Living with Hope

Welcome to the Living with Hope Research Program website. This site contains information about the research studies lead by Dr. Wendy Duggleby (Principal Investigator) on hope in cancer patients, people with dementia, and their caregivers. The title "Living with Hope" came from the first study that was completed in 2003. Terminally ill cancer patients described the importance of living with hope at the end of life. Dr. Duggleby is based at the University of Alberta, and her research teams comprise individuals from across Canada.

Videos

"Living with Hope" is also the title of a video that reflects the findings of the studies in this research program. In this award-winning video, terminally ill patients and their families and expert palliative care health care professionals all talk about hope. This video was funded by Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation and produced by Media Access and Production (eMAP) at the University of Saskatchewan. (17 minutes. View online or order the DVD.)

"Hope in Action" features family caregivers of persons with dementia. This video was funded by the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan. (18 minutes. View online or order the DVD.)

"Engaging Hope" reflects the hope experience of male spouses of women with breast cancer. This video was funded by Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Prairies/NWT. (20 minutes. View online.)

Research Studies

Abstracts describing all the studies are available here. These studies could not have been completed without the assistance of funding agencies, research team members, graduate students, Health Region partners, and patients and their families. We are grateful to all. This site will be continually updated with study results whenever possible. If you have suggestions or comments, please contact us.