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On June 22, the University of British Columbia announced the recipients of their 2020 Honorary Degrees. Jim Mann, a member of our VOICES Citizen Advisory Committee,  is a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree.

Please join us in congratulating Jim on such a fitting honour.

Details can be found at the following link: https://graduation.ubc.ca/event/honorary-degrees/2020-honorary-degree-recipients/

OPINION

We must act now to prevent a second wave of long-term care deaths

Carole Estabrooks is the scientific director of the Translating Research in Elder Care program and a professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. Colleen M. Flood is University Research Chair & Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa.…

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Role of policy in best-practice dissemination: Informal professional advice networks in Canadian long-term care

Keefe J, Cranley L, Berta WB, Taylor D, Beacom AM, McAfee E, MacEachern LE, Boudreau D, Hall J, Thompson G, Squires JE, Wagg A, Estabrooks CA

Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

Abstract

This article examines provincial policy influence on long-term care (LTC) professionals’ advice-seeking networks in Canada’s Maritime provinces. The effects of…

Abstract

Background

The Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program is a longitudinal partnered program of research in Western Canada that aims to improve the quality of care and quality of life for residents and quality of worklife for staff in long-term care settings. This program of research includes researchers, citizens (persons living with dementia and caregivers of persons living in long-term care), and stakeholders (representatives from provincial and regional health…

Tragic death toll among seniors in nursing homes was half a century in the making, says elder care expert.

By MICHAEL BROWN

Canadians are witnessing a tragedy unfold in the nation’s long-term care system that’s been a half-century in the making, according to a University of Alberta elder care expert.

Carole Estabrooks said blame for the mounting COVID-19 seniors’ home death toll should not be placed on front-line workers otherwise known as care aides or personal support workers.

“We’ve been…

From CBC Website:

April 16, Part 1: COVID-19 and staff concerns at elder care facilities; Threats to WHO funding; Gender equality in the pandemic

The Current

We talk to staff and management of long-term care facilities; hearing their concerns and distress about the rising COVID-19 death toll in the facilities.

Then, warnings of deadly consequences followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization — but some argue the organization has serious…

Improved work environments could improve quality of care and quality of life for residents and staff

(Edmonton) – About 80 per cent of nursing home residents in Canada live with some level of cognitive impairment, which means the care needs of this population are increasingly complex.  Missed or rushed care is an on-going concern.

Researchers from Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) based at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing, interviewed over 4000 care aides from 93 urban…

By Laura D. Aloisio and Carole A. Estabrooks
Published originally: Wed., November 27, 2019 in The Winnipeg Free Press

More than 220,000 Canadians currently reside in a nursing home or long-term care facility, with the number projected to increase steadily as the Canadian population ages. This may include our parents, other relatives or friends, and it could include us too.

Unfortunately, staffing shortages have become a perpetual concern for long-term care facilities across the country.…