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THE CONVERSATION
NATIONAL POST -- COVID-19 and schizophrenia: A potentially deadly combination
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- People living with schizophrenia are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 and completely missing from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendations for vaccine distribution, which prioritizes seniors, front-line health-care workers and Indigenous communities in the first stage. READ MORE.
THE CONVERSATION -- COVID-19 and schizophrenia: A potentially deadly combination
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- People living with schizophrenia are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 and completely missing from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendations for vaccine distribution, which prioritizes seniors, front-line health-care workers and Indigenous communities in the first stage. READ MORE.
HEALTHING -- Many seniors with COVID don't show typical signs
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- Vulnerable patients over the age of 80 who do not exhibit typical COVID-19 symptoms, such as cough or shortness of breath, are at greater risk of dying, new research suggests. READ MORE.
HEALTHY DEBATE -- Innovative models pave the way for safe, high-quality long-term care homes
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- It has taken the devastating impact of COVID-19 for governments to pay heed to decades-old warnings from seniors and disability advocates about the need for long-term care reform. READ MORE.
THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Dementia patients take up Ontario psychiatric beds ill-suited to their care, experts say
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- Mental health researchers are sounding the alarm over a growing body of data suggesting that dementia patients in Ontario are increasingly being assigned to scarce health-care beds ostensibly reserved for psychiatric patients. READ MORE.
THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Doctors concerned about rise in dangerous medications in LTC homes during pandemic
BY KALEIGH ALKENBRACK (FGJ ‘21) -- The first wave of COVID-19 triggered an increase in psychiatric drug prescriptions in long-term care homes, new data shows, and geriatrics experts warn this puts patients with dementia at risk for further harm from falls, stroke and sedation. READ MORE.
