Alena Forbes, PhD

Welcome to Forbes Resilience, where research, clinical nutrition, and healthy aging come together to explore how people cultivate resilience throughout their lives.

My research focuses on the everyday practices that enable individuals to adapt, recover, and thrive despite adversity. Through qualitative research, clinical nutrition, and decades of professional experience, I seek to better understand resilience and translate those findings into meaningful applications for healthcare, community programs, and healthy aging.

My doctoral research developed a constructivist grounded theory describing how community-dwelling older women cultivate resilience through everyday practices. This work contributes to a growing understanding of resilience as a dynamic, lifelong process with implications for clinical practice, public health, and community well-being.

Whether you are a researcher, healthcare professional, student, or someone interested in healthy aging, I invite you to explore the resources, research, and educational materials available throughout this website.