Study project – Isabelle Maillé

Themes: Master's degree in Social Work

DIPLOMAS :

Master’s degree in Social Work (2018), Laval University.

Bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies (Fine arts, Psychology, Social gerontology) (2012), University of Québec at Montreal.

CURRENT STUDIES :

N.a.

SUBJECT OF STUDY PROJECT :

The experience of accompaniment offered by Non-Profit Organizations to older adults in situations of mistreatment

This project is in line with the ABAM-MF project: ABAM-MF – Volunteering to Counter Material or Financial Mistreatment of Older Adults.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AMOUNTS RECEIVED :

Scholarship awarded from research grants where the Chair is principal investigator

2017: Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for the ABAM-MF project (2017-2018): $5,000

2015: SSHRC annual fellowship for the ABAM-MF project – $17,500 over two years.

Scholarships

2016: Excellence scholarship for graduate and postdoctoral studies from the Nicolas-et-Suzanne-Zay Funds – $2500

Scholarships for the dissemination of research findings

2018: Scholarship to support the dissemination of research findings of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older adults – $500

2018: Scholarship to support the dissemination of research findings from the Institute on Aging and Social Participation for Seniors (IVPSA) – $1,000

COMPLETION DATE :

Successfully completed the preparatory courses (2014-2015);

Has been part of the ABAM-MF project since fall 2015;

Master’s course in Social Work (2015-2016);

Submission and acceptance of the research project by the Social Work Program Management of Laval University (October 2016);

Drafting of the Master’s thesis (2016-2018)

Final filing of the thesis (April 2018)

RESERCH PROBLEM :

Mistreatment of older adults is a social problem that affects nearly one in six older adults in the world (Yon, Mikton, Gassoumis and Wilber, 2017). Intervention workers from various disciplines and organizations are acting in a multi-sectoral way to counter mistreatment by addressing prevention, identification and intervention. Of these organizations, non-profit organizations (NPOs) play a key role in supporting mistreated older adults. In fact, certain NPOs implement projects or have a specific anti-mistreatment mission in which intervention workers and volunteers accompany mistreated older adults (Gouvernement du Québec, 2016). It is clear that few studies offer mistreated older adults a voice to represent their accompaniment experience, let alone when this experience takes place in an NPO.

GOAL OR RESEARCH QUESTION :

Understand the experience of older adults accompanied by a volunteer or an NPO worker in response to a situation of mistreatment.

To do this, the following research question is considered: “How did mistreated older adults experience accompaniment from NPOs dedicated to countering mistreatment?”

OBJECTIVES :

Four specific objectives were defined:

To expose the facilitating factors and obstacles to requesting help that are specific to NPOs dedicated to countering the mistreatment of older adults;
Identify the needs of mistreated older adults regarding support and accompaniment;
To describe the nature of relationships between older adults and volunteers or intervention workers during the accompaniment process;
To identify the impact of accompaniment received in the lives of older adults.

METHODOLOGY :

The thesis is associated to a study conducted by the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults. The latter involves multiple case studies (Yin, 2014) that focus on voluntary action in countering physical and financial mistreatment of older adults (ABAM-FM) (Beaulieu, Éthier et al., 2015-2018).

The thesis, in an exploratory nature, favors a qualitative approach that allows participants to study the experiences from their own perspective and their own interpretation of the situations (Turcotte, 2000). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 older adults who had received support from a volunteer or NPO worker for a situation of mistreatment. The data analysis method is based on Deslauriers’ (1991) qualitative two-step approach, which emphasizes the deconstruction of data and then the reconstruction of data. It was then a question of firstly relying on the thematic analysis as proposed by Paillé and Mucchielli (2012) and secondly, on a typological analysis inspired by Schnapper (1999, 2012).

WORK PROGRESS :

Isabelle filed the final copy of her thesis in April, 2018. In so doing, she completed the research training within the Master’s of Social Work program taught by Faculty of Social Sciences at Laval University.

COMMUNICATIONS :

Beaulieu, M, Bédard-Lessard, J., Carbonneau, H., Éthier, S., Fortier, J., Lorrain, J., Maillé I., Morin, C., Salles, M. et Sévigny, A. (14 juin 2018). La gestion des bénévoles qui œuvrent au sein des organismes à but non lucratif voués à la lutte contre la maltraitance envers les personnes aînées : les activités et les défis, 11e congrès international francophone de gérontologie et gériatrie (CIFGG) : « Bien vieillir au 21ème siècle », 3 – 15 juin 2018, Montreux (Montreux, Suisse).

Maillé., I., Beaulieu, M. et Éthier, S. (14 juin 2018). L’expérience d’accompagnement au sein des organismes à but non lucratif des personnes aînées maltraitées, 11e congrès international francophone de gérontologie et gériatrie (CIFGG) : « Bien vieillir au 21ème siècle », 3 – 15 juin 2018, Montreux (Montreux, Suisse).

Beaulieu, M., Bédard-Lessard, J., Maillé, I., et Équipe ABAM-MF. (6 juin 2018). Défis et opportunités de l’action bénévole dans la lutte contre la maltraitance en milieu rural, (symposium), Colloque international La participation sociale des aînés revisitée : « Des savoirs à l’action », 5-7 juin 2018, Québec (Québec, Canada).

Maillé, I., Beaulieu, M, Bédard-Lessard, J., Carbonneau, H., Éthier, S., Fortier, J., Lorrain, J., Morin, C., Salles, M. et Sévigny, A. (8 mai 2018). Les pratiques inspirantes des organismes à but non lucratif voués à la lutte contre la maltraitance envers les personnes aînées, 86e congrès de l’ACFAS, 7-11 mai 2018, Chicoutimi (Québec, Canada).

Maillé., I., Éthier, S. et Beaulieu, M. (8 mai 2018). Le processus de demande d’aide auprès des organismes à but non lucratif : l’expérience des personnes aînées en situation de maltraitance, 86e congrès de l’ACFAS, 7-11 mai 2018, Chicoutimi (Québec, Canada).

Maillé, I., Beaulieu, M. & Éthier, S. (21 octobre 2017). The accompaniment provided by non-profit organizations dedicated to counter mistreatment of older adults: Accompanied older adults’ point of view. 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting: “Evidence for Action in an Aging World”, October 19-21 2017, Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada).

Beaulieu, M., Maillé I. & Éthier, S. (July 23tr, 2017). Experiences of older adults after receiving services from Non for profit organisations to counter elder abuse. INPEA annual conference held in the IAGG conference. San Francisco (USA).

Beaulieu, M., Maillé, I. & Calvé J. (16-20 novembre 2016). Volunteer Work to Counter Mistreatment of Older Adults A Systematic Review and an Introduction to an Ongoing Project, Gerontological society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting: “New Lens on Aging, Changing Attitudes, Expanding Possibilities”, November 16-20, 2016, New Orleans, (Louisiana, USA).

Beaulieu, M., Calvé, J., Bédard-Lessard, J., Maillé, I., Éthier, S., Sévigny, A., Fortier, J., Carbonneau, H. et Morin, C. (20-22 octobre 2016). Non-profit organizations and volunteer actions to counter material and financial mistreatment of older adults, Association canadienne de gérontologie (Canadian Association on Gerontology), 45e Réunion scientifique et éducative annuelle : « Innovation en recherche sur le vieillissement », 20 au 22 octobre 2016, Montréal (Québec, Canada).

Beaulieu, M., Maillé, I. et Éthier, S. (5 juillet 2016). Parcours de vie des personnes aînées ayant vécu une situation de maltraitance, 20e Congrès de l’Association Internationale des Sociologues de langue française : « Société en mouvement ; sociologie en changement », 4 au 8 juillet 2016, Montréal (Québec, Canada).

PUBLICATIONS :

Maillé, I. (2018). L’expérience d’accompagnement au sein des organismes à but non lucratif des personnes aînées en situation de maltraitance. (Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval, Québec, Canada).

Beaulieu, M., Bédard-Lessard, J., Maillé, I., Carbonneau, H., Éthier, S., Fortier, J., Morin, C., Sévigny, A., Salles, M. et Lorrain J. (2018). Maltraitance et isolement social des aînés : l’action des organismes communautaires en milieu rural. Vie et vieillissement, 15(2), 21-28