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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...

Age in Motion The Executive produces Age in Motion includes interesting articles from a variety of sources are summarized for members, and submissions are welcomed. We also reprint letters of concern and responses on current issues from across the country, highlight work experiences of our memb...

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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...

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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...

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...

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...