Heather Campbell-Enns

Canada Research Chair in Families and Aging; Associate Professor of Psychology

Dr. Heather Campbell-Enns is an Associate Professor of Psychology and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Families and Aging.

As a social scientist specializing in families and human development, Heather holds a Bachelor of Education and taught for several years, primarily in early childhood classrooms. She then completed a Master of Science in Family Social Sciences, focusing on mothers' decision-making after a cancer diagnosis. Following this, Heather earned an Interdisciplinary PhD, comparing the health decisions of younger and older women within the context of family life. After her doctorate, she was a post-doctoral fellow in palliative care and a CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellow in long-term care.

Heather employs collaborative qualitative methodologies in her research on older adults and their families. She specializes in intergenerational family-provided care, particularly in families living with dementia. Her projects focus on ethnocultural family care processes, family goals of care, and the impact of family-provided care on individual well-being.

In addition to her research, Heather teaches courses on human development. She enjoys discussing lifelong attachment, regulation, and theories, such as feminist theories, systems theories, and learning theories. Heather also mentors students in research.

Heather was raised in southern Manitoba and was influenced by rural life, her extended family, her church, and summers at Camps Assiniboia and Koinonia. She is married to Phil Campbell-Enns, and they have two adult daughters. They live in a multi-generational home in Winnipeg, in the area that was once known as Rooster Town, and they attend Home Street Mennonite Church.

Areas of Teaching

Psychology

Education

PhD, Interdisciplinary Program, University of Manitoba (2016); Master of Science, Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba (2011); Bachelor of Education, University of Manitoba (1994)

Work in Detail

Teaching

• Adult Development
• Child Development
• Critical Literature Reviews
• Health Psychology
• Identity and Intersectionality
• Introduction to Psychology
• Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry in the Social Sciences
• Psychology of Gender

Research

Affiliation:

• Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba

Current Projects:

• Understanding the needs of family caregivers of rural older adults with dementia
• Analyzing hopsital discharge policies for persons with dementia in rural settings
• Exploring family (patterns, structures, identity) when a person living with dementia increasingly needs more support

Select Grants:

• A Comparative analysis of Manitoba rural and urban hospital discharge policies for persons with dementia. Funding: $120,000; Research Manitoba New Investigator Operating Grant.
• Best practices: Transitions from hospital to community-based settings for rural and remote persons with dementia (Nominated Principal Investigator). Funding: $100,000; CIHR Transitions in Care Best & Wise Practices Grant.
• Evaluating older adult care continuums in Alberta and Manitoba: A comparative analysis (Co-Applicant [NPI: M. Doupe]). Funding: $272,500; CIHR SPOR PIHCI Network Operating Grant.
• Personal Care Home residents with few clinical needs: What do they need to remain in the community? (Principal Applicant). Funding: CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellowship Grant.
• The role of Assisted Living in the continuum of care: A scoping review (Principal Applicant). Funding: CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellowship Grant.

Select Publications:

Campbell-Enns, H.J., Bornstein, S.B., Hutchings, V., Janzen, M., Kampen, C., O'Brien, K., Rieger, K.L., Stewart, T., Zendel, B.R., & Doupe, M.B. (2023). The experiences and needs of unpaid family caregivers for persons living with dementia in rural settings: A systematic review of qualitative studies. PLoS ONE, 18(6), e0286548. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286548 

Campbell, M., Stewart, T., Brunkert, T., Campbell-Enns, H.J., Grunier, A., Halas, G., Hoben, M., Scott E., Wagg, A., & Doupe, M. (2021). Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and health care stakeholders. PLoS ONE, 16(11), e0259387. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259387

Campbell-Enns, H.J., Campbell, M., Rieger, K., Thompson, G., & Doupe, M. (2020). No other safe care option: Nursing home admission as a last resort strategy. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa077

 

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