Assistant Professor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
Affiliate Scientist KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network
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Biosketch
Alisa Grigorovich is a social gerontologist and health services and policy researcher. She primarily conducts community-engaged research and uses qualitative and mixed methods to explore the socio-cultural dimensions of aging and disability, with particular attention to wellbeing, social inclusion, and the use of digital technologies.
She is currently engaged in theoretical and empirical research across two interconnected areas:
- Technology for aging well and caregiving
- Arts and leisure in dementia care
Research Interests
- Technology use in later life
- Ethical and policy implications of using AI in healthcare
- Leisure, aging, wellbeing
- Sexual and gender diversity in later life
- Community-based research
- Arts-based and digital knowledge translation
Selected Publications
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Jenkins, A., Kirkland, S. (2022). Moving towards the promise of participatory engagement of older adults in gerotechnology. The Gerontologist, 62(3), 324-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab026
Berridge, C., Grigorovich, A. (2022). Algorithmic harms and digital ageism in the use of surveillance technologies in nursing homes. Frontiers in Sociology (Sociological Theory), 138. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.957246
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Heesters, A., Schindel Martin, L., Gray, J., Tamblyn Watts, L. (2022) Dementia and sexuality in long-term care: Incompatible bedfellows? Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, 21(4), 1077-1097. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211056253n
Grigorovich, A., Kulandaivelu, Y., Newman, K., Iaboni, A., Khan, S., Iaboni, A., McMurray, J. (2021). Factors affecting the implementation, use, and adoption of Real-Time Location System Technology for persons living with cognitive disabilities in long-term care homes: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1). https://www.jmir.org/2021/1/e22831/
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. (2020). Towards responsible implementation of monitoring technologies in institutional care. The Gerontologist, 60(7), 1194–1201. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz190
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. (2019) A critical realist exploration of the vulnerability of staff to sexual harassment in residential long-term care. Social Science & Medicine, 238, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112356
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. (2018). ‘Sleight of hand’ or ‘selling our soul’? Surviving as critical qualitative health researchers in a positivist world. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 19(2), 1-15. doi.org/10.17169/fqs-19.2.2990.
Grigorovich, A. (2016). Quality of care in home care settings: Older lesbian and bisexual women’s perspectives. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 30(1), 108–116. doi: 10.1111/scs.12228
