Continuing Care

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

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

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

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

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