A free national resource is helping aged care providers ensure they are optimally prepared for fires, floods and other emergencies, equipped to respond comprehensively and recover swiftly.
Sep 4, 2020
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Nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have occurred among nursing home residents, whose age, chronic medical conditions, and congregate living quarters place them and their caregivers at high risk of contracting ...
Aug 20, 2020
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Contrary to common sense, wealth has played a smaller role in determining a country's ability to manage the pandemic. Some developing or newly industrialized countries in Asia and Africa are experiencing only one percent ...
Aug 13, 2020
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Canada's military recently reported the living conditions in some of the country's long-term care homes "appeared to be nothing short of horrid and inhumane." As many as 82 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada have been ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Lately, our daily lives include reading complex news items with analysis of curves, simulations and models of COVID-19. Municipal governments present predictions of possible outcomes from modelling, while provincial and national ...
Apr 15, 2020
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Physically, older people are among those most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Apr 15, 2020
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Similar to the Iranian government, which released 73,000 inmates, the Indonesian government plans to release at least 30,000 detainees to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country's overcrowded jails.
Apr 7, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic is terrifying for many of us, but people with a disability have more reason to worry than most.
Mar 26, 2020
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Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next week because of the coronavirus, and at least one facility already had to resort to using plastic garbage bags to make gowns, an industry group warned ...
Mar 18, 2020
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The Swiss government imposed emergency measures on Monday in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, banning all gatherings, tightening borders and deploying the military.
Mar 16, 2020
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