Viewing articles in the ‘Continuing Care’ topic.
January 8, 2020
TORONTO – Patients across Ontario say there are not enough publicly available home care services when they transition from hospital to home. It’s this shortage that needs to be addressed to improve the patient experience, according to research led by St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto.
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December 4, 2019
TORONTO – The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, announced an investment of more than $3 million in funding to support the development and validation testing of 64 new innovations aimed at improving the quality of life for seniors, people living with dementia, and their caregivers.
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December 4, 2019
MONTREAL – TELUS Health announced plans for the national expansion of its LivingWell Companion personal emergency response service (PERS) to support more aging Canadians across the country. Through the acquisition of DirectAlert, a Quebec-based, bilingual PERS company with more than 15 years of experience providing emergency response across Canada, TELUS is now the largest Canadian-owned PERS provider, giving freedom to Canadians who want to live independently at home for longer; while offering peace of mind to their family and loved ones with the assurance of safety and security.
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October 23, 2019
TORONTO – Women’s College Hospital announced it will create vSeniors, a virtual hub for geriatric care in the Toronto area. Women’s College Hospital will partner with long term care and community care agencies, as well as Sinai Health System and St. Joseph’s Health Centre, to integrate technology in the home and between service providers.
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September 27, 2019
We live in an app-ified world – and seniors’ care is no exception. Among the many seniors’ apps available on the market, some digitize or simplify tasks for a caregiver or health professional, while some allow older adults to access entirely new activities that can inform, entertain, or enrich their lives. Read More
September 25, 2019
TORONTO – A new survey commissioned by AGE-WELL, a federally funded Network of Centres of Excellence, and conducted by Environics Research, shows that 58% of Canadians aged 65+ and almost 8 in 10 (78%) aged 50-64 own smartphones, according to a new Environics Research poll commissioned by AGE-WELL.
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August 30, 2019
There is so much talk about digital and virtual care but, when all is said and done, it’s all simply care. There is no longer a need for a distinction between physical and virtual care – today all care has a digital and/or virtual component. If you think about a car and traffic analogy for the healthcare sector, we’ve been on the highway all along, but today the car is different – it now contains enhancements like the GPS, blind spot alerts, lane departure warnings and very soon, some vehicles will be without drivers. Read More
August 28, 2019
If you’re seeing your family doctor to treat a rash, would you mention you recently lost your job? Is your doctor likely to ask? Is it even relevant? The more work that’s done in Canada to reduce health inequalities, the more we know that social determinants of health – including income security – have an important influence on outcomes. Yet, care providers don’t have a standardized way to collect this type of data and treat their patients accordingly. Read More
August 28, 2019
Sherbourne Health, a Canadian leader in proactive care for underserved communities, has recently expanded its Health Bus program to serve individuals experiencing homelessness or who are under-housed in downtown Toronto’s Moss Park neighbourhood. Read More
July 2, 2019
As Canadian life expectancy rises, so does the chance that older adults will struggle with isolation – a risk factor for ill health. It’s a problem that innovator Charles de Vilmorin knows well. For years he watched his grandmother, who lived with Alzheimer’s, spend her days alone in her nursing home room, bored and lonely. Read More