Colleen McGrath, PhD

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Fuchigami, K., McGrath, C., Bengall, J., Kim, S., & Laliberte Rudman, D. (2022). Assistive Technology Use Among Older Adults with Vision Loss: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Canadian Newspapers. Canadian Journal on Aging 41(2), 154-163.
• Kang, J., McGrath, C., Laliberte Rudman, D., & Hand, C. (2022). The role of social networks in the occupational engagement of older adults with age-related vision loss: A narrative inquiry. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health.
• McGrath, C., Karsan, I., Corrado, AM., Lyons, TA., & Blue, M. (2021). The impact of combined age-related vision loss and dementia on the participation of older adults: A scoping review. PLOS One, 16(2), 1-17.
• McGrath, C., & Hand, C. (2021). Engagement in the social context of the neighbourhood: A critical ethnographic study of older adults with age-related vision loss (ARVL). Wellbeing, Space & Society, 2 (100041).
• McGrath, C., & Laliberte Rudman, D. (2019). Using participant observation to enable critical understandings of disability in later life: An illustration conducted with older adults with low vision. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 1-11.
• Benjamin-Thomas, TE., Corrado, AM., McGrath, C., Laliberte Rudman, D., & Hand, C. (2018). Working towards the Promise of Participatory Action Research: Learning from Ageing Research Exemplars. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17(1), 1-13.

Visit Google Scholar for a comprehensive list of publications.

• McGrath, C., Laliberte Rudman, D., Hand, C., Sukhai, M., Stone, M., Fitzgeorge, B., & Price, D. (2020-2025). Enacting a critical participatory action research process with older adults aging with vision loss: A focus on community mobility. SSHRC Insight Grant. $220,432.
• McGrath, C., Laliberte Rudman, D., Hand, C., Sukhai, M.,(2020-2022). A photo-elicitation study with older adults with age-related vision loss (ARVL): A focus on risk. FHS Catalyst Grant. $10,000.

"It's not that I have Parkinson's, I am Parkinson's": The management and negotiation of identity in older adults with Parkinson's disease.

• Sheldrake, Elena (2019). MSc, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Navigating the “Blind World”: The Psychosocial Experiences of Parents of Adolescents with Visual Impairments.

• Cao, Peiwen (2020). MSc, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Occupational Engagement of Older Adults with Age-Related Vision Loss: Understanding the Influence of Social Networks.

• Kang, Melissa (2021). MSc, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

The Psychological Coping Strategies of Older Adults with Age-Related Vision Loss: A Narrative Account.

• Stampp, Zakara (2022). MSc, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Visit Scholarship@Western for a list of completed student theses and dissertations in the repository.

Vision Loss in Later Life Research Lab (VITAL)

Prospective students have the opportunity to join an existing project related to age-related vision loss or can propose their own qualitative research project related to older adults. Email professor McGrath directly for more information.

• 2022: School of Occupational Therapy Excellence in Teaching Award.
• 2017-2020: Faculty of Health Science Award for Teaching Excellence
  
  

• 2021- Present. Chair, Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) En-AGE Advisory Council (see: https://en-age.ca/).
• 2021. Peer Reviewer of the World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Eye Care Interventions (PECI) on Vision Rehabilitation.
• 2020-Present. Item Generation Coordinator, National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam (NOTCE), Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.
• 2016-Present. Member, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) Occupational Therapy and Vision Rehabilitation Network (OTVRN).