Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Loneliness is an important topic because all of us are affected by loneliness while seniors and people with disabilities have greater issues with loneliness because they often have issues with their health mobility. I am concerned about cultural loneliness because lonely and depressed people are more likely to dieContinue reading “Loneliness is an epidemic among seniors that requires a caring response.”
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Loneliness is devastating to your physical and mental health
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition New research indicates that loneliness and isolation are devastating to your physical and mental health. An article by Jack Rear that was published in the Telegraph on November 5, 2019 reports on a year-long study at Copenhagen University examining the health outcomes for 13,443 people who had a heartContinue reading “Loneliness is devastating to your physical and mental health”
Ontario: Euthanasia deaths are rising quickly.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Ontario Office of the Chief Coroner released the updated data for MAiD (euthanasia and assisted suicide) deaths in Ontario indicating that since legalization (June 17, 2016) there have been (3822) reported assisted deaths up to September 30, 2019.The number euthanasia deaths is increasing fast. The number of reportedContinue reading “Ontario: Euthanasia deaths are rising quickly.”
Pallium Canada Welcomes Health Canada’s Action Plan on Palliative Care
OTTAWA, Aug. 28, 2019 /CNW/ – (Link to the french media release) Pallium Canada welcomes the release of Health Canada’s Action Plan on Palliative Care: Building on the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada. The Action Plan lays out Health Canada’s five-year plan to tackle issues uncovered through the development of the Framework onContinue reading “Pallium Canada Welcomes Health Canada’s Action Plan on Palliative Care”
774 Ontario euthanasia deaths in the first 6 months of 2019.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The Ontario Office of the Chief Coroner released the updated data for MAiD (euthanasia and assisted suicide) deaths in Ontario indicating that since legalization (June 17, 2016) there have been (3303) 3302 euthanasia deaths and 1 assisted suicide death, as of June 30, 2019. According to the Ontario data,Continue reading “774 Ontario euthanasia deaths in the first 6 months of 2019.”
Ontario: 368 people die by euthanasia in the first quarter of 2019.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The Ontario Coroner’s Office sent a quarterly report stating that there have been 2897 reported assisted deaths in Ontario since legalization (June 17, 2016) with 368 reported euthanasia deaths in the first three months of 2019. The current rate of euthanasia, in Ontario, is slightly lower than inContinue reading “Ontario: 368 people die by euthanasia in the first quarter of 2019.”
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