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Canadian startup launches wearable to improve gait and reduce falls in older adults

PhysioBiometrics Inc. has launched Heel2Toe™, a wearable therapeutic device designed to assess and train older adults to walk with a proper gait, which is essential to reduce strain on joints and muscles, help prevent falls, and make walking easier to stay active and independent.   The...
Home Care

Easy to install and retrofit home emergency call sysytem with EnOcean technology

In care facilities and serviced apartments quick help in an emergency counts. Modern home emergency call systems support care staff. Older buildings, however, often lack the necessary infrastructure for such call systems. IQfy installed a home emergency call system in all rooms in an...
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Geriatrics and Aging

Smart wearables for faster cardiac arrest emergency response

Prototypes of smartwatches and rings are driving forward advances in wearable technology that instantly...
Research

Our brains can communicate wordlessly, through our eyes

McGill researchers have demonstrated something long assumed: that glances can transmit information about one’s...
Cardiology

Heart failure patient recovers at home thanks to a Canadian first at HHS

It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.” That’s how Hamilton resident Peg...
Technology and Innovation

A health management solution for older adults and their family caregivers

When Rob Parker’s father got sick in his mid-70s, it took two years and...
Home Care

Using social prescribing to help older adults facing isolation

On a sunny fall day in Toronto, Sandesh Basnet is in the St. Lawrence...
Geriatrics and Aging

‘Healthy aging’: Education empowers patients when it comes to preventing falls

A pilot program at Providence Healthcare hopes to empower patients to be more active...
Home Care

Personalized home evaluation tool for older adults and people with disabilities wins national competition

Canadian startup Incluzia Inc. has won the 2024 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Solutions for...
Home Care

Hospital at Home: Shaping the future of Canadian healthcare

A growing number of Canadian patients are opting for home-based care as a more...
Geriatrics and Aging

Monitoring system for seniors puts privacy first

Of course your mother wants to stay in her own home. She’s lived there...
Home Care

Report sees chance to create home care capacity by streamlining services

New report from UHN recommends residential high-rise buildings with a high proportion of older...
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

Assessing and treating swallowing disorders

After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his...
Home Care

Caring for our caregivers: The power of social prescriptions

Caregivers are the invisible backbone of our healthcare systems. They contribute three times as...
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Public Health

Canadian doctors predict government actions will reduce access to health care

New data from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) show that Canadian physicians are sounding...
Oncology

Fertility preservation for patients with cancer

In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in...
Diseases

Lesser-known eating disorder just as severe as anorexia and bulimia, study finds

A diagnosis often viewed as less serious than anorexia and bulimia – and the...
Public Health

Physician responses to patient expectations affect their income

Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower...

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