Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no magic bullet, but a national action plan can improve care and quality of life
Author: Carole Estabrooks
Carole A. Estabrooks has been a member of the faculty and principal investigator of the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program since 1997. She holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Knowledge Translation. She is cross appointed in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta. Dr Estabrooks supervises undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and teaches in the areas of knowledge translation and research design. Her research focuses on basic and applied aspects of inquiry in the knowledge translation and knowledge utilization fields.
More community care means less time in nursing homes
Reading Time: 4 minutes But a study shows that residents in those regions are entering nursing homes with more complex care needs
Growing number of seniors lack support of family, friends
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unbefriended,’ these isolated seniors require more help to safeguard their access to basic daily needs, including companionship, and improve their quality of life
Who’s caring for the nursing home carers?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nursing home care aides are burning out but measures can be taken to improve their work conditions. And that will result in better care for their patients