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Health Canada decision on Alzheimer’s treatment opens new options for Canadians

Oct 28, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Health Canada has now approved the use of lecanemab for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

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Help design Bruyère Health’s retail strategy

Oct 27, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Bruyère Health is creating a Master Retail Strategy that will help revamp retail and food services across all our sites.

Ashley Flanagan, Michelle Fleming, Rachel Ozer, Rachel Lithopoulos

The path from evidence to practice

Oct 20, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Four knowledge brokers share how collaboration is at the heart of evidence-based care

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Small containers, big impact: planetary health in action

Oct 6, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Earlier this year, we launched a pilot project at our Market Site using Friendlier, a reusable food container program.

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Marking Rehabilitation Day 2025

Sep 17, 2025 | Long-Term Care

September 17 marks Rehabilitation Day, a celebration of the critical role of rehabilitation in recovery and quality of life, and the dedicated teams that make this possible.

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Telfer and Bruyère Health collaborate to drive meaningful improvement in health care

Jul 24, 2025 | Long-Term Care

We have entered a formal collaboration with Telfer Executive Programs at the University of Ottawa to deliver the refreshed and redesigned Leading Quality Improvement in Healthcare Certificate program.

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Heat warning Issued for Ottawa: How Bruyère Health is keeping patients and residents safe

Jun 22, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Environment and Climate Canada has issued a heat warning for Ottawa, and with soaring temperatures expected to continue, it's more important than ever to stay safe and cool.

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New research study explores ways to boost digital literacy for older Canadians

Jun 5, 2025 | Long-Term Care

A new research study has been launched to generate a better understanding of how best to deliver digital literacy education to older Canadians.

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Celebrating 180 years of care and the founding of Ottawa’s first hospital

Apr 30, 2025 | Long-Term Care

60 Cambridge St N, Ottawa, ON K1R 7A5Bruyère Health invites you to attend a Mass celebrating the 180th anniversary of the opening of the first general hospital in Bytown.

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Severe, lasting impairment that some consider worse than death affects many residents after long-term care admission

Apr 23, 2025 | Long-Term Care

Twenty percent of residents newly admitted to long-term care became permanently unable to make everyday decisions for themselves within five years, according to new research.

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