The Northwestern Health Unit released a report this month about the social determinants of health, including income, education, employment, inclusion, and housing, and how they affect the health of residents of the Kenora and Rainy River Districts.
Using statistics from numerous sources, the report makes several key points, such as:
Imagine looking into the mirror and seeing the face of a stranger.
Imagine you could hear what others had to say, but could make little sense of it.
Imagine if you couldn’t remember to do more than one task in a row.
Now imagine feeling that way every day of your life.
This is Alzheimer Awareness Month. . . . Let’s face it! Get the facts. Know for sure.
Canadians still are dismissing symptoms of dementia as “just old age” based on survey results released last week by the Alzheimer Society.
Close to 50 percent of Canadians lived a year or more with their symptoms before seeing a family doctor.
Rooksana Randeree, RD, clinical dietitian for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., is offering a “Healthy You” weight management program for free at La Verendrye hospital here.
The program is a group weight management approach that focuses on lifestyle changes that may help you reach—and maintain—a healthier body weight or shape.
Ontario is offering everyone 10 helpful tips to stay healthy and reduce the risk of spreading the ’flu and other viruses to your friends and family.
1. Get the ’flu shot (it’s free).
The ’flu shot helps your body build the defences it needs to protect you from the ’flu. It can prevent the ’flu from taking hold up to 90 percent of the time among healthy adults and children.
With many Ontarians choosing to join a gym or fitness club at this time of year, here is a simple checklist to help you make smart choices and protect yourself:
•Do your research (make sure the gym’s equipment is new or in good condition, the location and hours of operation are convenient, and the club is clean).
Families and caregivers of those with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease will be able to gain insight as to what it is like to experience the world like their loved ones when the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts brings a free virtual dementia tour to Fort Frances next week to coincide with “Alzheimer Awareness Month.”
Ontario needs a new conversation about health—and very little of that conversation is about health care, says Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.
This conversation has to have a clear understanding that the factors that influence health, and the ways through which we can improve health, lie for the most part outside of the health sector.
Ontario is strengthening its partnership with Kids Help Phone to ensure bullied children and youth have the support they need to grow and reach their full potential.
The province will continue to support Kids Help Phone, which offers confidential 24-hour counselling services over the phone and online, for another three years.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s cancer program has been selected by Cancer Care Ontario, an agency of the Ontario government and the government’s cancer advisor, to host parts of its Quality Assurance Services Team in Information Technology Development Services.
