by Allan Katz | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bell Canada is deactivating legacy copper telephone lines without notifying in-home emergency alert providers. That means #seniors living #independently will lose access to their home monitoring services, like LifeLine. 40% of Lifeline’s Canadian subscribers still...
by Allan Katz | Aug 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
(The King’s Fund) #Housing is not simply another public service. It is one of the foundations of public health. Birmingham UK (pop. 1.2M) has adopted a #HousingFirst approach to #homelessness and saw a dramatic reduction (81%) in #roughsleeping between 2018...
by Allan Katz | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Interesting op-ed submission by a retired, 71-year-old stroke survivor on his access to personal support workers. After being hospitalized for 14 days, his #OntarioHealthatHome file was closed without a visit from a care coordinator and required him to re-apply. Is...
by Allan Katz | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Chapeau aux trois gériatres de Santé Québec Capitale-Nationale pour la création d’une #clinique d’accès rapide pour les #aînés. Il faudrait absolument généraliser cette initiative afin de réduire les séjours prolongés aux urgences – une réduction de...
by Allan Katz | Jul 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Cet excellent article du Dr Michael Rheaume et de son équipe de l’Université d’Ottawa (en anglais seulement) et l’article connexe d’onFR sont révélateurs (https://bit.ly/3TgaZd1) . Les francophones vivant à l’extérieur du Québec qui...
