Senior Care Canada

WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS IN LONG-TERM CARE Simon Fraser University researchers are hoping their latest study on seniors will help to address one of their biggest physical challenges injury from falls....Continue reading

JAPAN Traditional Values, New Innovations ... No discussion of Japan’s senior care system would be complete without addressing just how large the elderly cohort is: in 2012, 24.1per cent of the Japanese population were aged 65 or older, compared to just 13.9 per cent in Canada. By 2050, 39 per cent of the Japanese population will be over the age of 65. According to the World Health Organization, Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world with males living to 85 and females living to 87.6 years on average.

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Flawed Funding Concepts Cost Us All Dearly by Morley Lymburner As any good farmer can tell you, "the chickens always come home to roost." In the current COVID-19 (CV19) situation all levels of government are about to learn this lesson... but this event can be more likened to Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" in that we are all being attacked....Continue reading

Frauds and scams during COVID-19 The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has reported 766 cases of COVID-19 fraud that has resulted in losses of approximately $1.2 million. The ways in which criminals try to fraudulently get your information continues to grow, requiring us all to be extra vigilant. https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org//frauds-and-scams-dur