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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: https://t.co/zKlypKjQ0u via @PenguinRandomCA @randomhouseca #eldercare
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You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising. https://t.co/U4wNO9QedF via @guardian #aging
theguardian.com
Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising
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Family violence against seniors reaches record high in Canada: StatsCan. Senior victims of family violence most often victimized by their child. https://t.co/GiRF7xasCB via @CBCNews #ElderAbuse
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Family violence against seniors in Canada has reached a record high, according to a new Statistics Canada report. The rate of family violence against seniors nationwide has increased by 49 per cent...
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The shift from wife to caregiver was instant and soul crushing, by Karina Reid https://t.co/pGJmBAYsXc via @GlobeDebate @CdnCaregiving #caregiving
theglobeandmail.com
My heart broke as I realized life is changing, but despite that we are still a team, just now navigating uncharted waters
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The unexpected benefits of moving to a long-term care facility. Moving to a nursing home or assisted-living facility doesn’t have to feel like a loss, by @DrLeanaWen
https://t.co/cpaqaVhBSm via @PostOpinions #LTC #eldercare
washingtonpost.com
Moving to a nursing home or assisted-living facility doesn’t have to feel like a loss.
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4 surprising things that may reduce your risk of Parkinson’s. Research on Parkinson’s is revealing several risk factors related to our lifestyles and environment, and you can act on some of them, by @meeri_kim
https://t.co/XYk9W4TTkO via @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com
Research on Parkinson’s is revealing several risk factors related to our lifestyles and environment, and you can act on some of them.
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Many seniors get cheaper medicine from Canada. That might become harder. Shifting U.S. trade policy has created uncertainty and led to higher prices for Americans who fill their prescriptions abroad, by @ShannonNajma
https://t.co/K4vd8mr6QB via @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com
Shifting U.S. trade policy has created uncertainty and led to higher prices for Americans who fill their prescriptions abroad.
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When a Hearing Aid Isn’t Enough. More older adults have turned to cochlear implants, by @paula_span
https://t.co/utZpRQsY38 via @nytimes
nytimes.com
More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices.
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How #eldercare can rupture sibling relationships: ‘I didn’t have much choice,’ by @mmaggeler
https://t.co/X4OkerovW8 via @guardian @CdnCaregiving #caregiving
theguardian.com
Guardian readers shared how caring for ageing parents with siblings tested – and sometimes broke – family bonds
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I’m 101 years old. Here are 7 things I think are ‘longevity secrets,’ by Si Liberman https://t.co/HVY84BLGjt via @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com
It might just be due to luck. But there are a few things that I’ve done throughout my life that may have made a difference.
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What it really means to enter old age. How should we think about our life as it draws to an end? Despite the challenges, there is still room left for beauty and happiness. https://t.co/YBhEx20GNX via @GlobeDebate #aging
theglobeandmail.com
How should we think about our life as it draws to an end? Despite the challenges, there is still room left for beauty and happiness
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Elderly patients living in remote parts of B.C. forced to travel to save their sight — or pay. A provincial program only covers the cost when eye injections are done at specific clinics. https://t.co/NVVZY0kUWD via @cbcnews
cbc.ca
Elderly people living on the Sunshine Coast who need eye injections in order to maintain their sight are having to pay out of pocket or drive for sight-saving treatment.
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Why Getting Older Might Be Life’s Biggest Plot Twist. Richard Osman, the author of the beloved murder mystery series “Thursday Murder Club,” discusses the revolutionary act of growing old. https://t.co/GTtLXcOY9r via @nytimes #aging
nytimes.com
Richard Osman, the author of the beloved murder mystery series “Thursday Murder Club,” discusses the revolutionary act of growing old.
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105-year-old P.E.I. woman loses nursing home subsidy after missing threshold by $75 https://t.co/jsCtFi0PjD
@cbcnews
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He Was Expected to Get #Alzheimers 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? After years of studying one man, researchers are unearthing clues about his magic combination of genes, molecules and environmental influences, by @PamBelluck
https://t.co/lsLwOEmCtE via @nytimes #dementia
nytimes.com
Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.
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Is it true that … you get shorter as you get older? Some loss of height is inevitable, but diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle can help slow the decline in bone and muscle mass as we age. https://t.co/6tlwkY7ZeR via @guardian #aging
theguardian.com
Some loss of height is inevitable, but diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle can help slow the decline in bone and muscle mass as we age
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A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well. For decades, Charlotte Chopin has been bending and stretching in Léré, a village in France. Here’s how she keeps moving. https://t.co/xWQVFXBZHa via @nytimeswell #aging
nytimes.com
For decades, Charlotte Chopin has been bending and stretching in Léré, a village in France. Here’s how she keeps moving.
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Indigenous caregivers face many barriers when accessing supports. Through our work with the Indigenous Caregiving Collective, led by Dr. @NehiyawGrant, we are working to advance culturally rooted care, research & advocacy. https://t.co/NxJSpfBfrv
#NDTR #CdnCaregiving
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Une dame de 93 ans est restée coincée pendant près de 10 semaines dans une unité de Sacré-Cœur qui accueille des personnes en attente d’une place en CHSLD. Sans télévision, ni téléphone..., par @cousineaume
https://t.co/S1t40Dhu70 via @LP_LaPresse
lapresse.ca
L’hôpital du Sacré-Cœur-de-Montréal est sous surveillance depuis que le Protecteur du citoyen y a signalé un abus des contentions et des cas s’apparentant à de la maltraitance. Deux familles dénonc...
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Scientists Study Genes of Woman Who Was the World’s Oldest Person. Maria Branyas Morera, who lived to 117, won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes and microbiomes don’t explain #longevity on their own. https://t.co/xO5BfA7oak via @nytimeswell #aging
nytimes.com
Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera, who lived to 117, won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes and microbiomes don’t explain longevity on their own.
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