Seniors 90+, Indigenous seniors 65+ and Indigenous Elders can book starting March 8 The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is administered to a personal support worker at the Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Ottawa. Doctors in Alberta have signed an open letter asking for prioriti...
Home/Keeping Seniors Safe in the Time of COVID-19 September 2, 2020September 22, 2020 Keeping Seniors Safe in the Time of COVID-19 With COVID-19 hitting senior citizens harder than any other demographic, senior living communities find themselves on high alert. It’s not just that residents...
Nationally, close to 12 million Canadians have been given at least their first dose of vaccine, with close to a quarter-million doses now being injected every day. Njoo says the harsher outcomes of COVID-19 for seniors may be driving more of them to get vaccinated against it, but ...
The primary outcomes of the survey were the points of difference in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy between the nursing home and community older individuals and the factors influencing that hesitancy. The categorical variables—basic characteristics, including demographic information, knowledge of the vaccine, ...
Huby will see that future. She had her first vaccine shot on Jan. 16, and celebrated her birthday on Feb. 10. Heritage Retirement Residence will remain her home. “I couldn’t choose any better.” READ MORE: •Vaccines coming, B.C. seniors need to be ready, ...
Huby will see that future. She had her first vaccine shot on Jan. 16, and celebrated her birthday on Feb. 10. Heritage Retirement Residence will remain her home. “I couldn’t choose any better.” READ MORE: •Vaccines coming, B.C. seniors need to be ready,...
Huby will see that future. She had her first vaccine shot on Jan. 16, and celebrated her birthday on Feb. 10. Heritage Retirement Residence will remain her home. “I couldn’t choose any better.” READ MORE: •Vaccines coming, B.C. seniors need to be ready, Ho...
Participants will then be randomly allocated 1:1 to either intervention arm (one-week smartphone-based health education on older adults' COVID-19 vaccination plus two weeks' waiting period) or control arm (three weeks' waiting period). At the end of week three, participants in both arms self...
The amount of prep in your situation hinges on finances and how universally designed the home already is. It also depends on your reasons for aging in place. For instance, many seniors stay at home based on personal preference and a strong caregiver support system. Meanwhile, COVID-19 has ...
As many as one in four seniors and one in five adults under 65 experienced "long COVID" or "post-COVID" symptoms after surviving a coronavirus infection, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. ...