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Zoomer Week in Review with Libby Znaimer, Zoomer Radio Tamara Daly on LTC Military report
Canada's long-term care home system 'designed to produce mediocrity,' says health policy expert
Long-term care work is essential, but has not been properly valued. Poor working conditions put both staff and residents at risk.
York University professor Dr. Tamara Daly on her report on measuring quality of long term care Interview
Temporary agency workers have long been a crutch for a care system in crisis, experts say. Now, they are exempt from new COVID-19 health directives
Temporary agency workers have long been a crutch for a care system in crisis, experts say. Now, they are exempt from new COVID-19 health directives
The Star Article Temporary agency workers have long been a crutch for a care system in crisis, experts say. Now, they are exempt from new COVID-19 health directives By Sara Mojtehedzadeh Work and Wealth Reporter. Sun., April 19, 2020 Long before the pandemic hit, “working short” was a chronic problem for personal support worker […]
Health ministry slows down routine care home inspections during pandemic
Health ministry slows down routine care home inspections during pandemic
Leaderpost Article Author of the article: Arthur White-Crummey • Regina Leader-Post There are also 250 privately operated personal care homes with 4,600 beds in Saskatchewan. PATRICK LANDMANN / Getty Images Saskatchewan’s health ministry has pulled back on routine inspections of private personal care homes as it looks at “virtual options,” partly due to concerns that inspectors could spread […]
Moving Forward: Health and Function in Later Life - Event Re-cap
Moving Forward: Health and Function in Later Life - Event Re-cap
Thank you to everyone who made it out on cold and rainy Monday evening to the beautiful and spacious Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library! The event featured fascinating presentations about muscle functioning and lifelong health by Professor Joe Baker and Assistant Professor Jaclyn Hurley from the School of Kinesiology and Health Science. Learn more about […]
SAVE THE DATE! Aging in the City Series Speakers Series - November 18th at Vaughan Civic Resource Library
SAVE THE DATE! Aging in the City Series Speakers Series - November 18th at Vaughan Civic Resource Library
Join us for an exciting discussion on November 18 at 6pm at the Civic Centre Resource Library for Moving Forward: Health and Function in Later Life as part of the Aging in the City Speakers Series hosted by the York University Centre for Aging Research & Education (YU-CARE). You are invited to a public talk […]
2019 Research Spotlight: David A. Hood in the news discussing exercise and healthy aging
2019 Research Spotlight: David A. Hood in the news discussing exercise and healthy aging
In recent months, YU-CARE member David A. Hood and colleagues have presented upon the relationship between exercise and the aging process. The research produced by Dr. Hood and his colleagues at the York University Muscle Health Research Centre is impactful along the themes of the physiology of aging and healthy aging promotion. This spring, Dr. […]