By Anne Martin-Matthews

Introduction

An examination of the provision of in-home health and social support services to elderly clients with the home as the site of care are here viewed through the lens of gender. The focus surrounds issues of gender in the relationship between elderly clients and home support workers and the dichotomy between a senior, their family member(s), and home support workers. The use of and access to space within the household as influenced by the gendered nature of care work are carefully explored. This article discusses the impact of my own perspective, as a daughter in a family receiving home care, on the framing of my analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

Comprehensive article from Health Council of Canada, March 2012:

http://www.carp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/HCC_HomeCare_2d.pdf

08 Feb 2012

SENDAI, Japan

A study of 14,000 aging adults concludes that tea drinkers retain greater independence and agility than non-tea drinkers.

The Japanese research paper, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concludes that “green tea consumption is significantly associated with a lower risk of incident functional disability.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Here are some interesting statistics from Statistics Canada from their last report on this topic done in 2006.