The Public Health Agency of Canada is pleased to share A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Achieve – 2021 Annual Report, which was recently tabled in Parliament, and an update on our public education efforts.

2021 Report to Parliament

The 2021 Report to Parliament on Canada’s national dementia strategy provides a Canada-wide overview of some of the many efforts underway that support the strategy’s national objectives. Initiatives highlighted in this year’s report come from a variety of…

HSO’s Public Review for LTC Services Standard & Share New Consultation Report

Executive Summary

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be a global pandemic and it soon became apparent that community residential care settings, and nursing homes or long-term care (LTC) facilities in particular, were the epicentre for infection and death. Pre-pandemic systemic and structural deficiencies (such as a precarious front-line workforce fuelled by decades of deregulation, privatization, contracting out of…

VOL. 20, NO. 1, 2021 | RETHINKING LONG-TERM CARE

AcademyHealth today published the final recommendations report developed by the Advisory Group on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Health Services and Policy Research. The report will help inform the development of a sustainable, action-oriented strategy to address diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. AcademyHealth is seeking community input on the recommendations, and will use that feedback to prioritize a detailed implementation plan, to be released later this fall.

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We Want Your Input

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the development of Canada’s National Long-Term Care (LTC) Services standard. 

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Health Standards Organization (HSO) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) are working collaboratively on developing two new national standards for LTC that are shaped by the needs of residents, families and the LTC workforce.

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The field of long-term care, ranging from nursing homes to home-based care, has been evolving in the U.S. and around the world for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare a range of deficiencies and challenges, and also illuminated strengths and innovations in care; together, they create an urgency and suggest strategies to move toward a better future.

To focus on necessary changes and potential solutions, JAMDA – the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine – is soliciting manuscripts…