Dr. Hazel MacRae
Associate Professor
Contact
Office: Evaristus Hall, Room 441
Phone: (902) 457-6537
Email: msvu.ca
Background
Primary courses taught by Dr. MacRae include introduction to sociology and anthropology, sociology of aging, socialization in early life, socialization in adulthood, and deviance.
Research
Dr. MacRae's research interests include sociology of aging, the social ties of older persons, identity, the subjective experience of Alzheimer's disease, and older women and health.
Dr. MacRae is currently working on a research project titled "Living with Dementia: The Experience of the Person who is Ill'. The main objective of the study is to determine what early-stage Alzheimer disease means to the persons who have it and to ascertain the impact of the illness on their everyday lives. She has recently begun to work on a new research project entitled, "Older Women's Experiences With and View of Health Care". The main purpose of this study is to examine older women's health care experiences, perceptions of the care they receive, and main issues of concern.
Selected Publications
"Self and Other: The importance of Social Interaction and Social Relationships in Shaping the Experience of Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease", accepted for publication in the Journal of Aging Studies.
"Managing Identity While Living with Alzheimer's Disease". Qualitative Health Research, 20 (3), 293-305.
"Making the Best You Can of It: Living with Early-stage Alzheimer's Disease", Sociology of Health & Illness, 2002, vol. 30, pp. 396-412.
The Identity Maintenance Work of Family Members of Person’s with Alzheimer Disease", Canadian Journal on Aging, 2002, vol.21, Number 3, pp.405-415.
"Managing Courtesy Stigma: The Case of Alzheimer's Disease", Sociology of Health & Illness, 1999, vol.21, Number 1, pp. 54-70.
"Managing Feeling: Caregiving as Emotion Work", Research on Aging, 1998, vol. 20, Number 1, pp 137-160.
Presentations / Events
Paper presentation: "Gender Inequality: Older Women and Health". At the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Sociological Association, University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, May 2011.
Keynote speaker at the Annual Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia's Awareness Breakfast fundraiser, January 2010
Paper presentation: "They Couldn't be Treating Me Any Better, I Don't Think": The influence of others on persons living with Alzheimer's Disease. At the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia's Provincial Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 19-20, 2009.
Poster presentation: "I Don't Think I've Changed a Heck of a lot": Loss of self and Alzheimer's Disease". At the sixth World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France, July 2009.