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Data Reveal Stark Divergences in COVID-19ā€™s Impact among Nonprofits

Danielle Holly, Nonprofit Quarterly

In writing about COVID-19ā€™s impact on the US economy, journalists, economists, and researchers alike have sliced up the for-profit sector by location, size, industry, and myriad other dimensions when searching for and positing answers. Conversely, the nonprofit sector is often treated as a monolit

Heading home from the hospital? Caregivers can play an important role in the discharge process

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

In Canada, millions of people are hospitalized each year. Between 2019 and 2020, over three million individuals were admitted to hospitals with an acute disease, illness, or medical conditionā€”such as heart attack, heart failure, bronchitis, or pneumonia. During the admittance process, key informat

Blood pressure as we age: What is a healthy target?

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

In this video, Drs. Anthony Levinson and Richard Sztramko will discuss high blood pressure and what healthy blood pressure targets are for older adults. You will meet Russel who has taken their blood pressure at a local pharmacy and gotten a result of 140/95. Find out what their best next steps woul

How to repair long-term care in Canada

Ann Silversides, The Philanthropist

In the early months of the pandemic, Canadians were shocked by a cascade of deaths in long-term care homes. By mid-2020, 80% of COVID-19 deaths in Canada were in these facilities. That our vulnerable elderly died this way will remain our lasting shame and disgrace. A year later, Canada still had, a

Social isolation: Are you at risk?

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Human beings are social animals. We live with others, we communicate with each other, and we support and cooperate with each other, which may have given us an evolutionary advantage. When a person doesnā€™t have others to be with, they become socially isolated, which is something older adults are at

Creating Reconciliation for You, Others, and Life

Returning to Spirit, Imagine Canada

The word ā€˜reconciliationā€™ appears with increasing urgency as we approach our first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. With it comes a heaviness that occupies spaces of dissatisfaction, cynicism, or outright anger that equates to ā€˜failure,ā€™ especially regarding Indian Residential Scho

Health Care Costs in Alberta: A Brief Overview

Sung Min Jo, Edmonton Social Planning Council

At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemicā€”arguably the biggest public health crisis of our timeā€”transformed the prospects of Albertaā€™s economic climate. In response to these historic events, the government responded with surplus funding to meet public health mandates including mobilizin

New Interactive Resource for Older Adults Reducing the Risk of Social Isolation

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

In 2017, Statistics Canada reported that 1 in 5 older adults are lonely, felt they lack company, felt abandoned or isolated. By taking this short, interactive lesson, you will learn the answers to the following questions: What are the risk factors for social isolation? Are there specific groups

Reckoning with Slavery: Revisiting Managementā€™s Uncomfortable Past

Caitlin Rosenthal, Nonprofit Quarterly

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, ā€œReckoning with Slavery: How Revisiting Managementā€™s Uncomfortable Past Can Help Us Create Better Futures,ā€ published earlier this year by the Academy of Management Learning & Education. Business sc

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