Canadian Frailty Network recently commissioned a report from the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) exploring this issue. The NIA/CFN report We Can’t Address What We Don’t Measure Consistently: Building Consensus on Frailty in Canada, authored by Dr. Samir Sinha, Allan McKee, Ivy Wong, Julie Dunning, Michael Nicin, and Dr. John Muscedere, shows that frailty is a common condition more prevalent in older populations, which increases an individual’s risk of falls, emergency department visits,…

by Russell Mannion and Judith Smith

Contemporary health policies frequently invoke notions of ‘culture’ and ‘cultural change’ as levers for achieving performance improvement and good-quality healthcare.1 But it has remained unclear whether talk of culture is largely empty rhetoric or whether framing healthcare organisations in ‘cultural’ terms offers useful insights that might improve organisational processes and outcomes of care. When considering the role of organisational culture in…

Executive Summary

Dementia is a devastating, costly chronic disease that has become a health priority worldwide. As of 2016, just over 42,000 Albertans have been diagnosed and are living with dementia. If nothing changes, this number is expected to increase to more than 155,000 within 30 years (source: the Population Estimates of Dementia in Alberta Working Group).

Dementia affects far more Albertans than those living with the disease. It impacts us in our homes, communities, care…

Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs

In successfully scaling up social programs through partnerships, 45 diverse nonprofits faced three key choices: their partner, their approach to spreading their work, and their call on the balance between fidelity and flexibility at the expansion sites.

DOWNLOAD REPORT    

September, 2017, 94 pages

Author(s)

R. Sam Larson, James W. Dearing and Thomas E. Backer

Publishing Organization

Diffusion Associates

While nonprofits see growing interest among…

Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Webinar

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2016

Time: 12 p.m.(ET)

Title: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A National Platform and Infrastructure for Researchers and Trainees. This webinar, jointly organized with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), will provide an overview of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) for researchers and trainees. With an introduction by Yves Joanette, scientific director of the CIHR…

Provincial Conference: Innovative Primary Care Models for Seniors’ Health

Be one of the 150 primary health care practitioners (physicians, nurses, allied health professionals), researchers, and representatives from community partner organization at this Provincial conference. Heighten your awareness of frailty, its impact on the health care system, and the essential role of primary care. Learn about current innovative models of seniors’ care and take home strategies to improve…

The report of the Advisory Panel for the Review of Federal Support for Fundamental Science, chaired by CAHS Fellow Dr. David Naylor, was released in April 2017.  As planned, we immediately acknowledged receipt of the report entitled INVESTING IN CANADA’S FUTURE Strengthening the Foundations of Canadian Research and then began actively gathering feedback from you via survey and discussion at regional meetings.  On June 26^th we commended The Honorable Kirsty Duncan and the Government of Canada…