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Your
Health Special at 10:00 p.m
Tuesday February 26
Report on Home Care
In this special edition of "Your Health"
we examine home care services in Ontario and whether
they're meeting the needs of the sick, the frail
and the elderly. The provincial government created
Community Care Access Centres in the late 90's.
They
were to be one-stop shopping centres for people
who needed nursing and homemaking assistance in
the hope that they'd be able to stay out of institutions
like hospitals and nursing homes.
But did anyone anticipate that the shift toward
home care would involve such a reliance on family
members? We follow 3 families as they cope with
caring for sick parents or children with complex
medical needs. We also take a look at community
care nurses and why so many are leaving the profession.
Throughout the program we'll raise these issues
with different panelists and finish with an interview
with Helen Johns, Associate Minister of Health in
Ontario.
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21, February 26, 2002
Adult Autism
There are some disorders we associate only with children:
autism is one of them. But what's the future for an autistic
child? Who better to answer that than an autistic adult?
Afterall, kids with autism grow up too.
Osteoporosis in Men
When David Kirk fell off a ladder, there were two things
he didn’t know. One – that he'd broken two vertebrae
in his spine. Two – that he had osteoporosis. A recent
landmark Canadian study confirmed that men are as likely
to get this bone disease as women.
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and is repeated Wednesdays following the View From
Here, between 11 and midnight, and on Saturdays at 2:00
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Early Alzheimer’s
Would you want to know you had an incurable disease? We
can now diagnose Alzheimer's while people still understand
what that means , but we can't offer them a cure.
Although there are drugs to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's,
it's debatable how well they work.
Brenda Hounam is grappling with her diagnosis, able to understand
today what she may not remember tomorrow.
Pet Allergies and Kids
When it comes to choosing between the family pet or our
children's health, we'd all say our kids come first. But
when the doctor says that Fluffy has to go, many parents
get rid of the doctor instead of the cat. My two guests
disagree over the health risks of dogs and cats and other
pets.
Dr. Barry Zimmerman is a pediatric allergist. And Dr. Chip
Coombs is a veterinarian.
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a journalist and broadcaster for 17 years, Maureen
Taylor brings a wealth of experience to her
on-air
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