Long-Term Care Affordability: A Policy Brief Issue Affecting Canadian Health Care System The Canadian health care system is changing, characterised by reduced hospital stays, increased outpatient treatment as well as the aging population, because of increased life expectancy, which increases long-term care demand by many Canadians. In addition, it is expected that the demand for long-term care in the country will surge radically, as the generation of baby boomers attains old

Elderly Falls With the help of a thorough clinical evaluation, the risk factors, risks associated with falling and working out adequate intervention methods to curb the rate of elderly falls can be achieved. As per the 2011 AGS / BGS guidelines, (Panel on Fall, 2011) certain particulars need to be incorporated in a particular clinical evaluation: 1: Patient history, physical examination, mental and physical functionality; 2: Number of falls occurring, number

For instance, a decline in peripheral vision may impact the ability to pass approaching vehicles safely, and the decreased range of motion in an older person's neck may impair the ability to look behind when backing up. Also, reaction time decreases by almost 40% on average from age 35 to 65 (Jackson, 1999). It also appears that the aging process may affect cognitive skills. Short-term memory loss, for instance, can

After the first four months, the intervention group rates of suicide ideation declined 12.9%, the article reports, compared with a 3% decline in the control group. At eight months, the intervention group reflected a 70.7 decline in suicide ideation, compared with just 43.9% in the control group. This clearly shows that when the health care industry takes a special interest and provides helpful intervention techniques, elderly people begin to

And many spiritual leaders would argue that a life without commitments is a life without meaning. So what do Americans do to fill that void? They take on another addiction -- which leaves them feeling even emptier -- and the vicious cycle begins. Some activists even claim the result of living in such a morally-vacuous, alienating, consumer-driven culture is an entire nation suffering from "a collective wounding" (Shaw, 2008).

Feminization of Poverty and Education in Canada It is often assumed that gender divisions in the economy and major political and social institutions are higher in the developing countries than in the developed nations of Western Europe, Japan, and the United States. Many UN, UNDP, UNIFEM and other reports suggest that women suffer from greater inequality of opportunities in the non-industrialized world. Estimates suggest that from sixty to seventy percent of