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Connecting with the North: CFN Cross Country Collaboration Tour
CFN Scientific Director John Muscedere and Board Chair were honoured to be invited to participate in and speak with attendees at the annual Hotıì ts’eeda, Northwest Territories SPOR, Ełèts’ehdèe gathering May 21-24, 2019. While participating in a Sharing Circle held on Chief Drygeese Territory, traditional territory of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, John and Russell were able…
A Town Hall on Frailty and Resilience in an Aging Alberta: CFN Cross Country Collaboration Tour
On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 together with the University of Calgary’s Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging and the Alberta Health Services Seniors Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN) CFN held a half-day public town hall to explore frailty and resilience in an aging Alberta. The event held at University of Calgary’s Taylor Institute for Teaching…
Beyond bedrest: maintaining mobility during hospital stays
“Older people who are very frail are already so low on muscle mass that a long period of almost-complete inactivity can easily tip them over the edge into a really bad situation,” says Dr. Olga Theou, a frailty researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “So after a prolonged stay in hospital, the person…
Fighting frailty with food: early screening for malnutrition in hospitals
If you’re over 65 and you’re in the hospital for more than two days, there is a 45 per cent chance you’re malnourished. In other words, you might not be getting enough of the calories or nutrients you need to recover from your illness or injury. As a result, you might have to stay longer…
New op-ed: Federal parties’ long-term support vital to tackle frailty among older Canadians
The first step in initiating a national discussion and the creation of national strategy would be to create a federal-provincial-territorial task force that will start the process of developing integrated care strategies of benefit to vulnerable Canadians, especially those coping with frailty. Read the Full Article
The Biomarkers of Frailty: Building Consensus
On January 15, 2018 the Canadian Frailty Network hosted a workshop in Toronto bringing together experts in the field of biomarkers, aging and frailty. The objectives of the workshop were to start building a consensus on potential frailty biomarker domains and identify specific frailty biomarkers to be measured in Canadian Longitudinal Study on Ageing (CLSA)…
CFN on Parliament Hill: why frailty needs to be included in 2019 election platforms
Canadian Frailty Network Scientific Director Dr. John Muscedere and Board Chair Russell Williams were back on Parliament Hill April 29th to meet with the Liberal Seniors’ Caucus, co-chaired by Jean Yip, MP for Scarborough Agincourt (Ontario), and Churence Rogers, MP for Bonavista-Burin-Trinity (Newfoundland and Labrador). Read the backgrounder provided to the Caucus here (en français)….
CFHI Innovation Challenges: Launch of two new Innovation Challenges for teams
The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and a coalition of leading healthcare organizations are launching two new Innovation Challenges focused on delivering more improvement for more people – and making it last. The Canadian Frailty Network is pleased to support these Innovation Challenges. The Challenges are for teams that want to move the dial on…
April 16 is Advance Care Planning Day in Canada: Have the Talk!
When it comes to planning for your future health care, are you, your family and friends prepared? If you were sick and couldn’t speak for yourself, would they know your wishes? All too often we assume people know what we’re thinking. The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “The single biggest problem in communication…
Fit for heart surgery? Study helps older adults make decisions with their surgeons
In 2017 at the age of 77, Sally O’Brien faced a tough decision. Not only were her coronary arteries almost completely blocked, she also had emphysema and an aneurysm in her aorta. “I knew that if I didn’t have surgery, I could have a major heart attack and much bigger problems, but I was also afraid…