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Vital to healthcare quality and safety By Maria Judd and Adrienne Zarem In a hospital radiation wing, an Essential Care Partner (ECP) comforts a palliative patient during another round of testing. For this patient, keeping calm in the MRI is a little easier knowing that their ECP is there. During a homecare visit, a nurse […]
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Vulnerability, poor outcomes and risk factors A stroke can happen to anyone, at any age. Yet stroke disproportionately affects women—more die of stroke, live with more damaging effects after stroke and face more challenges as they recover. A stroke is a medical emergency. If you experience any of these signs, call 9-1-1. Do not drive […]
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Blind spot sensors for wheelchairs Tight spaces, crowded areas and doorways are some of the more difficult places to navigate.  Watch this new video about Blaze Mobility’s blind spot sensors on the AGE-WELL NCE YouTube channel. Dancing for cognition and exercise Rehabilitation and geriatric medicine specialists at McMaster University have developed GERAS DANCE (Dancing for
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By Marisa Zeppieri Triggered first by a near-fatal car accident that sent her 100-lb body flying from a crosswalk and later by a painful Lupus diagnosis, Melissa became stuck in a season of brokenness. She not only learned how to nourish her broken body with the help of food, herbs, and a gastronomically-gifted Italian grandmother […]
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By Greg McKeown As high achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. If we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat.” “Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard,” says McKeown, “If we set a sustainable pace, […]
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Trouble in the grass: Rubber boots and snake bites Farm workers in rural India tend to go around barefoot. But hidden in the thick undergrowth they are often endangered by the highly venomous Russell’s viper, a large, earth-coloured and highly dangerous snake found across much of India and other parts of South Asia. There are […]
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