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Time to confront #MeToo in medicine
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Chair of CFN’s Knowledge Translation Committee, and Sharon Straus, CFN Board Member, recently wrote an editorial in the August issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) calling for a culture of respect within medicine.
CFN Employment Opportunity: Manager, Partnerships
CFN is looking for a knowledgeable, connected, enthusiastic Manager of Partnerships, based in Kingston, Ontario.
Top 5 Innovations announced
CFN created the FRAILTY MATTERS Innovation Showcase to put the spotlight on Canada’s best innovations in care for older adults living with frailty.
CIHR funding opportunity re. CLSA data
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research — Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) is partnering with the Canadian Space Agency and the Quebec Research Network on Aging to provide a total of $925K for research projects that use baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
CFN-SHRF Funding Opportunity
Canadian Frailty Network is pleased to partner with the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) to co-fund a Collaborative Innovation Development (CID) grant focused on studying innovative ways to imporove care for older adults living with frailty.
FREE WEBINAR: Learn about tools to support caregivers of LTC residents
Frail older adults residing in 24 hour care facilities have complex health needs. Family caregivers continue to provide care and support for their relatives/friends in care facilities. Unfortunately when their relative is admitted to a care facility, they experience major changes in their lives such as changes in their roles/relationships resulting in poor physical and…
In emergencies, the elderly die. Here’s how we can start to change that: CFN Op. ed
John Hirdes and Sandy van Solm In emergencies, the elderly die. Here’s how we can start to change that. With the Vulnerable Persons at Risk (VPR) algorithm, seniors don’t have to be helpless in the face of disaster. “Older adults living in their own homes are more likely to be harmed in a disaster because…
The latest opinion piece from CFN Board Member Angus Campbell
The medicalization of caregiving. Nearly all caregivers are willing to do as much as they can, but is the health care system unduly burdening family and friends? When does insisting that caregiving tasks expand to include medical procedures normally done by a professional become too much? In order to follow the home first philosophy, which…
Veronique Boscart honoured
CFN Network Investigator Veronique Boscart was honoured at the biennial conference of the Canadian Nurses Association in Ottawa on June 18, 2018, where she received the Order of Merit for Nursing Research. Veronique’s research interests are focused on establishing best practices in gerontology, building gerontological educational programs for health-care professionals, and creating care delivery models…
2018 Summer Student Award Recipients
CFN’s Training Program offers undergraduate students an interdisciplinary, experiential program in partnership with member institutions and partners across the country through its Summer Student Awards. This year, 13 students were funded in our sixth annual cohort representing seven disciplines at nine Host Institutions in five provinces. In New Brunswick, co-funding was provided by the New…