Beginning to flirt with private sector medicine in British Columbia

The Los Angeles Times reports that consumers in Canada are “beginning to flirt with private-sector medicine.” “Hoping to capitalize on patients who might otherwise go to the U.S. for speedier care, a network of technically illegal private clinics and surgical centers has sprung up in British Columbia, echoing a trend in Quebec. So far the system has attracted more than 70 private... 

Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation congratulated the Federal Minister for Ageing

Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) today congratulated the Federal Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot for sanctioning the Radford Private Nursing Home in Reservoir, Victoria. This case really highlights the need for reform in the aged care sector in Australia. Licensing is important because it ensures quality and safety for residents in residential aged care... 

Breaking Lower Back Work Beliefs Contribute To Health Workers Pain

Jette Nygaard Jensen and colleagues from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark set out to investigate the association between physical work load and lower back pain (LBP), and whether fear-avoidance beliefs had a predictive effect on developing LBP. Fear-avoidance beliefs involve avoiding physical activities that are expected to cause pain, although ironically... 

Nursing Home Program Involved by Experience For Medical Students

A geriatric training method pioneered by Marilyn R. Gugliucci, PhD, president of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America) has proved successful enough that she plans to implement it on a national level. This project, called Learning by Living, involves students residing in a nursing home for two weeks to better understand...