Documents
Personal Health File (booklet)
Health Care Decision Making and Parkinson’s
Elder Friendly e-Zine – Falls Prevention
Articles
Hospitalized Elderly and Discharge Planning – article
Senior-Friendly Emergency Department Care – article
Behaviours Associated with Dementia
Report: “Best practice approaches to minimise functional decline in the older person across the acute, sub-acute and residential aged care.” Completed by Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Unit, Melbourne, Australia, November 2004.
Wellness Made Easy Wellness tips for all
Assessing Suicide by Constance Captain: Assessing Suicide in clients
Aging and Seniors Publications - Public Health Association of Canada on a variety of topics of interest to seniors.
Sites
Alzheimer Society of BC – Â Excellent source of information on dementia, support for patient/families, wandering registry, and links to the Canadian site
Canada’s Food Guide – Includes an interactive feature to teach serving sizes and examples individualized by gender and age.
Family Caregiver Alliance - Includes caregiver info and advice and fact sheets for caregivers.
How’s Your Health – Interactive website questionnaire creates questionnaire for frail elders and guidance in problem solving.
Canadian Osteoporosis Patient Network -Â Information for people coping with osteoporosis. Includes an e-newsletter and information about clinical trials.
Patient Decision Aids – Includes an alphabetical listing of decision aids such as “Should I take medications to treat Alzheimer’s Disease?†on a variety of health topics. Also has information for health care professionals on developing and implementing decision aids.