by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine, Skilled Nursing
This is because Canada’s rural areas have residents with lower incomes, less education, less adequate housing, less access to rail and public transit services and lower quality of health care than in the country’s urban areas. “Our rural areas are elderly,” Novik...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Assisted Living, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine, Skilled Nursing
Greater improvement and coordination of government policy programs and community resources would improve the mental health of rural seniors in Canada, university researchers said during a conference on aging in Chicago. During their panel presentation titled “Aging...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine
“[The] space [is important]. [The best is to have a] closet with shelving. I’ve never seen a thin community dog [so] you need a doggy [waste material] digester. They are rolling grooming tables in [the] beauty shops [of some senior long-term care community campuses to...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine
For example, she said Jimmy’s Place, a pet hotel, is a safe haven for pets when a senior needs a temporary place for his or her pet to stay. Sponsored by the Osceola Council on Aging in Kissimmee, Fla., Jimmie’s Place offers food, shelter, exercise and basic needs...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine
Its founding sponsors are the American Pet Products Association, Petco and Zoetis, also known as the one-time animal health business of Pfizer pharmaceutical company. To support its mission, vision and different facets of work, HABRI has created four work groups,...
by Vladimire Herard | Dec 6, 2016 | Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Medicine
Pets are integral to empowering seniors to stay healthy, overcome illnesses and age in place, and industry, agencies and nonprofits must help keep owners and their animals together despite social and economic hardship, commercial and nonprofit advocates said at a...
