Exercise is medicine: The new global exercise guidelines for healthy longevity in older adults are here. With exercise recommendations to address >14 chronic diseases, adverse outcomes, and geriatric syndromes including: ✅ Falls ✅ Cancer ✅ Dementia ✅ Type 2 diabetes ✅

Inside this Toronto hospital's #palliative care unit, a choir sings songs of comfort from Bob Marley to Elvis, offering solace to patients during their final days, by Megan Ogilvie thestar.com/news/gta/insid… via @torontostar Michael Garron Hospital

Updates on #TRECResearch Projects! The Trauma Project is a TREC study to understand the experiences of care aides working with residents in continuing care homes (LTC) who have (or are suspected of having) a history of psychological trauma. The project has made significant

IT'S LAUNCH DAY! The first two episodes of Who Cares are now available. Caregiving is the linchpin of Canadian society. It’s our job to keep it in place. 🎙️Listen now: bit.ly/423CRDu #CdnCaregiving André Picard LivMendelsohn Melissa Ngo, MDes

B.C. orders provincewide mask mandate for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/bc… Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

For so long, I've wanted to organize a public event for my amazing #LTC community, so I'm thrilled to share this with you (and🙏to Ontario Tech University Ontario Tech Social Science and Humanities for helping to make this happen). 📅Wed, March 5, 2025, 6:30pm. 📌Regent Theatre: Oshawa, ON. 🔗tickets.regenttheatre.ca/eventperforman…

We are thrilled to spotlight the first of six CCNA Knowledge Mobilization stories. CCNA-CCNV is one of the three components of the Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging (BHCIA) Research Initiative. #BHCIASpotlight #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth

KT Program scientist Dr Jennifer Watt is featured in this article, where she notes the many health benefits of this social club for older immigrants, including some who are living with #dementia. Dr. Andrea C. Tricco SPOR Evidence Alliance Wellness Hub

#Alzheimers Awareness Month continues. In this video, Gary David Quinton talks about life with memory gaps, coping with the diagnosis, and how he adjusted to new routines and changes in interacting with others. buff.ly/3PvDtdM

Medical masks are again mandatory for visitors to long-term care and assisted living, as well as in hospitals and other heath care settings. Updated guidance from government is available here: ow.ly/ThJH50UCMmY

More #TRECResearch -- coming in 2025! An intervention project focused on supporting managers in long-term care (LTC) homes. It will have multiple components – coherent breathing, advanced communication, practical leadership skills, developing a local change project and

#TRECResearch: Evidence pointing toward invalidity of the SF-8 physical and mental scales: a fusion validity assessment The SF-8™ Short Form Health Survey creates physical and mental health scale scores from responses to eight survey questions. These widely used scales

Are you a leader or team member in long-term care navigating the challenges of moral distress? Discover how to support mental well-being, improve retention, and drive meaningful change in your workplace. Join Kate Dupuis, Schlegel Innovation Leader in Arts and Aging, and

TREC hosted a Trauma-Informed Care Policy Forum TREC served as the secretariat working with the Alberta (AB) government (sponsor) and Alberta Health Services (AHS) to hold a Trauma-Informed Care policy forum in Edmonton October 28 - 29th, 2024. Continuing care home (LTC)

#Dementia risk is rising in an aging US population. Cases are projected to double by 2060 cnn.com/2025/01/13/hea… #Alzheimers #health #wellness

Welcome new TREC members! TREC welcomed two new honours undergraduate students, Taylor Hume and Nicole Johnson. Both are in the Faculty of Nursing's BScN After Degree program, meaning they already hold university degrees and will complete their nursing training in two years.

New #TRECResearch! Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment This study examined the association between care unit work environments in long-term care (LTC) homes and trends in care aides' job

Congratulations! TREC would like to congratulate Iryna Vasyluk and Daisy Liu on their successful completion of the Faculty of Nursing's honours program. During their time with TREC (Sept. 2023 to Dec. 2024), Iryna and Daisy gained firsthand experience in our research program

We are now over on that other Blue place. Join us! Same name: TRECResearch #science #healthresearch #cdnpoli #cdnpse #pse #LTC #longtermcare