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CANADA | Apr 18, 2024
[News] Men’s Sheds organization looking to expand into Lethbridge
Men’s Sheds organization looking to expand into Lethbridge
READ MOREFrom Hospital to Home for Persons Living with Dementia
COVID-19 has shed an important spotlight on the essential role of unpaid caregivers. To help further our understanding of care transitions involving people living with dementia and their essential car
‘Completely wrong’: Anger over COVID-19 vaccine second dose delay for seniors
An Alberta senior is extremely concerned about the four-month gap between COVID-19 vaccine doses, appealing to the Canadian government to expedite her case.
This is in line with the recommendation fr
Family resource centres expand across Alberta
Alberta’s government is investing $1.5 million to increase access to family resource centres to better support families and people with disabilities.
Family resource centres provide tools, resource
Project Echo: Adult Vaccination Mentorship Program Call for Interest
The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) is proud to announce the first ever Project ECHO Adult Vaccination mentorship program. This multi-session learning cycle will help improve skills to educat
Could this pension solution help Canadian retirees turn their DC savings into a lifetime of low-cost income?
One of the largest defined contribution (DC) pension plans in the world has adopted a made-in-Canada solution, giving members the option to turn their DC savings into what they badly need in retiremen
For long-term care homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, COVID came later, then hit hard
Over the course of the pandemic, the Institute for Investigative Journalism, or IIJ, and the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University have been gathering data on care homes across the countr
Supporting survivors in their hour of need
Alberta’s government is investing $233,000 in the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (AASAS) to help it provide important supports to survivors across the province.
AASAS launched Alber
The Need for National Standards for Long-Term Care
Many difficult but necessary lessons must be learned as we experience the trauma of the pandemic. None are clearer and more pressing than the need to do better for older adults in long-term care.
We
Vaccine eligibility expands to all Albertans 12+
All Albertans over the age of 12 can soon get vaccinated to protect themselves, those around them, and stop the spike of COVID-19 in our province.
To avoid overwhelming booking systems, appointments
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