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Durham Senior Services
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Moira Welsh and Jesse McLeanStaff Reporters
A nursing home industry task force created after a Star investigation into elder abuse is recommending sweeping changes to fix the system that cares for 77,000 fragile seniors.
The Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety — the owners, associations, unions and staff of Ontario’s 634 homes — will
release its report Wednesday, detailing 18 “action” points that put an overarching focus on the prevention of abuse and neglect.
It is the first time the industry has taken a hard look at itself.
The report, obtained by the Star, calls for: continue reading…
Durham Senior Services would like to wish all Mothers and Grandmothers a very Happy Mother’s Day!
A Mother’s Love
There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we’ve dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a Mother’s faith
Can help us on life’s way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith
And a Mother’s steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above…
- Author Unknown.
Dr. Norm Campbell sees a lot of patients who tell him they eat a healthy diet. Then he checks their blood pressure – and finds a problem.
“I often hear, ‘My diet is fine.’ But for most Canadians, it’s not,” says Dr. Campbell.
What you eat has a major impact on blood pressure, says Dr. Campbell, newly appointed Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control Initiative.
His message to Canadians: Take a critical look at your grocery list.
While current estimates say about 6 million Canadians, or one in five, have high blood pressure or hypertension, Dr. Campbell believes the number to be considerably higher, with hundreds of new cases diagnosed every day. That’s shocking, considering it is the leading risk factor for stroke and a major risk factor for heart disease.
To keep the pressure down, Dr. Campbell has these tips: continue reading…
