Tajikistan moves closer to universal health coverage by testing groundbreaking reforms in Sughd region - World Health Organization (WHO)

Long-term care (LTC) facilities are actually people’s homes. It’s where many Canadians live out their final days. But not all the residents in LTC receive the specialized care they need. Often seniors’ behaviour that could be the result of past traumas is written off as a symptom of dementia. Care aides need training to identify the difference and provide trauma-informed care. Accrediting agencies and Canada’s new national long-term care standards include providing trauma-informed care. But that standard is voluntary. It must be made mandatory.

Spleen tissue from a mouse without PHF19 (left) and a mouse with normal PHF19 function (right). Dense clusters of immune cells sit within blood-rich regions in pink. Without PHF19, cells are altered in their differentiation process. Image credit: Gianni Gamarra/Centro de Regulación Genómica Experiments with mice and patient data reveal new genes that can predict acute myeloid leukaemia outcome