selected publications

wiersma, e.c. & koster, r.l. (2013). vulnerability, volunteerism, and age-friendly communities: placing rural northern communities into context. journal of rural community development, 8(1), 62-76.

dupuis, s.l., wiersma, e.c., & loiselle, l. (2012). pathologizing behavior: meanings of behavior in dementia care. journal of aging studies, 26(2), 163-173.

wiersma, e.c. (2012). "you can't turn back the clock": reconceptualizing time after institutionalization. canadian journal on aging, 31(1), 73-85.

wiersma, e.c., & dupuis, s.l. (2010). becoming institutional bodies: socialization into a long-term care home. journal of aging studies, 24(4), 278-291.

wiersma, e.c. (2010). life around... staff's perceptions of residents' adjustment into long-term care. canadian journal on aging, 29(3), 425-434.

sims-gould, j., wiersma, e., arseneau, l., kelley, m.l., kozak, j., habjan, s., & maclean, m. (2010). care providers' perspectives on end-of-life care in long-term care homes: implications for whole person and palliative care. journal of palliative care, 26(2), 122-129.

wiersma, e. c. (2008). the experiences of place: veterans with dementia making meaning of their environments. health and place, 14(4), 779-794.

wiersma, e.c., & pedlar, a. (2008). the nature of relationships in alternative dementia care environments. canadian journal on aging, 27(1), 101-108.

dupuis, s.l., smale, b.j.a., & wiersma, e. (2005). creating open environments in long-term care settings: an examination of influencing factors. therapeutic recreation journal, 39(4), 277-298.