October 9, 2015
KINGSTON, ON, Oct. 8, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) is announcing the election of Dr. Jeff Blackmer and Mr. Fred Horne to the CFN Board of Directors. Both are renowned policy innovators in health services reform, medical ethics, and patient and public engagement in health care decision making. Jeff Blackmer, MD, MHSC, FRCPC,…
October 8, 2015
Participants attending CFN’s first-ever Giving Voice to Frail Elderly Canadians meeting in Toronto on September 27, 2015 viewed a compelling video presented by former Queen’s University Dean of Medicine and CFN Board Director, Dr. Duncan Sinclair. In the video, Dr. Sinclair poignantly describes what frail health means to him, and the steps he is taking…
September 23, 2015
CFN makes impressive strides in frailty health research and network growth. Read about it in the 2015-15 Annual Report.
September 23, 2015
Matching funds from CFN-Mitacs provide cost-effective, low-risk Accelerate research partnerships. Details here.
August 13, 2015
Each year the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes individuals for their contributions to advancing health care in Canada and around the world. 2015 marks the 20th annual list. Rick Birtwhistle, a CFN Board member, is being recognized for his work with the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN), where he is…
June 1, 2015
CFN Network members Drs. Mary Lou Kelley, Sharon Kaasalainen and Marg McKee have been successful in publishing an abstract of their CFN-funded research, “Embedding the palliative care approach into the organizational culture of long-term care (LTC) homes using participatory action research.” The prestigious BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care presented their findings as part of a…
June 1, 2015
Dr. John Muscedere recently gave a presentation on aging within a frailty health context to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Advisory Board. Dr. Muscedere spoke on the interconnection between aging and frailty; explaining that the decline in a person’s health status and increasing use of health care is driven more by…
June 1, 2015
Duncan Sinclair, PhD, MSc, DVM, LLD, is an emeritus Professor of Physiology and Fellow of the School of Policy Studies of Queen’s University, and Former Vice-Principal (Health Sciences) and Past Dean, Faculty of Medicine at Queen’s, where he was the first non-MD to serve as a Dean of Medicine and Vice Principal of Health Sciences in…
June 1, 2015
Measurement of frailty in the elderly can be helpful in identifying the most appropriate type of care, and care setting, provided to elderly patients. It has also been suggested that early identification of frailty can inform patients, and both formal and informal caregivers, on therapeutic options and treatment decisions, including those for acute care, restorative…