Reading Time: 4 minutes The pressure to make a profit in seniors homes often leads to cost-cutting measures such as reduced staffing that undermine the quality of care
Tag: Senior care
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
Canada needs a strategy to improve drug safety for seniors
Reading Time: 3 minutes Much more can and should be done by governments to address this serious health issue for our aging population
Why we can’t dismiss caring for the old
Reading Time: 3 minutes The health-care system must do better at addressing conditions that restrict how we live as we get old
Workers over 65 should be entitled to employer health plans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Keeping employees healthy and productive is critical, so what do we save when employee health benefits are cut for staff who are seniors?
We really do need an expanded Canada Pension Plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes A significant proportion of future Canadian retirees are going to suffer measurable deterioration in their standards of living
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
Family team eases grandparents’ downsizing trauma
Reading Time: 3 minutes The full-press family crew marshalled at 9 a.m., minus the grandparents, who were entertained off-site by a caregiver
Expanding CPP won’t help financially vulnerable seniors
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some low-income seniors could end up with a lower net income because it could result in a reduction in other government-provided transfers
Health-care funding reform needed to address aging population
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why we need a publicly funded insurance program for home care and long-term care