Elder Care

By Ed Kashi and Julie Winokaur When working with elderly patients in health care facilities, it is likely that we may forget...

I work for a hospice program providing palliative care which means we attend to the emotional and spiritual needs of...

A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare,...

Adult Services Social Worker Kristen Hamilton helps a client sign a form using a mobile app In today’s technology-enabled world,...

The last place one would expect to find ageism well and flourishing is in the helping professions, particularly among those...

When I first became a hospice social worker, I was stunned to realize more than half of my patients were...

By Denise Bartley, Andre Juste, Rachel Meadows, and Guiseline Momplaisir According to a study by the National Center on elder...

We are having a conversation, social worker to social worker, about the older constituents and clients who we each try...

In late September, HUD’s Secretary Julián Castro made the announcement that nearly $8 million in grant funding will be used to...

Recently, the United States Department of Justice announced the launch of the Elder Justice website which was created to help...

Surveys show that most people when asked prefer to spend the last years of their lives in their homes rather...

This month, we learned that former model and restaurateur B. Smith has been living with Alzheimer's Disease.  Smith, dubbed the "black...

How do you feel when you sit down to unwind in front of the television at the end of the...

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are changing the definition of what it means to grow old. Baby boomers...

Depression is a serious and debilitating condition for older adults aged 65 years and older. Depression not only exacerbates physical...

Caritas House headquarters of Harris HospisCare (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Does your practice’s website include local or national resources that complement...

Dementia is a debilitating illness that is characterized by degeneration of memory, cognition, behaviour and the ability to perform activities...

Seniors or the elderly are sometimes unfairly subject to gentle mockery on the basis of their supposedly unreliable memories and...

Both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork have been used in healthcare in the past. However, although there is a clear difference...

Do you avoid using your basement steps or attic steps because you fear you'll trip or fall? Does the arthritic...