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Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you age.
Why Canada needs to put seniors’ care back on the agenda, not only in this election but also in its aftermath.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
The study of (mostly white) residents and (mostly black) workers in an old age home in South Africa took place over seven years and it upended stereotypes.
Evacuating is expensive, and for some people the risks of leaving can seem greater than staying despite the storm.
The government’s changes to the NDIS and it’s endorsement of aged care reforms, Peter Dutton is calculating it’s easier for Labor than the Coalition to find big savings that produce serious “losers”
After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced its new plan for aged care. Here’s what it means for people in residential aged care and their families.
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains harm the elderly and drain huge sums of money from facilities using opaque accounting practices while government doesn’t do enough to stop it.
Owners of midsize nursing home chains drain billions from facilities, hiding behind opaque accounting practices and harming the elderly as government, which has the power to stop it, falls short.
Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
An accurate prediction of survival can enable earlier conversations about preferences and wishes at the end of life, and earlier introduction of palliative care.
While both nursing homes and home care impose financial burdens, their differing structures can influence how older Canadians save money.
Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.
Similar to the patterns seen with COVID-19, flu and RSV, HMPV is making a comeback after years of being repressed by people wearing masks and social distancing.
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Residents being charged for accommodation they can’t fully use and services no longer delivered have nowhere to turn.
Research shows that violence between patients is prevalent, often overlooked and largely unaddressed.
People living in sustainable dwellings may use less energy and water which leads to lower bills. But older people may suffer cognitive decline and struggle to use sustainable technology devices.
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor, Director Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida
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Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, HEC Montréal
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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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Research fellow, Monash University
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Research Assistant, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Investigative Journalist, The Conversation
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Professeure titulaire en Sciences Economiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Groningen
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Instructor, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada