John Hirdes, Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, and Ontario Home Care Research and Knowledge Exchange Chair, has been honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his significant contributions to home and community care.
Source: University of Waterloo, Daily Bulletin, Nov. 21, 2012
University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin, November 15, 2012
Launching today, the Living with Dementia website was designed to provide persons newly diagnosed with dementia and those who care for them with the information and resources needed to live well with an illness causing dementia.
The Villages at the University of Waterloo, a unique new 192-bed long-term care facility by Schlegel Villages, has been approved by city councillors.
The new complex will be located on the northwest campus of the University of Waterloo (UW), and the long-term care facility is just the beginning...
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TORONTO, Ont. (Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012) – The recession hit Canadians harder than economic numbers such as GDP have indicated and the decline in our wellbeing continues despite subsequent economic recovery, says the Honourable Roy Romanow, advisory board co-chair for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), housed in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will have many responsibilities as commander of the International Space Station this winter.
Roma Luciw, The Globe and Mail
Despite their best-laid plans, a new poll says more than one-third of retired baby boomers did not choose when they left the work force.
By Matthew Theunissen, The New Zealand Herald
A new study has discredited the tobacco industry's assertion that there is no proof plain packaging on cigarette packs reduces the appeal of smoking.
Scientists from Canada, the United States and Brazil conducted a study of 640 young Brazilian women to determine if cigarettes had the same appeal when presented in plain packaging.