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How the elderly and frail are caught in the crosshairs of push to end hallway medicine

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-the-elderly-and-frail-are-caught-in-the-crosshairs-of-push-to-end-hallway-medicine

Melanie Dea’s husband Richard Martin, 75, was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease 12 years ago. She was recently handed a bill for his care from the Montfort Hospital after she refused to take a spot for him in a facility with a woeful reputation in an Alzheimer’s unit.

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Project Leader: Dr. Sharon Kaasalainen kaasal@mcmaster.ca

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This research is funded by Canadian Frailty Network (known previously as Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, TVN), supported by Government of Canada through Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program.

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