In The News Posts

“A Nursing Call to Action”: Nurses Association Adds Voice to Healthcare Reform

August 10, 2012

August 10, 2012 - The National Expert Commission of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) released a report, A Nursing ...

Caregiver’s Diary: An Old Sea Dog

August 10, 2012

An Old Sea Dog I pick up my new boat tomorrow. I took it out on sea trials this week and got acquainted. It’s BIG, ...

Breaking News: Court upholds B.C. woman’s exemption from doctor-assisted suicide ban

August 10, 2012

A B.C. woman who won a personal exemption from Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide will keep that right as the ...

Queen’s University Elder Law Clinic Offers

August 10, 2012

The first of its kind offered at a Canadian law school, the Queen's Elder Law Clinic offers free educational services ...

Access to care for B.C. seniors shrinking as their numbers grow

August 10, 2012

B.C. seniors’ access to home and community care has declined drastically in the past decade and must be improved or ...

CARP Home Care Poll Report

August 10, 2012

KEY FINDINGS August 10, 2012: One quarter of members are, or know someone, in home care or long term care, and, among ...

Canadians and Britons Would Allow Euthanasia Under Some Conditions

August 10, 2012

 EDITOR'S NOTE: In the last issue we reported on the Federal Government's  appeal of the British Columbia June 2012 ...

Most Canadians have no written plan for end-of-life care, poll finds

August 10, 2012

Rather than ever lose his ability to think, remember or recognize his wife and children, Dr. Daren Heyland would sooner ...

Web-based tool speeds access to medical specialists for Ottawa-area residents

August 10, 2012

OTTAWA — More eastern Ontarians are getting faster access to medical advice from high-demand specialists such as ...

Don’t let needed drugs disappear without notice

August 10, 2012

About 1,000 Canadian heart patients and their physicians learned through pharmacists and the media this summer that the ...