Year: 2020

Protecting the Vulnerable During COVID-19: Recording Now Available

October 27, 2020

Did you miss the webinar? The recording is now available. Watch the webinar The Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) presented Protecting the Vulnerable During COVID-19: How to Stay Healthy this Flu Season on October 27, 2020. In this webinar experts from the healthcare field answered your questions on why influenza impacts older adults more heavily, what…

New Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults!

October 15, 2020

The new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults were released today. Developed in partnership with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Queen’s University and ParticipACTION, these guidelines integrate recommendations for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep. Following the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines is associated with these health benefits: • a lower…

CFN Employment Opportunity-Join us!

October 8, 2020

Project Manager/Developer – Full-Time Position Thank you to all that submitted applications for this position. This opportunity has now expired The Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) is a pan-Canadian not-for-profit network funded by the Networks of Centers of Excellence whose mission is to improve care for older adults living with frailty. The Project Manager will be…

CFN Fellow Megan Racey’s work aims to provide nutrition and physical activity recommendations for older adults living with frailty

September 9, 2020

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 Investigator receives Canadian Medical Association Medal of Service

August 10, 2020

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

July 29, 2020

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

July 24, 2020

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…