This report reviews existing literature on compassion fatigue and its effect on caregivers. Prepared for Hospice Wellington, it seeks to enhance understanding of compassion fatigue in hospice and palliative care, and help identify and effectively manage its symptoms for the benefit of both clients and caregivers. An executive summary and toolkit accompany the full report.
Prepared for the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy, this report explores clinical approaches in treating methamphetamine dependence, as well as the history of methamphetamine use and its effects on the body and mind. It is intended for use by frontline service providers and outlines suggested strategies to address dependency to the drug at various stages of the treatment process.
This report provides an overview of the existing literature to help determine the impact of winter salt road run-off on the rivers, along with possible remediation methods. It was created for Wellington Water Watchers and explores alternatives to salt, community-engaged activities, and best management practices used in other communities that could be brought to Wellington County.
This report is the product of a scan of strategic plans and reports on immigrant settlement and integration produced by other Local Immigration Partnerships (LIP). Created for the Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership Research Team, it highlights common priority areas and key performance indicators used by other LIPs in Ontario.
This report provides an overview of the existing literature and evaluations of student nutrition programs (SNPs) and highlights the outcomes, indicators, methods, and results of the evaluations. Conducted as part of a larger program evaluation of SNPs in Guelph-Wellington by Food and Friends, it also provides a summary of the benefits and challenges associated with offering student-wide nutrition programs.
Prepared with community partners at the Guelph Community Health Centre, this literature review demonstrates why hope is critical in the treatment of individuals with complex needs and pinpoints the best practices and strategies for inspiring hope in these complex clients.
Prepared with community partners at the Guelph Community Health Centre, this literature review identifies promising practices that have been developed and used by community health centres, and other health and community organizations, to increase awareness of their activities and services in their communities.
This report is a review of existing literature on collaboration and community change and also contains an overview of models of collaboration and comprehensive community initiatives. It was compiled for Toward Common Ground, a large-scale community initiative, and builds on two previous reports from the Research Shop.
Developed in collaboration with the Ontario Edible Education Network, this report explores the type of information and research that is available on food education in Ontario. It outlines detailed information in support of food education as well as suggestions on how to fill the gaps in research on impacts of food education.