Viewing articles in the ‘Continuing Care’ topic.
March 31, 2023
Raised in Edmonton, Jakob Koziel is an enthusiastic champion for North America’s northernmost metropolis. Its cold winters thankfully give way to northern summers boasting up to 18 hours of sunlight a day – perfect for a place known as Festival City for the large volume of events over the summer months. Read More
March 15, 2023
TORONTO – The federal government has announced a $30 million investment to continue supporting the implementation of Canada’s National Dementia Strategy. This investment will be provided to the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) to help accelerate innovation in aging and brain health so that older adults can age safely in the setting of their choice while maintaining their cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being.
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March 3, 2023
As the population continues to age, an exodus of staff within elderly care during the pandemic has intensified pre-existing problems with retaining and growing the care workforce. By 2030, there will be 1.2 billion seniors over the age of 60 worldwide, making this one of the largest challenges facing our care system. Read More
February 1, 2023
MONTREAL – MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL are officially unveiling envisAGE, a large-scale pan-Canadian initiative whose mission is to catalyze Canada’s AgeTech ecosystem by supporting innovators to grow and scale their enterprises and deliver technology solutions that help older Canadians maintain a better quality of life, longer.
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December 14, 2022
OTTAWA – Best Buy Health, the Bruyère Research Institute, and AGE-WELL are partnering on new research into how technology is introduced into the home to support aging in place, in collaboration with experts from Carleton University. Researchers from Bruyère and Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design will be working with occupational therapists (OTs) to better understand how consumer technology, such as Best Buy’s Healthy Homes bundles, can be used to improve quality of life for older adults aging at home.
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November 23, 2022
TORONTO – Negotiating care and support later in life can present unique challenges for 2SLGBTQI older adults and their caregivers, for myriad social and structural reasons. To help address these challenges, Egale Canada and the National Institute on Ageing, with support from the Slaight Family Foundation, are pleased to launch The National Resource Centre on 2SLGBTQI Aging (NRCA).
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November 16, 2022
TORONTO – Amazon Canada announced the launch of Alexa Smart Properties, with new solutions that will enable senior living providers to integrate Alexa into their properties and empower residents to stay connected, informed and entertained – just by asking Alexa. Designed specifically for the needs of senior living communities, Alexa Smart Properties simplifies deploying and managing Alexa-enabled devices at scale. It is designed to help properties offer customized Alexa experiences for residents and increase care-team productivity.
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November 9, 2022
MONTREAL – AlayaCare, a leading home care technology provider, announced that the province of Newfoundland & Labrador has procured AlayaCare as its preferred solutions provider to digitize and integrate its home care services. This province-wide deployment will introduce unified data collection, improved monitoring, measurement, and analytics, resulting in better experiences for clients and care providers.
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October 19, 2022
EDMONTON – The city’s newest ‘health hub’ is now open, bringing multiple healthcare services under one roof. Located in the city’s northeast, the Edmonton Community Health Hub North is made possible through a partnership between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Edmonton North Primary Care Network (PCN).
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October 12, 2022
TORONTO – VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)’s Customer Service Centre is in the midst of a major digital transformation. Working with partner organizations GoldCare and Bell Canada, VHA has embarked on a systems integration that will deliver faster response times for clients and their loved ones, and a more efficient workflow for VHA team members.
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