Dementia

Most South Asian people with dementia and their care partners did not know the signs and symptoms of dementia before their diagnosis.

Patients were less likely to develop delirium, experience incontinence, and require emergency hospitalization.

Canada’s LTC can become a seamless, human-centred system that helps senior citizens get the care they need.

Opinion: According to the Office of the Seniors Advocate, more than half of all applications for essential visitor status were denied in 2021, and less than 25 per cent of all residents of long-term care have an essential visitor

Canada could see more than 1.3 million cases, an increase that could potentially slowed by addressing obesity, smoking, high blood pressure and low education.

Loss of bladder control; Uncontrollable urination; Urination - uncontrollable; Incontinence - urinary; Overactive bladderUrinary (or bladder) incontinence occurs when you are not able to keep urine from leaking out of your urethra.

Uncontrollable passage of feces; Loss of bowel control; Fecal incontinence; Incontinence - bowelBowel incontinence is the loss of bowel control, causing you to pass stool unexpectedly.

Forgetfulness; Amnesia; Impaired memory; Loss of memory; Amnestic syndrome; Dementia - memory loss; Mild cognitive impairment - memory lossMemory loss (amnesia) is unusual forgetfulness.

Sensory hallucinationsHallucinations involve sensing things such as visions, sounds, or smells that seem real but are not.