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Osteoporosis Canada, Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy, University of Waterloo and GERAS Centre for Aging Research are excited to announce the launch of four series of videos, aimed at educating health care professionals to prevent falls and fractures for long-term care (LTC) residents. Osteoporosis and falls are the leading cause of fractures in LTC homes and 44%…

The Ottawa Hospital has been recognized for its work in preventing bone fractures. The certificate of achievement acknowledges the hospital’s implementation of a fracture screening and prevention program. “Basically, once someone has a fragility fracture there’s a high chance someone will have another one, and we’re trying to intervene in that regard to prevent that…

Join the co-chairs of Health Quality Ontario’s Hip Fracture Quality Standard Advisory Committee, Rhona McGlasson and Dr. James Waddell, on this provincial webinar as they discuss how health care professionals across Ontario can use the evidence-based guidance, measurement tools and implementation supports in Health Quality Ontario’s new Hip Fracture Quality Standard to improve the quality…

Twenty-eight percent of women and 37% of men who suffer a hip fracture will die within the following year. About one in three patients with hip fractures will re-fracture within a year and more than half will suffer another fracture within five years. About 13,000 people living in Ontario experience a hip fracture every year.…

Ontario is taking action to make sure that all seniors are able to access the support they need at every stage of their life. The measures packaged together in an initiative dubbed  ‘Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors’ empowers people to make the choices that are right for them when it comes to…