Reading Time: 3 minutes Influenza is one of Canada’s top 10 infectious diseases and has a catastrophic impact on society’s most vulnerable
Tag: Canadian Frailty Network
When disasters strike, seniors need priority attention
Reading Time: 4 minutes The majority of deaths and injuries resulting from natural disasters involve seniors
Include people living with frailty in health-care decision-making
Reading Time: 3 minutes Older Canadians say their top priorities are better co-ordinated care systems and more community and home-based supports
In-bed exercise improves outcomes for frail, critically ill patients
Reading Time: 3 minutes In-bed cycling in intensive care units improves patient health and has the potential to save significant money
Health system ignores frail Canadians when they need help most
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time we improved the quality and quantity of care for frail Canadians – and improved the health system for everyone in the process
Frailty a better gauge for health-care funding
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model – and consider the precise and evidence-based concept of frailty instead