NEGLECTED NO MORE: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders, by @picardonhealth, will be published on March 2, 2021. You can pre-order here: https://t.co/zKlypKjQ0u via @PenguinRandomCA@randomhouseca#eldercare
He Complained About His Mother’s Care. The Long-Term Care Home Restricted Him From Seeing Her. Five years after Ontario banned the practice, families still being punishment for complaining about inadequate care, by @royinori https://t.co/FaVB68V3tH via @TheLocal_TO
Building an age-friendly and dementia-friendly society. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth, author of the book "Neglected No More," by BJ Doyle on the Caring For Changes podcast. https://t.co/uhJKrVY95Y
When Baby Boomers Worry the Math on Retirement Might Not Work Out. Their biggest worry is about long-term financial security. https://t.co/whOoI80RUp via @nytimes
At 88, Walter thought his work days were behind him. But now he has to get a job again to support his wife’s care, by Dorcas Marfo https://t.co/ZYagG2o3MN via @CTVnews@CdnCaregiving
Caring for ageing parents is becoming a financial nightmare in the US. Here’s what we can do. Most families have little saved for retirement – and face unfair shame for it. It’s time to cut the bootstrap rhetoric, by Courtney E Martin https://t.co/LJBaaa2JxM via @GuardianUS
94-year-old Manitoba woman stops taking medications in hopes of hastening her death after being refused MAID. Provincial law says doctors are not required to answer patients who ask about MAID. Manitoba MAID refusal rate 5X national average. https://t.co/eRu9p6XcBZ via @cbcnews
A new start after 60: I became my husband’s carer – and saw travel, nature and love anew, by Paula Cocozza https://t.co/xNFQigZKQN via @guardian@CdnCaregiving
How deep brain stimulation changed my journey with Parkinson’s disease. For carefully selected patients, DBS can restore a measure of freedom in a disease defined by gradual loss, by Elizabeth Rigley https://t.co/KGoQd2WMhu via @globeandmail
Four types of technology that can help you remain independent as you age. It’s not too early to start thinking about the things that can make it easier to remain in your home, by Kathleen Felton https://t.co/XeVpJkHGEZ via @washingtonpost
By September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States Where Medical Aid in Dying Is Legal. Despite widespread support in polls, the number of people who actually go through with #MAiD in the U.S. remains very small, by @paula_span https://t.co/dilwKpJ9Nq via @nytimes
Man stuck in B.C. hospital bed after fire at long-term care home. Who's responsible for where he goes next?
Ed Jamieson keeps getting passed over by the local health authority for placement in a publicly subsidized care facility. https://t.co/cSu6LXRXOH via @VancouverSun
How To Be Old. This is a list of rules for the elderly, the aim of which is to keep us elderly elderly, and not to see us go one step further, by Roger Rosenblatt https://t.co/xRvwvHfcy4 via @nytopinion
Canada’s economy runs on care. Our policies haven’t caught up. Unpaid caregivers contribute an estimated $97-billion in unpaid labour each year. We have been quietly offloading the cost of care onto families. The bill is coming due. https://t.co/YiHJ7xyTep via @CdnCaregiving
Lack of long-term care beds and ballooning wait times 'a frustrating situation' for B.C. families, by @LazenbyAlec https://t.co/LilcKUS5ZM via @vancouversun
From CEO to Caregiver: Angela F. Williams stepped down from her role as president and CEO at United Way to center her life around family and caregiving https://t.co/HELaO41EJM via @AARP
Midlife fitness linked to longer, healthier lives, study finds. A comprehensive study found that people who were most fit in their 40s and 50s developed major illness later, and lived longer, by @GretchenReynold https://t.co/TuARcXR1pF via @washingtonpost
The retirement threat that is hiding in plain sight: How cognitive decline changes the way families manage money, by @meeraramann https://t.co/lLF3Z9LAk2 via @globebusiness
Montreal writer takes a tumble in the snow and comes up with the title for her new book: "I Can’t Believe I’m Old" chronicles Janet Torge’s aging process, complemented by counsel for seniors. https://t.co/KeEPIQhiMM via @mtlgazette