Current Issues
(The articles below have appeared in recent newsletters.)
Update on Concerned Friends activities (March 1010 update)
Recommendations to improve medications managment in LTC homes
Family Council Day: June 10, 2010
Good news for retirement home residents
Welcoming all communities in long-term care
Rules and regulations in long-term care
Report on quality in long-term care
A 10-year mental health and addictions strategy
Restraint: A case study
Best practice in long-term care more than just education, says expert
Changes Affecting How Your Long-Term Care Home is Monitored
When A Resident Becomes Abusive
The Role of Occupational Therapists in Long-Term Care
Concerned Friends 2008-2009 Annual Report
Freda Hannah receives Ontario Senior Achievement Award
A deadly case of chronic constipation
News from the performance improvement and compliance branch
Task force on medication management formed
Shirlee Sharkey's report on long-term care homes
A thank-you to our special donors
Ombudsman to investigate monitoring of long-term care homes
Myth-Busting: The Medication Issue
Registered Dietitians: Promoting Health
Convalescent Care Program
Diversity in Action: Tool Kit
Preventing pressure ulcers
Concerned Friends diary 2008
Advocacy stories
Spreading the word at the Don Mills Kiwanis Club
Nutrition in Long-Term Care
Long-term care residents and emergency rooms: A dangerous combination?
Daily food allowance increased
Reorganizing Ontario's health care system
Common assessment tool benefts LTC residents
Initiatives in long-term care: An update
Day in the life of a personal support worker
Embracing diversity
Smoke-Free Ontario Act draws fire
Comments on the proposed Long-Term Care Act, Bill 140
Impact of Smoke-Free Ontario Act on long-term care residents
Oral care for residents
Recognizing diversity: The Tamil Wing at Extendicare Scarborough
Consent and access under the Personal Health Information Act
A tribute to the pioneers of Concerned Friends on its 25th anniversary
National program aims at preventing abuse and neglect
Abuse and neglect in long-term care
Ask a dietitian
Elderly folks lack adequate levels of Vitamin D
Many injuries in long-term care are preventable: Canada-U.S. study
Pain Patches: A Cautionary Tale
Pressure ulcers can be prevented
Aging At Home, or In A Home?
Progress Report on Commitments made by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Comments on the Plan for Long-Term Care in Ontario
Nurse practitioners needed
Dental hygienists needed
Spotlight on ageism
Compassion, flexibility needed
Long-term care staff "emotionally exhausted": study
Board of Directors
