REP 2 - Healthy Aging Initiatives in Saskatchewan and the Importance of Physical Therapy
February 18, 2019
Cathy Arnold and Sarah Oosman
What’s the issue?
Over the next 20 years, Canada’s population of adults over the age of 65 years is expected to rise by 68% reaching 10.4 million by 2037 with the number of adults 75 years and older doubling in most provinces, including Saskatchewan (Infographic: Ca...
Don’t sit still: the negative effects of immobility
January 17, 2017
In the fall of 2014, I was asked to visit a woman (let’s call her Mary) at CareLife Fleetwood in Surrey. A diabetic, Mary had recently undergone double mid-thigh amputations.
She desperately wanted to increase her strength, lose weight, and regain some independence. However, her physical limitat...
Early in-bed cycling in the ICU – perspectives from a frontline P.T.
February 10, 2017
Visualize a tall, elderly, frail man in the first few days of his ICU stay, and on a ventilator. He is awake and alert. Now add large headphones connected to an MP3 player and his legs in straps with an in-bed bicycle. Now think about how this would look for 30 minutes. At the end of 30 minutes...
REP 11 - Forum 2019
March 18, 2019
Chantal Lauzon, PT
Have you booked your weekend of June 27-29, 2019 yet? We have… We are the Program Planning Committee for Forum 2019. Forum 2019 will be held in Charlottetown, PEI June 27-29, 2019 and you don’t want to miss it! It will be a platform for open dialogue, discussion and e...
Have you booked your weekend of June 27-29, 2019 yet? We have… We are the Program Planning Committee for Forum 2019. Forum 2019 will be held in Charlottetown, PEI June 27-29, 2019 and you don’t want to miss it! It will be a platform for open dialogue, discussion and e...
Biking…in bed? How I get seniors moving
January 19, 2017
This is part two of a post about the negative effects of immobility and one physiotherapist’s invention and solution. Read part one here.
In the previous post, I shared how my community physiotherapy practice amongst retirement facilities in Surrey enlightened me to a gap in senior health care. W...