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The Psychogeriatric Client Identification Project, contracted by the Continuing Care Division and conducted by the Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University, provides a comprehensive…

Four of the seven chapters in this volume are based on papers originally presented at the 6th Annual John K. Friesen Lecture Series in Gerontology held at Simon Fraser University April 3-4, 1995. The…

TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION; PART I: SPECIALIZED CARE IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS: 1. Basic Facts and Figures about Dementia Patients in Institutions / Kimberley L. McEwan, David Maxwell and…

The study described in this report and the literature review of the environmental design, programming and staffing needs of dementia victims in institutions that preceded it (Gutman, 1989) were…

This report was commissioned by the Western Gold Theatre Society to examine audience response to the play "Strangers among us: A play about love and time and memory." The primary purpose of…

Homesharing is a living arrangement in which two or more unrelated persons occupy a single dwelling, each having some private space but sharing common areas such as kitchen, bathroom and living room…

This volume originated with a workshop held in Vancouver immediately prior to the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology. A group of individuals from the public policy,…

Against a background of increasing numbers of elderly mentally ill people, the Department of Health [Liverpool] established an initiative to develop and evaluate alternative ways of caring for this…

Report submitted to: Fraser Health Geriatric Clinical Service Planning and Delivery Team, January 17, 2006. Three facts about seniors are well known: (1) their numbers and proportion in the…

The purpose of Study Two of the Towards More Elder Friendly Acute Hospitals Project, entitled "The Physical Environment of Medical and Surgical Units in the Fraser Health Authority," was to…

In 1979, Adult Day Care became a part of the B.C. Ministry of Health's Continuing Care Program. By 1989, there were 49 centres in operation in the province and it was felt timely to undertake a…

This publication is a collection of observations and insights I that we hope will be useful to individual widows and their support I groups across the province and the country. It is not our intent…

Concern over provision of long-term care for an increasing seniors' population has tended to obscure the fact that younger persons may also require this level of care. This report focuses on the…

Reliable information is an important source of financial power for women of all ages. Throughout your life, you make a wide range of financial and other decisions that have a long lasting impact on…

By 2020, 29% of Canada's seniors will be in the 75-84 age bracket, and 13% will be aged 85 and over. How they live and who will look after them will become increasingly urgent problems. While…

In Spring, 1994 the Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University was commissioned to undertake a project that would provide the Health Planning Division of the Capital Regional District of…

This report provides a comprehensive review of literature to patterns, behaviors, and policies related to older drivers in BC.

This booklet answers common questions about living in care facilities (including intermediate-, multi-level-, private-, and extended care facilities).Table of Contents: Introduction. 1. Your Right to…

Note: papers from a research symposium held Aug. 20-23, 1981. 1) Population projections: Certainties and uncertainties. / Betty Havens. 2a) Social implications of a changing age structure. / John F…

The primary purpose of this study was to update a Canadian homesharing agency study conducted in 1988 (see Gutman, Doyle, Melliship & Baldwin, 1989). Additionally, we wished to see howCanadian…