Frailty and Aging: How the Danish Experience Might Inform Canada

John Muscedere¹, Carol Barrie², Karen Chan³, Bruce Cooper⁴, Kim Critchley⁵, Perry Kim⁶, Amanda Lorbergs⁷, Isobel Mackenzie⁸, Cynthia Martineau⁹, Tom Noseworthy¹⁰, Maureen O'Neil¹¹, Joyce Resin¹², Samir Sinha¹³, Russell Williams¹⁴

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¹ Scientific director of the Canadian Frailty Network and professor of critical care medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. He may be contacted by e-mail: John.Muscedere@kingstonhsc.ca or phone: 1-613-549-6666 ext. 4642.
² The executive director and chief operating officer at the Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
³ Assistant deputy minister, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, YK.
⁴ Deputy minister, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT.
⁵ Deputy minister of Health and Wellness, Province of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE.
⁶ Assistant scientific director, Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
⁷ Manager of Research and Knowledge Translation, Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
⁸ The seniors advocate for the Province of British Columbia, Victoria, BC.
⁹ Vice president, Strategy, Planning and Integration, South East Local Health Integration Network in Kingston, ON.
¹⁰ Professor of community health sciences, University of Calgary, and CEO, British Columbia Academic Health Sciences Network in Vancouver, BC.
¹¹ Former president of the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Ottawa, ON.
¹² Consultant in citizen engagement and chair of the Canadian Frailty Network Citizen Engagement Committee, Vancouver, BC.
¹³ Director of geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network and provincial lead, Ontario's Seniors Strategy, Toronto, ON.
¹⁴ Chair, Canadian Frailty Network, Montreal, QC.

PMID: 31244463
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2019.25841

Frailty and Aging: How the Danish Experience Might Inform Canada

John Muscedere et al. Healthc Q. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;22(1):14-21.

doi: 10.12927/hcq.2019.25841.

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Affiliations

¹ Scientific director of the Canadian Frailty Network and professor of critical care medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. He may be contacted by e-mail: John.Muscedere@kingstonhsc.ca or phone: 1-613-549-6666 ext. 4642.
² The executive director and chief operating officer at the Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
³ Assistant deputy minister, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, YK.
⁴ Deputy minister, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT.
⁵ Deputy minister of Health and Wellness, Province of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE.
⁶ Assistant scientific director, Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
⁷ Manager of Research and Knowledge Translation, Canadian Frailty Network, Kingston, ON.
⁸ The seniors advocate for the Province of British Columbia, Victoria, BC.
⁹ Vice president, Strategy, Planning and Integration, South East Local Health Integration Network in Kingston, ON.
¹⁰ Professor of community health sciences, University of Calgary, and CEO, British Columbia Academic Health Sciences Network in Vancouver, BC.
¹¹ Former president of the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Ottawa, ON.
¹² Consultant in citizen engagement and chair of the Canadian Frailty Network Citizen Engagement Committee, Vancouver, BC.
¹³ Director of geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network and provincial lead, Ontario's Seniors Strategy, Toronto, ON.
¹⁴ Chair, Canadian Frailty Network, Montreal, QC.

PMID: 31244463
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2019.25841

Abstract

Scandinavian countries are widely acknowledged as leaders in innovative models of care for their aging populations. To learn what might be potentially applicable to the health system in Canada, the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) led a contingent of government, administrative, research and patient representatives to Denmark to directly observe Danish approaches for providing healthcare for older adults living with frailty. In this paper and based on what we learned from these observations, we discuss healthcare challenges faced by Canada's aging population for which Danish strategies provide clues as to where and how to improve care and system efficiencies, thereby maximizing the value of Canadian healthcare.

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