Vivian Stamatopoulos

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

Vivian Stamatopoulos
Academic background
Alma materYork University
ThesisYoung Carers in Canada: An Examination of the Prevalence, Policy and Practice of Young People Providing Unpaid Care (2018)
Doctoral advisorNorene Pupo
Academic work
InstitutionsOntario Tech University
Main interestsOntario Long Term Care Home Safety

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][6]

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.[4][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.[4][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.[3]

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

Selected publications
  • Stamatopoulos et al, Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Staffing Levels in Six Countries, 2012, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01430.x[14][15]
  • Stamatopoulos V., Supporting young carers: a qualitative review of young carer services in Canada, 2015, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2015.1061568[16][17]

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.[7]

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]

References
  1. Mancini, Melissa (4 June 2021). "Nursing homes with repeated violations continue to break law, despite Ontario's promise to crack down". CBC.
  2. "'Voices of Long Term Care' calls for accountability as COVID deaths increase". BarrieToday.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. "Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos". Ontario Tech Social Science and Humanities. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. Crawley, Mike (29 Oct 2021). "Ontario is unveiling new long-term care legislation. Here's what advocates want in it". CBC.
  5. Calis, Kristen (2021-03-05). "Ontario government plan to hire and train more PSWs too little, too late, argues Ontario Tech professor". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  6. Chadi, Nicholas (19 Dec 2016). "How Canada should care for young caregivers". TVO.org. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  7. Halushak, Maureen (30 Nov 2021). "Why Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos Is A Doris Anderson Award Recipient". Chatelaine.
  8. "Inspection at Toronto LTC home underway after woman feels need to call ambulance for sick father". Toronto. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  9. McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (2021-11-03). "Ontario commits to keep funding for-profit long-term care despite pandemic findings". Toronto. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  10. "All Ontario long-term care homes now have air conditioning, but not all have them in resident rooms". Toronto. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  11. "TikTok videos by personal support worker 'dehumanizing,' 'ageist,' advocate says". Toronto. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  12. Gallardo, Celina (2021-06-17). "Ontario PSW Association under fire for sharing 'dehumanizing and ageist content'". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  13. Stamatopoulos, Vivian. "Twitter Biography". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  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. "Open Your Mind: A Q&A with York PhD candidate Vivian Stamatopoulos – YFile". Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  19. "FSSH Professor Presented with International Women's Day Award". socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  20. 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". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  21. Boutsalis, Kelly; Frangou, Christina; Gao, Rebecca; Philps, Rebecca; Wray, Meaghan; Yu, Andrea (3 Dec 2021). "Meet Best Health's 2021 Health Heroes". Best Health. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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