Academic Articles

Our scholarly research is published in a variety of peer-reviewed publications. We often collaborate with researchers from across Canada and around the world and mentor graduate students (*) through the writing process. Here’s a sample of our publications in the last ten years.

Fast, J., Duncan, K., Keating, N. & Kim, C.* (2023) Valuing the contributions of family caregivers to the Care Economy, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-023-09898-8


Astell, A. and Fast, J. (2023) Technology and care in Canada chapter in the edited book Care Technologies for Ageing Societies: An International Comparison. 


Keating, N., McGregor, J. and Yeandle, S. (2021) Sustainable care: theorising the wellbeing of caregivers to older persons, International Journal of Care and Caring, DOI:  10.1332/239788221X16208334299524


Keating, N., Eales, J., Phillips, J., Ayalon, L., Lazaro, M., Montes De Oca, V., Rea, P. & Tyagi, P. (2021) Critical human ecology and global contexts of rural aging chapter in the edited book Rural Gerontology, Towards Critical Perspectives on Rural Ageing (pp. 52-63), Oxon: Routledge.


Martin, M.*, Eales, J., Fast, J., Fiorentino, C.*, & Strickfaden, M. (2020) The value of collaborating with undergraduate students on an interdisciplinary project, in Journal of Student Research, 9 (1).


Pysklywec, A.*, Plante, M., Auger, C., Mortenson, W.B., Eales, J., Routhier, F. & Demers, L. (2020) The positive effects of caring for family carers of older adults: a scoping review, in International Journal of Care and Caring, 4 (3), 349-375. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788220X15925902138734


Magnaye, A.*, Fast, J., Eales, J., Stolow, M. & Leslie, M. (2020) Caregivers’ failure to thrive: A case for health and continuing care systems transformation, in Healthcare Management Forum


Duncan, K., Shooshtari, S., Roger, K., Fast, J., & Han, J.* (2020) The cost of caring: out-of-pocket expenses and financial hardship among Canadian carers, in International Journal of Care and Caring


Fast, J., Keating, N., Eales, J., Kim, C.* & Lee, Y. (2020) Trajectories of family care over the life course: Evidence from Canada, in Ageing and Society [Open Access]


Leslie, M., Grey, R., Eales, J., Fast, J., Magnaye, A.*, & Khyatzadeh-Mahani, A. (2020) The care capacity goals of family caregivers and the role of technology in achieving them, in BMC Geriatrics, Open Access Article


Leslie, M., Eales, J., Fast, J., Mortenson, W.B., Atoyebi, O.* and Khayatzadeh-Mahani, A. (2019) Towards sustainable family care: using goals to reframe the user-centred design of technologies to support carers, in International Journal of Care and Caring, Debates and Issues section. One of the Top 5 most-read articles published by IJCC in 2019!


Keating, N., Eales, J., Funk, L., Fast, J. & Min, J. (2019), Life course trajectories of family care, in International Journal of Care and Caring, 3 (1): 147-163. One of the Top 5 most-read articles published by IJCC in 2019!


Keating, N. & Eales, J. (2017), Social consequences of family care of adults: a scoping review, in International Journal of Care and Caring, 1 (2): 153-173. This article was named as one of the 2017 Editors Choice articles!


Duncan, K. A., Shooshtari, S., Roger, K., Fast, J., & Han, J.* (2016), Care-related out-of-pocket expenditures in Canada in Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 27 (2): 277-296.


Anderson*, S. D., Fast, J., Keating, N., Eales, J., Chivers, S., Barnet, D. (2016, March), Translating knowledge: Inter-generational community arts programming in preventing and managing chronic disease, in Health Promotion Practice, 1-11.


Keating, N. & de Jong Gierveld, J. (Eds) (2015), Families and aging: From private troubles to a global agenda, in Canadian Journal on Aging, 34 (3). Special issue on Families and Aging in Global Context.


de Jong Gierveld, J., Keating, N. & Fast, J. (2015), Determinants of Loneliness Among Older Adults in Canada, in Canadian Journal on Aging, 34 (2): 125-136.


Keating, N., Fast, J., Lero, D., Lucas*, S., & Eales, J. (2014), A taxonomy of the economic costs of family care to adults, in Journal of the Economics of Aging, 3: 11–20.