
NeglectedNoMore
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Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of A Pandemic, a book by André Picard
Joined July 2020
NEGLECTED NO MORE: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders, by @picardonhealth, will be published on March 2, 2021. You can pre-order here: via @PenguinRandomCA @randomhouseca #eldercare
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RT @picardonhealth: In rural B.C., frequent ER closings show how ‘fragile’ the health care system has become, by @kellygrant1, Yang Sung ht….
theglobeandmail.com
Unplanned closings have hit more than a third of B.C.’s ERs since the start of 2023, with short-term workers and virtual ERs helping fill in the gaps
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RT @picardonhealth: How a Quebec town fought to keep its ER open and welcomed foreign workers. The Rivière-Rouge ER was scheduled to close….
theglobeandmail.com
The Rivière-Rouge emergency room was scheduled to close at night, but locals joined forces with officials to deal with the staffing crisis
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RT @picardonhealth: Should some rural ERs might be closed so scarce resources can be used more effectively? Q+A w/ @picardonhealth .https:….
theglobeandmail.com
New data reveal ER closures are more frequent and longer than previously thought. But the numbers don’t tell us the real solutions
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RT @picardonhealth: Should every small-town hospital have its own emergency room? Or should we focus on everyone having primary care, good….
theglobeandmail.com
New data reveal ER closures are more frequent and longer than previously thought. But the numbers don’t tell us the real solutions
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An overlooked demographic has the highest #suicide risk — and it’s been rising. While prevention efforts focus on the young, men 75 and older are most at risk, by @OliviaGoldhill via @statnews #aging.
statnews.com
The people most at risk from suicide aren’t adolescents in angst or those experiencing a midlife lull, but men age 75 and older.
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The thing about ‘ageing gracefully’: whatever you call it, I’ll do it my way. As people grow older, they tend to care less about others’ opinions. It can be liberating, by @thischairrocks via @guardian #aging.
theguardian.com
One thing I’ve noticed is that as they grow older, people tend to care less about others’ opinions. Sometimes that’s liberating
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How the Risks of Drinking Increase in Older Age. #Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers, by @ravindranize via @nytimeswell.
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Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers.
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A Common Assumption About #Aging May Be Wrong, Study Suggests. Experts have long pointed to inflammation as a natural part of getting older. But a new paper suggests it might be more a product of our environment, by @ravindranize via @nytimeswell.
nytimes.com
Experts have long pointed to inflammation as a natural part of getting older. But a new paper suggests it might be more a product of our environment.
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How to prevent falls and maintain independence as you age, by @AlyssaAges via @Globe_Health #aging #FOF.
theglobeandmail.com
Whether you’re 30, 60 or 90, it’s never too late to start building strength and increasing bone density
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The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners, by John Turley-Ewart via @globebusiness.
theglobeandmail.com
Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing, has to make a hard choice as he faces two evils
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Maybe It’s Not Just #Aging. Maybe It’s #Anemia. Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed, IV iron, by @paula_span via @nytimes.
nytimes.com
Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed.
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Ontario investigating alleged data breach involving 200,000 #homecare patients. Ontario Health atHome data breach occurred in mid-March and was never disclosed to the public, by @liamdevlincasey @allisonjones_cp via @globeandmail.
theglobeandmail.com
Ontario Health atHome data breach affecting at least 200,000 patients occurred in mid-March and was never disclosed to the public, Liberal health critic says
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A Loved One Was Diagnosed With #Dementia. Now What? Families and experts share their best advice for navigating and coping, by @ravindranize via @nytimeswell #caregiving.
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Families and experts share their best advice for navigating and coping.
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What the Japanese Know About Aging That We Don’t — And Why You’re Slowing Down Too Soon. They age with power. We age with pills, by Dr. Nikita Singh via @Medium.
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They age with power. We age with pills.
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The same long-term care home had one of the highest #COVID19 death rates in the country, and the military was forced to come in and provide care to residents. .via @ctvnews.
montrealgazette.com
The CHSLD Vigi Reine-Elizabeth is accused of being chronically understaffed, plagued with bedbugs, cockroaches, mould and equipment shortages.
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Temperatures hit 30C inside CHSLD Vigi Reine-Elizabeth in Montreal. Residents at long-term care facility left sweltering in rooms that aren’t equipped with air conditioning, by @hsnorth_ via @mtlgazette #eldercare.
montrealgazette.com
Residents at long-term care facility left sweltering in rooms that aren’t equipped with air conditioning.
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As their numbers shrink, Canada’s oldest Second World War veterans find strength in art and legacy. At Ottawa’s Perley Health, some of the county’s oldest veterans are celebrated every year, by @Ijeoma_ukazu via @globeandmail #LestWeForget #eldercare.
theglobeandmail.com
At Ottawa’s Perley Health, some of the county’s oldest veterans are celebrated every year
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Why is #caregiving so hard? The answers emerge in a new film, which focuses on the lack of resources and support for families, by @mcgowankat via @NPRHealth @CdnCaregiving.
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A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
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They’re Over 80. You Can Find Them in the Club. A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors, by @jggross via @nytimes.
nytimes.com
A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors.
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