Kathleen Hunter, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Ageing continence hospital transitions for older persons

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About

I am a Professor Emeritus and active advocate for addressing ageism and public access to continence information and services. I am on the board of the Alberta Association on Gerontology and the Canadian Continence Foundation.  

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Research

My research interests stemmed directly from my clinical experience as a nurse and nurse practitioner. I have collaborated locally, nationally and internationally with researchers in continence. As well, I have research interests in hospital care and transitions for older adults, ageism and nurse/student nurse gerontological nursing education. 

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Teaching

During my active teaching years, I focused predominantly on the FoN MN Nurse Practitioner program 

Advocacy for those living with continence concerns

The Canadian Continence Foundation

Dahlke, S., Hunter, K.F, Kalogirou, M.R. & Pietrosanu, M.

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. . 2021 July; 0033

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Ostaszkiewicz, J., Tomlinson, E., Hunter, K.

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing JWOCN. 2020 July; 47 (4):365-380

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Hunter, K.F., Dahlke, S., Negrin, K., Reshef Kalogirou, M., Fox, M., Antonio, N., Buckborough, N., Morgan, A. & Wagg, A.

International Journal of Older People Nursing. 2019 August; 14

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Hunter, K.F., Parke, B., Babb, M., Forbes, D. & Strain, L

Rural and Remote Health. 17

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Dahlke, S., Hunter, K.F., Negrin, K.

International Journal of Older People Nursing. Online Jan 10/19

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Gibson, W., Hunter, K.F., Camicioli, R., Booth, J., Rafferty, D., Skelton, D., Dumoulin, C., Paul, L. & Wagg, A.

Neurourology & Urodynamics. 37