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Researchers seek to prevent frailty with strength training
Two physiotherapists in Ontario have teamed up and secured funding from the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) to challenge this perception. They aim to show not only that older people are perfectly capable of building strength safely, but that they can also prevent themselves from becoming frail—or more frail—in the process. “We need to be proactive…
Cycling through intensive care: Researchers help critically ill older patients get stronger with in-bed bicycling
As a physiotherapist and Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Rehabilitation and Knowledge Translation, Dr. Kho wants to help ICU patients maintain as much strength as possible during their stay. Based on a study from Belgium that started in-bed cycling two weeks after a patient was admitted to ICU, she determined that this technology could…
Medication Management Education Tool for Caregivers–Looking for Participants
Are you a family member or paid caregiver of someone with dementia? Baycrest is looking for study participants for a new medication management education tool. Participants must be located in the Greater Toronto area. Click here for more information
Employment Opportunity: Research Chair in Frailty-Informed Care–The Perley Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre
The Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care at the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre seeks to hire its first Research Chair, to develop and establish a dynamic and sustainable research program focused on frailty. Building on the priorities and vision of the Centre of Excellence, the Research Chair will: identify opportunities for applied research related to frailty; facilitate…
Groundbreaking CFN collaboration to discover frailty biomarkers launched
Canadian Frailty Network has partnered with the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA), the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and Metabolon, Inc. to discover the frailty biomarkers that may shed light on why some people become frail, determine the severity of frailty and what can be done to help avoid the condition. We’ve…
National Conference on Frailty 2019: Featuring top innovations from across the country.
The 2019 CFN National Conference on Frailty registration is open! The event is being held on September 26-27, 2019 at the Delta Marriott Airport Hotel and Conference Centre in Toronto, ON. This year CFN will feature the Top Innovators from the call for proposals on the stage, and highlight other top innovations from across the…
Call for Applications Open: Advancing Frailty Care in the Community Collaborative
The call for applications is now closed. CFHI will communicate directly with all applicants. A merit review will take place and teams will be announced in the coming months. To improve care for older people with frailty and support their caregivers, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and Canadian Frailty Network invite you to join the…
CFN Op-ed: Older people are at greater risk from climate change
Every senior needs an emergency preparedness plan, developed with families and friends, and home care agencies. But government agencies and disaster management agencies must also take into account the unique needs of older Canadians living with frailty. CFN Scientific Director John Muscedere and Network Investigator George Heckman weigh-in on the consequences of climate change for older…
Research published by the IFA suggests that influenza vaccination has an additional layer of benefit– preventing frailty
A report released today by the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) highlights a key finding; the annual flu shot may have a protective effect in addition to preventing or reducing the severity of infection. The “Secondary Benefits of Influenza Vaccination” report found that the influenza vaccine may be effective in reducing the incidence and severity…
Frailty and Aging: How the Danish Experience Might Inform Canada
In keeping with CFN’s mandate to learn from international partnerships, Dr. Muscedere, CFN Scientific Director and CEO mobilized a group of Canadian healthcare leaders, researchers and clinicians to visit Denmark in May 2018. Their goal was to see first-hand why Denmark is widely recognized as a world leader in providing effective healthcare and practical living support to…