Dr. Ruth Lowndes is a post-doctoral fellow with research interests in diabetes care in the population of seriously mentally ill adults residing in residential care facilities. She completed her doctoral dissertation “Diabetes Care and Serious Mental Illness: An Institutional Ethnography” in 2012. In this ethnographical study, Ruth used observation and interviewing to examine the everyday actualities of living with both mental illness and diabetes within the constraints of group home care. This research orientation, with an interest in improving health care and outcomes for those living and working in long-term care facilities, continues in her current post-doctoral work within the “Re-imagining Long-Term Residential Care: An International Study of Promising Practices” interdisciplinary study. Ruth Lowndes is also registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario and is a Certified Diabetes Educator.
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