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Mary Crea-Arsenio

Department of Medicine, McMaster University


Mary Crea-Arsenio

Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio is an Assistant Professor, Global Health and a member of the Division of Education & Innovation, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences. She is a health geographer and health system analyst with expertise in migration, health policy, employment integration, and health human resource planning. Her recent publications focus on the challenges in long-term care sector including issues facing the LTC workforce, quality of care, neglect and abuse, social isolation, and excess mortality of residents.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Canada;
Topics Access to care; Care economy; Care Homes; Care outcomes; Care work and migration; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; LTC Policy; LTC Systems; LTC Workforce; Outcome measurement in LTC; Quality of care; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Workforce capability;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Case studies; Focus groups; Grounded Theory; Knowledge-exchange; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal data analysis; Mixed methods; Narrative evaluation methods; Observational studies; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Questionnaire; Scoping reviews; Service mapping; Social network analysis; Systematic Review; Theory of Change;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Long-Term Care Policy; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Workforce Capacity and Capability; Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/mcrea
ORC.ID0000-0002-1578-881X
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=sNszdzYAAAAJ
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-crea-arsenio-a8b0ab50/
Key publications

Crea-Arsenio M, Baumann A, Antonipillai V, & Akhtar-Danesh N (2024). Factors associated with pressure ulcer and dehydration in long-term care settings in Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0297588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297588.

Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Smith, V., Antonipillai, V., & Idriss-Wheeler, D. (2024). Abuse in Canadian long-term care homes: A mixed methods study. BMJ Open & Quality.

Antonipillai, V., Ng, E., Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., & Kohen, D. (2024). Work precarity, employment characteristics and health among Canada’s long-term care and seniors’ home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health reports35(2), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202400200001-eng

Crea-Arsenio, M., A. Baumann & V. Smith. (2022). Inspection Reports – The Canary in the Coal Mine. Healthcare Policy 17(Special Issue): 122 132  doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26850.

Deber, R., Crea-Arsenio, M., Lavoie-Tremblay, M & A. Baumann (2022). COVID‑19 and Long-Term Care: What Have We Learned? Healthcare Policy 17(Special Issue): 8-13. Doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2022.26858.

Baumann, A. & Crea-Arsenio, M. (2022). Rights Versus Risks: The Impact of Isolation on Residents and Families in Long-term Care. Healthcare Policy 17(Special Issue): 133–44. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26849.