How to add quality of life for Canada’s older adults? — AVOID frailty

 By John Muscedere The global pandemic has struck a death blow across our senior population. Canada has had almost 9,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, with the vast majority (97 per cent) occurring in those over age 60.  Canada also holds the unenviable record among developed nations for the highest

It’s time to stop warehousing Canada’s seniors in long-term care

 By John Muscedere and Russell Williams Canada need to initiate a bold long-term strategy for healthy aging The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that Canada needs to change the way we care for our older adults. We have failed in our duty to safeguard the most vulnerable members of

Frailty and the New Ageism

 By Kenneth Rockwood Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Healthcare is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t do everything for everyone, so why spend money on old people, who have little chance of benefit?”  For her, ageism is not all that bad

New Health Accord Should Reject Per Capita Funding Model – and Consider Frailty Instead

 Health Minister Jane Philpott has promised a new Health Accord to be finalized over the coming year. When the previous Health Accord expired in 2014, the Harper government unilaterally established a new funding model for federal health transfer payments to the provinces and territories based on an equal per capita