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Group Publications: Caring for Aging Parents

Caregivers: When Will We Start Caring for Them?

With over 100 years of experience in supporting individuals and families through health events, Saint Elizabeth knows that caregivers sometimes need a little support. 

We’ve developed this electronic resource to provide you with information, tips and tools to assist you in...

Forgotten Heroes: Family Caregivers and Online Communities

We wanted to share a chapter of this U.S.-based white paper “e-Patients: How they can help us heal healthcare”, about online groups and the role of...

Webcast: Moving from Problems to Solutions, Supporting a Person with Dementia at Home

This workshop, "Moving from Problems to Solutions", focuses on practical strategies that caregivers can use when faced with the challenges of supporting a person with dementia at home

Click on the following link to watch the webcast (video and PowerPoint presentation):

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Knowledge is the best medicine: What you need to know about using your medicines safely

Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) offers two excellent patient safety and medication management resources on their web site. "Knowledge is the best medicine" is a consumer awareness program designed to promote healthy living and educate Canadians about...

Nutrition Risk Screening

My research is focused on understanding and improving the psychosocial, physical and environmental determinants of food intake for older adults. Relatively little research, especially in the area of changing behaviour, has been conducted. Poor nutrition is linked to  hospitalization,...

Report: Consequences of Caring for a Parent Who Lives Far Away

It is generally accepted in Canada that assisting a parent is a self‐evident responsibility and that an increasing number of adults will be called upon to provide support so that their loved ones can remain at home for as long as possible. The commitment is in addition to juggling work and...

People Who Work After Retiring Enjoy Better Health, According to National Study

Retirees who transition from full-time work into a temporary or part-time job experience fewer major diseases and are able to function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether, according to a national study. And the findings were significant even after controlling for people's...

Aging at Home: Integrating Community-Based Care for Older Persons

HealthcarePapers, 10(1) 2009: 8-21

Abstract:
Integrating community-based health and social care has grabbed international attention as a way of addressing the needs of aging populations while contributing to health systems' sustainability. However, integrating initiatives in...

Balancing Institutional and Community-Based Care: Why Some Older Persons Can Age Successfully at Home While Others Require Residential Long-Term Care

“Why can many older persons with relatively high needs age successfully at home, while others with similar needs require residential long-term care (LTC)? How can healthcare investments best be balanced to ensure that older persons have access to the most appropriate, cost-effective care?...

Mapping the State of the Art: Integrating Care for Vulnerable Older Populations

The Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community conducted a scoping review in 2008 that explored 47 models of integrating health and social care for older persons. This report presents the results of this study and highlights the main...