Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She’s 101, and still …
Canada’s vaccine advisory group said Friday it recommends building toward immunizing all infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The common and highly contagious virus normally causes cold-like symptoms. But for more …
B.C.’s health minister has announced a spring COVID-19 booster campaign, with shots recommended for seniors, Indigenous people over 55 and long-term care home residents in particular. Invitations to book a …
An Edmonton family is frustrated and upset after a 62-year-old man who had been in hospital with care needs was sent to stay at a hotel. Blair Canniff had been a …
British Columbia is set to receive $733 million in new federal funding over the next five years to improve health care for the province’s seniors. The funds will help expand …
More than a third of New Brunswickers are living with a disability, according to the latest Statistics Canada data. At 35.3 per cent, it’s the second highest rate in Canada. The …
A new protocol that gives priority for nursing home beds to people waiting for them in a “critical state” hospital may only be shifting the problem instead of fixing it and …
Health professionals are growing increasingly concerned that health-care delays are leading to more patient deaths as wait times in Winnipeg emergency rooms continue to soar. On Friday, Manitoba Health released its latest …
People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, Canada’s advisory body on immunizations said Friday. The National …
Seven years ago, Stanley Much left his one-bedroom apartment on a busy Edmonton street to move into a seniors’ lodge in the village of Holden, about 100 kilometres southeast of …