Continuum of care: News and podcasts

Exploring how the CIHI Hospital Frailty Risk Measure is used by Canada’s health system partners to understand populations at risk for frailty and support frailty care service planning.

A dementia caregiver’s perspective from Katrina Prescott, who cared for her mother from dementia diagnosis until death.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro chats with a man who lost his foot to diabetes and a doctor whose new treatment offers hope to those faced with losing a limb to the disease.

In this episode of the CHIP, guest host Jeanie Lacroix speaks with Dr. Marcel Émond, certified emergency physician at the level-1 trauma centre of the CHU de Québec — Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, about the risks of frailty.

On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University, about the risks of frailty.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer and Flavie Laliberté about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Annamarie Fuchs and Teri Price about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with McGill University professor Bernard Lapointe and documentary filmmaker Philippe Miquel about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Naheed Dosani about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Etienne Belzile about the causes of surgical backlogs in Canada and what could be done to fix the problems for the long term.