A neuropsychologist who works in these skilled care facilities describes the changing populations. With COVID-19, many nursing homes are now struggling to stay in business.
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Disappointingly, however, this report gives the government room to pick and choose recommendations as the cabinet likes.
Canadians are living longer, but are they living well? The challenges to aging well go beyond the problems in long-term care. Substantial change to Canada’s support service systems is long overdue.
In September, production of rapid tests really ramped up in the US. But due to low accuracy and massive numbers needed, these tests alone are unlikely to have much of an effect on the pandemic.
Over one-third of America’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents. Employee policies, particularly for low-paid aides, have sharply raised the risk.
If Australia created more age-friendly neighbourhoods — which really are more liveable for everyone — then we wouldn’t have to rely so heavily on underfunded, substandard aged-care homes.
The aged care royal commission’s recent report on COVID-19 recommended accredited infection prevention and control experts be sent into residential aged care. Here’s what that means.
The aged care royal commission has released its special report into COVID-19. But the recommendations generally fall short, and come too late.
Most aged care homes are designed to be naturally ventilated. But when windows are closed to keep out the cold, poor ventilation appears to be common – and that’s a problem for infection control.
A new approach is making a big difference in Virginia.
Medical assistance teams are a group of experienced health workers sent to handle a medical or humanitarian crisis, including from today, the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria’s aged care.
COVID-19 has shown that what’s known as financialization in seniors housing has intensified the profit-seeking approach of private owners, with harmful outcomes for residents and workers alike.
Prejudice toward older Americans can impact their physical and emotional health.
While nursing homes have accounted for more than half of COVID-19 deaths in some states, they’ve barely been a factor in others. Three experts explain why.
Nursing homes and long term care in Canada are predominantly staffed by immigrant women, migrants and refugees — mostly women of colour.
Home health care is a much trickier question after COVID-19, and that becomes an issue for millions of older people who rely on home health care, as well as the workers who care for them.
The draft visitor access code for aged care balances residents’ rights to see their family with the need to keep coronavirus under control. But the changes will require more staff time to implement.
Audiologists recommend enhanced communication strategies in the time of coronavirus to help the nearly 60 million Americans living with hearing loss in one or both ears.
For many people living in residential aged care, their priority is quality of life, not length of life. So how do we reconcile this with the need to restrict visitors during the coronavirus pandemic?
Nursing homes in the U.S. are not ready to care for coronavirus patients. Things need to change – fast.
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Professeure titulaire en Sciences Economiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Research fellow, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, HEC Montréal
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Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Groningen
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Instructor, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Investigative journalist, The Conversation
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Research Assistant, Monash University
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Professor, Director Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida
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Research director (CNRS), Toulouse School of Economics – École d'Économie de Toulouse
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Assistant Professor, Economics, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
