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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

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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….
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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….
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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:….
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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….
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners, by John Turley-Ewart via @globebusiness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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At Ottawa’s Perley Health, some of the county’s oldest veterans are celebrated every year
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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.
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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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The rise and fall of Canada's alleged grandparent scam king. Gareth West charged with orchestrating a $30-million scam network, by @mattlapi via @CBCNews.
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