Questions 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?
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 […]
October 15, 2019
Tension around autonomy increases family conflict at end of life
Conflict within families can be stressful and confusing, and it can lead to feelings of sadness. It also is incredibly common and in many cases, a […]
October 7, 2019
Decision support intervention (Plan Well Guide) for patients and their substitute decision-makers to improve engagement in advance carte planning: protocol for a randomised trial
The purpose of this randomised trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a decision support intervention for serious illness decisions (the Plan Well Guide decision aid; […]
