Quebec's seniors minister says a plan to reduce antipsychotic use among long-term care residents at 24 facilities resulted saw reduced dosages in 33% of cases, while for 53% of individuals, their use of antipsychotics ended completely. She adds that
The Nurses' Health Program (NHP) is available to the 175,000 members of the College of Nurses of Ontario. It encourages nurses to seek treatment for mental health and/or substance use disorders and is focused on early identification and referrals
Intergenerational housing is growing in Ottawa and Toronto as well as globally. Now, Fredericton's Ville Cooperative community centre is creating a Intergenerational Housing Pilot Project that will have students and seniors living together. The two
N.Y.-based EIR Healthcare is selling units of its hospital room, called MedModular, for $285,000 per unit, which the company claims is more affordable than traditional construction. The design is customizable but all the rooms come with a bathroom
Canadians of all ages are consuming less sugar but they’re still getting most of it from sweetened drinks. Children aged nine to 18 are still the biggest consumers of sugar, and Canadians are getting more sugar from food than they did 10 years before
The survey asked those 18 and older who live in their own homes about the need for home care services. An estimated 38,000 of them were identified as needing home care services. Forty-two percent of those would have needs that were partially or
Researchers at McGill University discovered that having a regular care provider at the time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) meant patients had a decreased likelihood of dying from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), the leading cause of death in
The study (for purchase) focuses on one county in Ohio were researchers collected data from all pediatric hospitalizations. They paired pediatric patients with a census tract and calculated “bed-days” (a metric calculated by dividing the number of
The Canadian Institute of Health Information finds wait times for joint replacement and cataract surgeries in New Brunswick have increased since 2015, with the number of procedures rising as the province deals with an aging population. The report
Newfoundland and Labrador leads Canada and the U.S. for antibiotics overuse. The province’s health minister is now warning that drug resistance could bring a wave of deaths by infection. John Haggie warns overuse and over-prescribing (as a global