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CFN Fellow Megan Racey’s work aims to provide nutrition and physical activity recommendations for older adults living with frailty
Hi, I’m Megan Racey. I’m a Canadian Frailty Network Post-Doctoral Fellow at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. My research focuses on combining existing literature and evidence (through systematic reviews and meta-analyses) to inform nutrition and physical activity recommendations for older adults living with frailty. These recommendations (or clinical practice guidelines) are being developed by CFN…
CFN Trainee Emily Hladkowicz featured in article highlighting the importance of family caregivers in long-term care
CFN Fellow Emily Hladkowicz has been able to visit her grandfather living in a long-term care home for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Until the pandemic, Emily and her mother and daughter would visit her grandfather most days, helping to feed him and providing personal care. Since the lockdown, Emily has talked to him on…
News Release: Canadian Frailty Network invests in Canadian-made, innovative approach to dementia care
As our population ages frailty, in all its forms, challenges the Canadian care system to support 1.5 million older adults living with frailty and their family caregivers. Coordinated, compassionate, local care is critically important to those living with dementia and their caregivers. The Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) has invested in a proven and innovative approach…
CFN Investigator receives Canadian Medical Association Medal of Service
Dr. France Légaré and Dr. Léo-Paul Landry have received the Medal of Service from the Canadian Medical Association. A passionate advocate for patient engagement and empowerment, Dr. France Légaré was a trailblazer in recognizing the need for patients to have a say in their own treatment. In the 1990s, when she first raised the idea for a…
$800,000 dedicated to frailty and COVID-19 research
The Canadian Frailty Network and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Aging have come together, providing $800,000 to fund six projects focused on investigating the interaction between frailty and COVID-19 in older adults. As we have seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults living with frailty have been disproportionately affected with devastating impacts. Though there is…
COVID-19 shows support for home care overdue
CFN Investigator Kelli Stajduhar lends her voice to the call for supported and improved home care. “Could all of the deaths from COVID-19 in Canada’s long-term-care system have been prevented? Probably not. But if Canada had something more in place, perhaps most older Canadians would not require help within institutional settings in the first place.” Read…
Hill Times: Public spotlight turns to improving long-term care after COVID-19
CFN joins the many voices calling for change to long-term care in Canada in the wake of the devastating effects of COVID-19 on some of our population’s most vulnerable — older adults living with frailty. Read the article
CFN Members contribute to Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 reports on LTC
As members of the Royal Society of Canada’s Task Force on COVID-19 several CFN members have contributed to reports with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence to inform their decisions. Congratulations to Sharon Straus, Véronique Boscart, and Carole Estabrooks on this significant contribution. Policy Briefings have three sections: Context and policy status before COVID-19 Vulnerabilities exposed as…
For seniors, avoiding frailty fosters better health
Dr. John Muscedere’s latest op-ed in The Star focuses on the importance of avoiding frailty to stay healthy as you age. “In Canada, 72 per cent of deaths from COVID-19 have been in people over 80; 25 per cent of deaths have been in people aged 60 to 79. Many of these deaths were in people living…
It’s time to stop warehousing seniors in long-term care: Op. ed
Photo credit: Stock/Getty In our latest Op. ed Scientific Director, John Muscedere, and Board Chair, Russell Williams, discuss the best path forward for improvement to long-term care with a heavy emphasis on the need for an integrated approach, and support for healthy aging. Click here to learn how you can AVOID Frailty and take control of…