she adds. “Our population now is more aged.”
One issue that nursing homes are facing, one that goes
with a more advanced-in-age demographic, is the more fr
of complex medical problems. “Individuals coming in to l
now are much more medically compromised,” Bedford no
looking at a population where the average age coming in
care can be 85 or even older. They’re not just diabetics –
people with multiple medical conditions, which could be
or neurological. People need much more complex care.” T
the issue of balancing appropriate care between the elder
residents who are admitted with their own sets of health
There have also been changes to the village landscap
resident diversity. “There is a lot of immigration – in thi
particular, there’s been a huge influx of immigrants co
region which changes the mix,” says Bedford. “You have
language barriers, different cultural foods, religious and
–
all of this has changed over the years and we have to
what has been the past lifestyle and what is their traditi
to incorporate into making this a best possible situation
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