Vivian Stamatopoulos

Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos is an Associate Teaching Professor at Ontario Tech University whose research interests include family caregiving (young carers/youth caregivers) and long-term care (LTC). She is also a leading advocate for LTC residents in Ontario and has provided over 300 expert interviews on the topic over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Associate Teaching Professor, Ontario Tech University

Publications

  • 2022
    Journal of Applied Gerontology, Poor and Lost Connections: Essential Family Caregivers’ Experiences Using Technology with Family Living in Long-Term Care Homes during COVID-19
  • 2022
    International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being , “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever been put through in my life”: the trauma experienced by essential family caregivers of loved ones in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
  • 2022
    Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, No Young Carer Left Behind: A Two-Phased Study to Understand and Address the Needs of Young Carers from Rural and Urban Communities Before and During Covid-19
  • 2021
    Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Young Carers, The Overlooked Caregiving Population: Introduction to a Special Issue
  • 2021
    Children and Youth Services Review, Brief report: Youth homelessness, youthful caregiving, and resilience
  • 2018
    Child & Youth Services, The young carer penalty: Exploring the costs of caregiving among a sample of Canadian youth
  • 2017
    Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium (pp. 199-215). Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd., Caregiving and Support for Older Adults
  • 2017
    CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), Caring for young carers in Canada
  • 2016
    Adolescent Research Review volume, Unacknowledged Caregivers: A Scoping Review of Research on Caregiving Youth in the United States
  • 2016
    Child Abuse Research in South Africa, Application of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child to young carers in the United States : US policies in international context
  • 2015
    International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Supporting young carers: a qualitative review of young carer services in Canada
  • 2012
    Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Staffing Levels in Six Countries

Contact Vivian for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Research collaboration