policy and legislation on decision-making in complex health systems using a relational practice lens. Students demonstrate and enhance their own relational capacity as leaders and innovators for 21st Century Canadian healthcare. Fieldwork hours listed are the total number of hours and will be offered over 12 weeks. Prerequisites: All courses in the program except NURS 422, INT D 420 and NURS 485. Corequisite: NURS 422 and INT D 420.

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NURS 425B - Nursing Leadership in a Focus Area

This leadership experience provides opportunity to consolidate prior learning and develop confidence and competence as students prepare to transition to the role of the Registered Nurse. The focus is on collaboration with interprofessional teams, systems thinking, and healthcare system change. Students evaluate the influence of evidence, policy and legislation on decision-making in complex health systems using a relational practice lens. Students demonstrate and enhance their own relational capacity as leaders and innovators for 21st Century Canadian healthcare. Fieldwork hours listed are the total number of hours and will be offered over 12 weeks. Prerequisites: All courses in the program except NURS 422, INT D 420 and NURS 485. Corequisite: NURS 422 and INT D 420.

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Browse more courses taught by Gail Low

Gail Low, Alex Bacadini França, Donna M Wilson, Gloria Gutman, Sofia von Humboldt

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 November; 20 (22 (Special Issue: Health and well-being in midlife ad healthy aging)):7035 10.3390/ijerph20227035

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Low, G., Wilson, D., Gutman, G., Zhiwei, G., França, A., Vitorino, L., von Humboldt, S., Allana, H., & Kolskog, M.

RTOERO Foundation Site/ERA (CC-BY-NC). 2023 August; 10.7939/r3-qtw2-5a58

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von Humboldt, S., Low, G., & Leal, I

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 April; 19 (7):1-13 10.3390/ijerph19074277

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Gail Low, Sofia von Humboldt, Mary Kalfoss, Isabel Leal, Donna Wilson

Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging.

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Carla Bierhals, Gail Low, Lisianne Paskulin

Applied Nursing Research. 47

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Donna Wilson, Begonia Errasti-Ibarrondo, Gail Low

Ageing Research Reviews. 51