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Archive for the ‘Elder Care’ Category
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Due to recent medical advancements, as well as people taking better care of their health, it has become increasingly common for Ohio seniors to lead healthy and active lifestyles well into their 80’s and 90’s. Most of these seniors do not require the skilled nursing that a nursing home provides. In fact, the preference for many of these seniors is to reside in their current homes and continue performing their daily routines for as long as possible.
While the ability of many Ohio seniors to reside in their homes may be a source of comfort to their children and loved ones, it can also be a cause for concern.
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Tags: assisted living, eldercare, elderly, Nursing Homes
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Staying Healthy During Ontario’s Winter Months
The number of seniors in Ontario is growing at a rapid rate as baby boomers reach their golden years. All the extra seniors couldn’t come at a worse time for Ontario’s public health system, which is faced with a record deficit in 2010. The government has already warned hospitals to expect no increase in funding, a 1% increase in funding, or a 2% increase in funding. This is bad news for hospitals, who expect to see their expenses go up by at least 3 – 3.5%, leaving a significant funding gap that would affect the services that they can provide. Where might a reduction in hospital services leave Ontario’s seniors, who in general require more health care than the average younger Canadian? (more…)
Tags: aging trends, caregiving, Elder Care, long term care
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Signs of Stroke
Not all strokes are catastrophic and immediately obvious. Many minor strokes hit without seniors or their caretakers immediately noticing. The longer it takes to recognize that a stroke has occurred, the more damage will be done to the brain, making recovery time longer and certain stroke side-effects potentially permanent.
Here are six signs to look for that indicate a stroke has occurred: (more…)
Tags: caregiving, Elder Care, elder care Toronto, Stroke
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Tips for Caregivers
Emotionally, caring for an elderly parent who always cared for you can be a disconcerting role reversal, and without addressing these new emotions, caregivers eventually feel frazzled, overwhelmed, and unable to deal with all the new changes. But with proper preparation, a lot of the stress that comes from taking on the role of primary caregiver for an elderly relative can be avoided.
One of the hardest things for caregivers is (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Caregiver Support Toronto, caregiving, caregiving strategies, Elder Care, long term care, long term care Toronto, long term care Toronto Ontario
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Eldercare and the Workplace: How to Strike a Balance
Canadian employers are understandably concerned about the effects that elder care has on the workforce. In Canada, over 70% of caregivers to the elderly also hold down a job. Many of these caregivers also have a family of their own, with children still living at home.
The stress is too much for some to handle; more than a fifth of Canadians caring for an elderly relative have reported (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Caregiver Support Toronto, caregiving, Elder Care, long term care, planning for long term care
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Aging at Home in Ontario
Because the number of seniors in Ontario will more than double in the next sixteen years, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is developing what they call “Ontario’s Aging at Home Strategy”. Announced in 2007, the strategy calls for an increase in home care and community support services to allow elderly residents of Ontario to age comfortably at home, rather than moving into a long term care home.
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Tags: aging trends, Elder Care, long term care, long term care Toronto, long term care Toronto Ontario
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis is a devastating, degenerative nerve disease that often leaves MS patients wheelchair bound and unable to live independently. People living with MS often require acute long term care, either from friends and relatives or within a long term care settings.
Multiple sclerosis is not a disease associated with old age; typically, the onset age is between twenty and forty. Since early detection of MS can help people live a relatively normal life, it’s important to be able to recognize the symptoms of MS. Here are the most common early signs of multiple sclerosis: (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Elder Care, long term care, Multiple Sclerosis
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Long Term Care: Not Age but Function
Generally when we think of “long term care,” our mind automatically goes to senior citizens living in nursing homes. But long term care isn’t a matter of age; it’s a matter of function. There are many Canadians currently living in long term care facilities who are not elderly but nonetheless require round the clock long term care.
Who are these younger Canadians who require long term care, and why are they living in long term care facilities?
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Tags: aging trends, Elder Care, long term care, long term care Toronto Ontario
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Long Term Care Insurance — Ontario
According to Christina Bisanz, the CEO of Ontario Long-Term Care Association, the Ontario Ministry of Health has no particular intention to increase the number of new beds in Ontario’s long term care facilities. This is despite the fact that there is already a long wait list of people — 25,000 in Ontario alone, according to Bisanz — who are waiting for placement into a long term care facility. These wait lists are only getting longer as Canada’s population ages and more people need acute long term care.
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Tags: aging trends, long term care, Long Term Care Insurance, long term care Toronto Ontario
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Government Funding & Long Term Care — Ontario
The Canadian health care system is in a state of crisis. With health care budget cuts, combined with the rising cost of health care and the growing number of seniors requiring acute long term care, aging baby boomers have a good reason to worry about whether or not government-funded long term care will be around for them by the time they need it.
Despite the fact that our neighbors to the south have proven privatized health care to be expensive, amoral, and inefficient, the Canadian government may have no choice but to ask its citizens to foot the bill for their own long term care. Consider that already, despite seniors accounting for only 12.5% of the population, they take up almost 43% of health care costs. Just Alzheimer’s disease alone costs nearly $4 billion per year. By 2031, the number of Canadians living with dementia will double. And by 2020, the percentage of seniors will have risen to 20% of the population.
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Tags: aging trends, long term care, Long Term Care Insurance, long term care Toronto, planning for long term care
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