October 21, 2019
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-medicineMelanie 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 […]
October 21, 2019
Cultural humility: a way to reduce LGBTQ health disparities at the end of life
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049909119880548Cultural competency trainings for clinicians have been commonly proposed by major medical institutions and certifying bodies to ameliorate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning […]
October 15, 2019
Video Advance Directives: A Turning Point for Advance Decision-Making? A Consideration of Their Roles and Implications for Law and Practice
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10991-019-09230-2Questions regarding making and implementing care preferences through advance directives have become increasingly significant as the greying population grows with rising numbers of people experiencing incapacity. […]
October 15, 2019
With baby boomers aging, the cost of long-term care is set to triple in the next 30 years. What’s our plan for dealing with this?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-with-baby-boomers-aging-the-cost-of-long-term-care-is-set-to-triple/Research released Tuesday by the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University shows that if Canada continues on its current track, the cost of publicly funded […]