The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for both staff and residents of long-term care homes. If there is one silver...

A Presentation On LTC Policy Change

n our latest article we share exciting news about LTC Standards in Canada from Mary Brachaniec, a careiver partner and member of the #SeePai

Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, was recently invited to present over Zoom to the Alzheimers Society of Alberta and North West Territories

My friend and colleague Dr. Judith Watt-Watson, a Professor Emerita from the University of Toronto, published an article back in 2009...

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I do not remember another extended time period during my lifetime when long-term care (LTC) has received as much media attention as it...

In our latest article, guest contributor Linda Bates Lawson shares her Fathers day memories. With Father’s Day coming up, I am thinking...

One of my most prominent teachers, the late Ronald Melzack, used to advise new researchers to not try to solve a simple problem but to find

As many as 80% of long-term care residents suffer from pain. And yet this pain is underrecognized and undertreated, at least in part,...

MEDIA RELEASE For Release - March 1st, 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CENTRE ON AGING & HEALTH UNIVERSITY OF REGINA Campaign Wins National...

The PACSLAC-II scale is an observational tool designed to help nursing staff evaluate pain in people with dementia who may have limited...

Long-term care homes and frail older adults with dementia have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic

Louise Castillo Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology University of Regina, Part of the See Pain More Clearly Team

"I always say hope is all around us, you just have to see it." - Roger Marple In the journey that I walk with my form of dementia, I...

Dr Keela Herr- Have we identified the best predictors and indicators of pain for different dementia diagnoses

People with advanced dementia have difficulties verbalizing their distress and often respond to this in physical ways

Undetected and untreated pain among a patient with moderate to severe dementia can lead to a host of unwelcome consequences.