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Hospital to Home program aims to reduce ER visits

HN Summary • Windsor Regional Hospital, in partnership with SE Health, has launched the Hospital to Home (H2H) program to support patients for up to 16 weeks after discharge, aiming to reduce Emergency Department visits and hospital readmissions through wrap-around home and community care. • Funded...
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Slower-walking seniors at risk for falls benefit most from home-based exercise program

HN Summary • New research shows a home-based strength and balance exercise program can significantly reduce falls in older adults with a history of falls, particularly among those with slower walking speeds. • Participants with gait speeds below 0.8 m/s experienced about 35% fewer falls at...

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Mental Health

Are we entering a new era of dementia treatment?

A Q&A with Sunnybrook Neurologists Over the next five years, researchers estimate that more than...
Technology and Innovation

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...
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...
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...
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eHealth

How AI could help or hinder Canada’s health care system

HN Summary • AI could help address Canada’s healthcare staffing crisis by improving efficiency, triage,...
eHealth

Patient care runs on mobile devices. Is your fleet holding you back?

Dead batteries. Lost devices. Outdated software. Rising security threats.  These are all mobility threats that...
Diseases

On National Caregivers Day, ALS Canada expands national mental health supports for caregivers with funding from Petro‑Canada CareMakers Foundation

Virtual program connects caregivers to mental health support anywhere in Canada. In recognition of National...
Diseases

Cancer clinicians call for three actions Canada’s health systems should take to improve cancer care

April Cancer Awareness Month a good time for concrete action The Cancer Clinician Advocacy Forum...