Seniors Mental Health

• Coronavirus: Isolation taking a toll on mental health of Sask. seniors, some experts say

  Some experts say there needs to be a balance between the mental health of seniors and protecting them from COVID-19 as isolation takes its toll.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2020
  
• Southern Alberta seniors take nostalgic harvest tour

  One rural southern Alberta care home is giving its seniors a scenic break from their rooms and transporting them back in time.

  Features

  Oct 1, 2020
  
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• Duet bike gives seniors in Alberta care home sense of freedom during pandemic

  The Community Health Foundation in Claresholm, Alta., has a new tool to help curb depression in seniors living in care homes who have been isolated for months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Features

  Sep 11, 2020
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• Kids Help Phone calls for back up amid record demand — and Canadians respond

  Facing unprecedented demand, Kids Help Phone called for back up, asking ordinary Canadians to volunteer to provide support anonymously over text message. The response was overwhelming.

  Jun 28, 2020
• Vancouver Island to see first publicly-funded ‘dementia village’ in Comox Valley

  It's called a "dementia village" because it's meant to feel like a shared community home, rather than a nursing home.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2019
• For people over 50, loneliness is a growing, legitimate health concern

  Older adults are at a greater risk for loneliness due to life changes that can create isolation, such as losing a spouse and suddenly living alone.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2018
• Langley seniors live ‘in fear’ as they share building with people with mental health issues

  "They felt they were moving into a facility for seniors and now they're finding they have mentally ill and hard-to-house drugs addicts as well."

  Health

  Jan 8, 2018