Tag Archives: elderly patients

Combating the over-medication of seniors
By Alan Cassels

The case of ‘too much medication’ in Canadian seniors is finally starting to be recognized for the serious problem it has become.

Canadian Frailty Network Logo Free RESEARCH WEBINAR: Benchmarking EOL care practices for elderly people receiving primary care (Canadian Frailty Network-funded CORE Grant)
April 6, 2016

This 3-year project was designed to increase the uptake of evidence-based end-of-life (EOL) care for elderly patients with advanced illness.

Canadian Frailty Network Logo Free RESEARCH WEBINAR – ASILA case-simulation prototype on cognitive and physical outcomes of frail seniors in nursing homes (Results of CFN-funded Catalyst Grant)
March 23, 2016

ASILA case-simulation prototype on cognitive and physical outcomes of frail seniors in nursing homes (Results of CFN-funded Catalyst Grant)

Canadian Frailty Network Logo Free RESEARCH WEBINAR – User Studies with intelligent assistive robots and elderly residing in LTC homes (Dr. Goldie Nejat, PhD, P.Eng, University of Toronto)
March 2, 2016

Clinical tools for nutritional pathway involving hospitalized, older adults – TVN-funded 2013 Catalyst grant

Canadian Frailty Network Logo FREE RESEARCH WEBINAR – Clinical tools for nutritional pathway involving hospitalized, older adults (Dr. Heather Keller, PhD, RD, FDC, University of Waterloo)
February 24, 2016

Clinical tools for nutritional pathway involving hospitalized, older adults – TVN-funded 2013 Catalyst grant

Free RESEARCH WEBINAR FREE WEBINAR – Antipsychotics for management of delirium: a systemic review (Lisa Burry, Mount Sinai Hospital)
By Lisa Burry
December 2, 2015

Reproductive Rights, New Reproductive Technologies and the European Fertility Market

Why Canada needs a national plan to address dementia and Alzheimer’s Why Canada needs a national plan to address dementia and Alzheimer’s
By Howard Feldman and Carole Estabrooks

One of the biggest threats to quality of life and health in aging is the loss of cognitive abilities and functional autonomy that are associated with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care
By James Downar and John Muscedere

Our healthcare system remains focused on acute – emergency — care and the “therapeutic imperative” to fix everything we can fix when a patient is ill. But when someone is approaching the end of life, this approach may no longer be what the patient and their families need or want most.