NH geriatrician shaping how future doctors care for older adults
Dr. Sam Thrall and the entire Geriatrics team are strengthening older adult care through education opportunities that draw physicians from throughout Canada to Niagara.
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Dr. Sam Thrall and the entire Geriatrics team are strengthening older adult care through education opportunities that draw physicians from throughout Canada to Niagara.
Caregivers play a critical role in helping older adults stay safe and independent at home. At Niagara Health’s Geriatrics Assessment Program, they are not an afterthought. They are part of the care team.
As an ally to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Dr. Lorraine Jensen uses her influence as a physician – and one in a high-profile leadership position – to support and advocate for underrepresented and marginalized groups.
Across Canada, more than 50,000 people live with advanced kidney disease. About 30,000 depend on dialysis to survive. In Niagara, roughly 400 people are on dialysis.
The equipment, which is available through Trillium Gift of Life Network, expands the heart donor pool and is expected to reduce the wait-list by nearly a third.
John Gerden, 91, set out to stay active but found something more on the trail around Marotta Family Hospital: a growing circle of friendships.
Ladies church group stitches chemotherapy caps for those undergoing treatment at the Walker Family Cancer Centre.
Many of the hardest moments in healthcare happen in emergency departments. They are busy and unpredictable environments where teams are making rapid decisions in complex situations, often under pressures that are not visible to the people there for care.
Celebrating its fourth anniversary, SCOPE Niagara has become a lifeline for primary care providers by providing quick access to specialty care and helping them secure outpatient referrals or clinical guidance without sending patients to the Emergency Department.
Volunteers donate handmade blankets to the ECT program at Niagara Health’s Marotta Family Hospital.