Debbie Walker had just spent the evening working the red carpets at the Gemini Awards in Richmond, B.C. After a late night of escorting stars and mingling at parties, the publicist returned the following day to the Sechelt ranch home she shared with her elderly mother.
‘They are better prepared for death than for life […]
With a large aging population on the rise, home care has become an very important issue that northern Ontario candidates are now promising solutions for as the election approaches.
Dr. Jo-Anne Clarke, specializing in geriatrics, said many of her patients couldn’t live independently without home care but sees that the current services need improvement,
“It’s a […]
According to an article (http://thechronicleherald.ca/careincrisis/1167301-wait-times-around-nova-scotia#.Uzr9DNypmZg) posted by the Chronicle Herald, the estimated number of Nova Scotians waiting for a space in a nursing home or residential care facility is 2,551.
One commenter suggests that this estimation does not truly represent the need for long-term beds as, “all over Canada there are families stretched to the limit […]
