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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 Healthy Aging for its evaluation tool that identifies safety risks, generates data-driven recommendations and facilitates collaboration to make a person’s home safer and more accessible.  In making the winning pitch, Marnie Courage,...

Hospital at Home: Shaping the future of Canadian healthcare

A growing number of Canadian patients are opting for home-based care as a more comfortable and convenient alternative to in-hospital stays. Vivalink, shares results from a new survey of over 500 Canadians aged 40 and older, revealing their perspectives on participating in a Hospital-at-Home...

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Monitoring system for seniors puts privacy first

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

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...

Assessing and treating swallowing disorders

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

Caring for our caregivers: The power of social prescriptions

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

Revolutionizing geriatric care: Meet Canada’s leading Universal Health Hub (UHH)

Universal Health Hub (UHH) is the only Health Care Organization in Canada which is...

Testing new technology to help older adults age at home

When 72-year-old Hamilton resident Shirley was asked if she’d be interested in participating in...

Reducing wait times through a collaborative approach

Through the Geri-Hub, wait times for patients have been reduced by up to 50...

Enhancing the patient experience with essential care partner programs

According to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, caregivers provide approximately 75...

Unobtrusive in-home monitoring using wireless signals offers exciting possibilities for healthcare

Prompt fall detection in any living space, including bathrooms, can save lives. By George Shaker  magine...

New virtual program enhances support for nurses

The virtual nurses can provide help with general, non-urgent inquiries by phone, Zoom, secure...

Low Tolerance Long Duration Rehab: A safe bridge to home from acute care

By Michael Oreskovich Struck by a severe case of double pneumonia, 90-year-old Doris Dunne felt...

Assessing the diabetic foot

By Ellen Kirk-Macri and Susan C. Jenkins Up to 80 per cent of diabetes-related amputations...

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