Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence supports & empowers #caregivers & care providers, advancing the capacity of the #caregiving field, & advocating for more effective policy. This week, CCCE held the 1st-ever Canadian Caregiving Summit. Last night, celebrating that achievement!

Learn more about how Dr. Nathan Stall is advising his patients to get an updated COVID-19 shot to reduce the risks of serious illness this season. Nathan Stall Watch Dr. Stall’s interview with CBC News here: bit.ly/461HsEA

Mark your calendars now! Dec. 12 at noon EST, I will be joined by Nathan Stall in a free McMaster University #CaregivingEssentials #webinar. We'll be talking about #caregiving for #complexcare #seniors. Join us! Click HERE to register for the link: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

RIP Rosalynn Carter. A champion for caregivers. She summed it up perfectly: "There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers."

Let’s get to the heart of the matter: the physical and mental health burden of caregiving for CV patients onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-… A pleasure to comment on an important📝 led by Dr. Chelsea Moran, C.Psych et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca… Nathan Stall U of T Public Health Sinai Health CJC Journals

Family caregivers are currently shouldering a significant amount of the care received by older adults in home and community settings, with limited contact, communication, and training from healthcare providers. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

People with dementia (& caregivers) want to know how long they can remain independent before needing nursing home level care. James James Deardorff published prognostic model in JAMA Internal Medicine today to help. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… & put on ePrognosis! eprognosis.ucsf.edu/nhloc.php

After 26 years, Carolyn Bennett is stepping down as MP for Toronto–St. Paul’s. Her final speech in the House and tributes from all parties are worth watching: cpac.ca/episode?id=d7c… Dr. Bennett is a great Canadian and a true trailblazer. Thank you for your exemplary service!

"Thank you for your service" -- Carolyn Bennett, Canada's first Minister of Public Health, a physician, and powerful advocate for women's health, stepping down as Liberal MP for Toronto-St. Paul’s after 26 years, by Mia Rabson theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… via The Globe and Mail

We thank Carolyn Bennett for her long friendship with the Jewish community and support for Israel, including her many years as Chair of the Canada-Israel Parliamentary Friendship group. We wish you well and thank you for all your hard work to make Canada a better place.

Our new BMJ SPCare study led by Aaron Jones shows that nearly 20% of Ontario patients die within 90 days of being designated "alternate level of care" or "ALC": spcare.bmj.com/content/early/… Focusing on the high short-term mortality of ALC patients could help with "hallway medicine".

#OpeningDay #BlueJays

Canada needs a National Caregiving Strategy to meaningfully support all those who give care. On #NationalCaregiverDay, we are thrilled to launch our public consultations for caregivers, care providers and allies to provide input. Learn more: bit.ly/3vEAWaL #CdnCaregiving

‘We can live again’ -- Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs. Papy Booom runs outings for older people, and late-night dancing is proving a successful way of socialising and staying active, by Philip Oltermann theguardian.com/society/articl… via The Guardian #aging

Lingsheng Li, MD MHS (Lingsheng)'s digital illustration titled, "A Day in the Life of a Caregiver" was featured in CLOSLER. closler.org/creative-arts-…

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks—high cholesterol and vision loss, suggests new report from the Lancet Commission on dementia. Find out more ➡️ hubs.li/Q02KbpYf0

Excited to join Ilana Richman & Jerard Kneifati-Hayek as JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial Fellows: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… I'm hopeful that X can still be a useful tool for knowledge exchange in health research. I'll start posting content from the journal, and updates in medicine/geriatrics.

Louder, for the people in the back: Delirium with pyuria does not equal UTI! Antibiotics for delirium in older adults with pyuria or bacteriuria: A systematic review - Stall - 2024 - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

My friends and I think a lot about what language to use with seriously ill patients and how it impacts healing. Sometimes we write about it for Mayo Clinic Proceedings ❤️‍🩹Leonard Berry Gillian Grafton Never-Words: What Not to Say to Patients With Serious Illness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New MMWR report on US family caregivers: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… From 2015 to 2022, the proportion of caregivers ≥60 years increased (28.0% to 35.4%), while the prevalence of caregiver mental distress, depression, asthma, obesity, and multiple chronic conditions increased.