Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is designed to treat elderly patients in a way that respects their abilities and limitations, speeds healing and promotes safe discharges home
Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is designed to treat elderly patients in a way that respects their abilities and limitations, speeds healing and promotes safe discharges home
Older Canadians endure the tyranny of public institutions that decide the level of home care provided and even when they should leave home
HEBERT: Why we need a publicly funded insurance program for home care and long-term care
Canadians need quality, accessible palliative care, not a quick end to life
MCEWAN: Canadians need quality, accessible palliative care, not a quick end to life
People who have end of life conversations with their doctors and family members are much more likely to be satisfied with their care
HOWARD: People who have end of life conversations with their doctors and family members are much more likely to be satisfied with their care
Providing comfort care should be the first priority for those nearing the end
DOWNAR, MUSCEDERE: Providing comfort care should be the first priority for those nearing the end
For anyone wondering why physician-hastened death makes disabled people feel vulnerable, wonder no more
CHOCHINOV: For anyone wondering why physician-hastened death makes disabled people feel vulnerable, wonder no more
It is false to equate suffering arising from disease, illness or disability with a loss of dignity
EVERYDAY THEOLOGY: It is false to equate suffering arising from disease, illness or disability with a loss of dignity
Supreme Court’s assisted-suicide decision a perversion of human rights
COOPER: Supreme Court’s assisted-suicide decision a perversion of human rights
Most of us do not have the means of providing palliative care for our loved ones
PENNINGS: Most of us do not have the means of providing palliative care for our loved ones
A lack of proper palliative care could lead to increases in requests for assisted suicides
CHOCHINOV: A lack of proper palliative care could lead to increases in requests for assisted suicides