article: ‘Retirees opting for all-ages housing communities’
The article ‘Retirees opting for all-ages housing communities‘ (and this 2010 article as well) could be the basis for an interesting exercise for a study group, university or college class, staff training, etc. Such an exercise from a Social Role Valorization (SRV) perspective might profitably include a discussion of the contemporary heightened vulnerability of elders […]
Posted on April 5, 2013 at 10:38 am by MTumeinski · Permalink
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Overcrowded emergency rooms
Steve Tiffany sent me links to two articles (here and here) in The Gazette which describe recent deaths of patients in Quebec (Canada) emergency rooms, largely due to lack of care related to overcrowding. Most of the patients mentioned in the articles who died were over 65 years old. Steve pointed out that this speaks […]
Posted on April 7, 2010 at 2:51 pm by MTumeinski · Permalink
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