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The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health was granted a 2nd 60-day extension @ONThealth to reply to my October 25th, 2022, FOI request:
"On August 31, 2022, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore announced a public health policy change in which he stated... "
"On August 31, 2022, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore announced a public health policy change in which he stated... "
"...it was permissible to go to work or into public buildings masked despite a recent COVID19 infection, provided the individual was afebrile for 24 hours and their symptoms were improving."
"This advice was contrary to recommendations by members of the Advisory COVID19 Ontario Science Table. It is in stark contrast to the recommendations of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC, USA)."
It's #HumanRightsDay & the 75th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #UDHR75
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
@UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @UN4Ageing @WHO @UNDESA @UNDESASocial @UNGeneva @UN @UNFPA @IE_OlderPersons 2/ Reminder: #ageing is something to celebrate!
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
3/ The #UDHR's Preamble starts by highlighting the 'equal & inalienable rights of all members of the human family'.
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
We're back from the @UNECE Ministerial Conference on #Ageing 2022!
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the conversation online on the conference livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the conversation online on the conference livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
Don't forget to join us at a #MIPAA20Rome side event TODAY if you want to learn more about the @UNDecadeAgeing:
🗓 16 June
⏰ 15:50 - 16:10 CEST
📺 LIVESTREAM:
#AddingLifeToYears
🗓 16 June
⏰ 15:50 - 16:10 CEST
📺 LIVESTREAM:
#AddingLifeToYears
Zsuzsanna Jakab (Deputy Director-General, @WHO) is now on screen, introducing the @UNDecadeAgeing and how it supports the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (#MIPAA) in the @UNECE region.
#MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
#MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
Did you miss the opportunity to make a nomination for the #HealthyAgeing50?
Good news – our call for nominations has been EXTENDED to 30 June! 🚨
Help us honor the heroes who are transforming the world to be a better place to grow older: bit.ly/HA-50
Learn more 🧵👇
Good news – our call for nominations has been EXTENDED to 30 June! 🚨
Help us honor the heroes who are transforming the world to be a better place to grow older: bit.ly/HA-50
Learn more 🧵👇
The #HealthyAgeing50 aims to celebrate the unsung leaders working to make the @UNDecadeAgeing's goals a reality.
Make a nomination in:
👉 English: bit.ly/HA-50
👉 French: bit.ly/HA-50-FR
👉 Spanish: bit.ly/HA-50-ES
👉 Russian: bit.ly/HA-50-RU
Make a nomination in:
👉 English: bit.ly/HA-50
👉 French: bit.ly/HA-50-FR
👉 Spanish: bit.ly/HA-50-ES
👉 Russian: bit.ly/HA-50-RU
Q: Who can be nominated for the #HealthyAgeing50?
A: You can nominate yourself or someone else working in any sector, from any @UN Member State.
Nominations can be made under:
🔶 Combatting #Ageism
🔶 #AgeFriendly Environments
🔶 #IntegratedCare
🔶 #LongTermCare
A: You can nominate yourself or someone else working in any sector, from any @UN Member State.
Nominations can be made under:
🔶 Combatting #Ageism
🔶 #AgeFriendly Environments
🔶 #IntegratedCare
🔶 #LongTermCare
The abuse of older people is a serious problem.
1️⃣ in 6️⃣ older people are abused every year, harming their physical & mental health.
But we can reduce abuse of older people by working together across 5 priorities ⬇
🆕👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse
1️⃣ in 6️⃣ older people are abused every year, harming their physical & mental health.
But we can reduce abuse of older people by working together across 5 priorities ⬇
🆕👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse
Priority 1️⃣: Combat #Ageism
Age-based stereotypes, prejudice & discrimination against older people prevent the abuse of older people from being taken seriously as a problem.
👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse #AWorld4AllAges
Age-based stereotypes, prejudice & discrimination against older people prevent the abuse of older people from being taken seriously as a problem.
👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse #AWorld4AllAges
Priority 2️⃣: Generate better & more data
Abuse of older people can be addressed more effectively by doing research about what causes it, how widespread it is, and what works to reduce and prevent it.
👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse
Abuse of older people can be addressed more effectively by doing research about what causes it, how widespread it is, and what works to reduce and prevent it.
👉 bit.ly/AbuseOfOlderPe…
#WEAAD2022 #ElderAbuse
The @UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing is now on! #MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights from the conference
✅ Or watch the livestream at: mipaa20rome.it
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights from the conference
✅ Or watch the livestream at: mipaa20rome.it
@UNECE 📺 LIVE NOW: Commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (#WEAAD)
Susan Somers from @INPEANetwork explains the history of #WEAAD and the continued need to bring attention to the abuse of older people as a serious problem.
#WEAAD2022 #MIPAA20Rome
Susan Somers from @INPEANetwork explains the history of #WEAAD and the continued need to bring attention to the abuse of older people as a serious problem.
#WEAAD2022 #MIPAA20Rome
@UNECE @INPEANetwork Amal Abou Rafeh (@UNDESASocial / @UN4Ageing) is now speaking on #WEAAD.
The international day became a UN day 11 years ago, yet the abuse of older people remains a hidden problem.
This is an issue about equality - and States play a key role in protecting everyone's rights.
The international day became a UN day 11 years ago, yet the abuse of older people remains a hidden problem.
This is an issue about equality - and States play a key role in protecting everyone's rights.
Today is #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay!
1⃣ in 6⃣ older people are abused every year. This is unacceptable. Abuse results in harm to physical & mental health.
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK
1⃣ in 6⃣ older people are abused every year. This is unacceptable. Abuse results in harm to physical & mental health.
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK
What is abuse of older people❓
Abuse of older people (60 years and older) can take various forms: physical, sexual, psychological, or financial. Abandonment and neglect, indignity and disrespect are all forms of abuse.
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay
Abuse of older people (60 years and older) can take various forms: physical, sexual, psychological, or financial. Abandonment and neglect, indignity and disrespect are all forms of abuse.
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay
Abuse of older people can happen anywhere. It occurs in homes, in long-term care facilities, even online. Many internet scams are targeted towards scamming older people. People who commit it are often in a position of trust.
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay
👉bit.ly/3xww3gK #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay
The way people currently talk about ageing and older age is largely negative. To change this conversation we need to stop reinforcing these beliefs – and tell a new story.
Small changes to the ways that we speak and write about ageing and older age could have a big impact..🧵
Small changes to the ways that we speak and write about ageing and older age could have a big impact..🧵
Shift associations with frailty, vulnerability and dependency.
Give older people a voice in your work. Personal stories and experiences can highlight the diversity of people in later life.
Give older people a voice in your work. Personal stories and experiences can highlight the diversity of people in later life.
Use preferred terminology in your communications.
#Thread
Seldom seen and seldom heard: the marginalisation, minoritisation, and under-representation of many #ActuallyAutistic people.
Some personal reflections on why this happens, and what we can do about it.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
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Seldom seen and seldom heard: the marginalisation, minoritisation, and under-representation of many #ActuallyAutistic people.
Some personal reflections on why this happens, and what we can do about it.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
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The first thing to say is that I acknowledge my own privilege.
I’m white, I have two degrees and a professional qualification.
I work part time.
I get emotional support from my partner and family. I’m having psychotherapy.
All of these things help to insulate and protect me.
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I’m white, I have two degrees and a professional qualification.
I work part time.
I get emotional support from my partner and family. I’m having psychotherapy.
All of these things help to insulate and protect me.
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The fact that I only discovered I was #ActuallyAutistic late in life undoubtedly harmed me.
For nearly six decades I had no frame of reference to make sense of things.
It’s impossible to disentangle the abuse I suffered because I was neurodivergent, and because I was a woman.
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For nearly six decades I had no frame of reference to make sense of things.
It’s impossible to disentangle the abuse I suffered because I was neurodivergent, and because I was a woman.
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#Ageism affects people of all ages. It’s affecting
⚠️ our health
⚠️ our wellbeing
⚠️ our social systems
⚠️ our economy.
It's time to create #AWorld4AllAges.
⚠️ our health
⚠️ our wellbeing
⚠️ our social systems
⚠️ our economy.
It's time to create #AWorld4AllAges.
Have you ever heard of ageism before❓ #AWorld4AllAges
Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism
Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism
#Ageism refers to
⚠️ the stereotypes (how we think)
⚠️ prejudice (how we feel)
⚠️ discrimination (how we act)
towards others or ourselves based on age.
Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism #AWorld4AllAges!
⚠️ the stereotypes (how we think)
⚠️ prejudice (how we feel)
⚠️ discrimination (how we act)
towards others or ourselves based on age.
Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism #AWorld4AllAges!
Starting my annual ritual of live-tweeting my reading of the @CondeNast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue Predictions: even MORE Carefully Calibrated Diversity; ageist fetishization of youth; huge amount of adspend wasted looking like everyone else; the theme #newbeginnings won't be
Separate to the fact the cover is extraordinarily visually non-compelling, why models YET AGAIN, @condenast @voguemagazine? I want to see real world women on your cover, with real world bodies, real world age, real world achievements. Especially Black women #SeptemberIssue
The big @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue inside cover gatefold spot is taken by @RalphLauren. No, Ralph, featuring Black models doesn't make you anti-racist. Changing the fact you don't have any Black talent on your leadership team does: corporate.ralphlauren.com/leadership
Ageism. It's widespread across the globe, and can have significant and serious consequences for our health and wellbeing. Here's a short thread on a piece in @TIME, from 2020, which featured research from Prof Becca Levy @YaleSPH #ageism #health #wellbeing 1/
Prof Becca Levy, Yale School of Public Health, and colleagues 'analyzed 422 studies involving ageism in 45 countries from 1970 to 2017... including data from seven million older people' with a focus on 'age discrimination and health outcomes'... 2/
They found evidence that ageism adversely affects health in 96% of the studies
And that ageism was related to worse health outcomes for 11 measures... 3/
And that ageism was related to worse health outcomes for 11 measures... 3/
Ageism - a thread 1/14
Did Generation X, who birthed the web & associated technologies, sow the seeds of their own demise?
#Ageism #Inclusion
Did Generation X, who birthed the web & associated technologies, sow the seeds of their own demise?
#Ageism #Inclusion
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US to UK, India to Italy, the findings were broadly the same: 45-60 year olds are the most overlooked employee bracket shows @YouEmployed report
“Once you reach a certain age, it just becomes much harder to access a job opportunity” @Mona_Mourshed
cnbc.com/2021/07/26/gen…
US to UK, India to Italy, the findings were broadly the same: 45-60 year olds are the most overlooked employee bracket shows @YouEmployed report
“Once you reach a certain age, it just becomes much harder to access a job opportunity” @Mona_Mourshed
cnbc.com/2021/07/26/gen…
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Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice argues @thischairrocks in this 12 minute TED talk
#employment
Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice argues @thischairrocks in this 12 minute TED talk
#employment
Doing this is (as a very wise hospice doctor advised me not quite 6 years ago) like piloting the Memphis Belle. The plane gets shot up, your crew takes on unpredictable injuries, resources are consumed, difficulties mount. But you've got to pilot it to the best landing you can.
When I learn of someone who is giving care to a person living with #dementia (#Alzheimers is but 1 of a 100+ causes) I tell them it's 1/3 caregiving skills, 1/3 the unique progression of the person living with dementia's illness & 1/3 luck. 2/3rds are not in a caregiver's control
What gets you through years or even decades of this? Curiosity, a willingness to learn, formulating theories or hypotheses, trial & error, flexibility, patience, resilience, some comfort with not being in control, a good sense of humor & sheer tenacity. And adjusting on the fly.
Let’s talk about the recent misrepresentation of the deconstruction movement as solely a “millennial” issue and how this ageism allows the church to escape criticism. 👉🏼 from an ageism researcher and person who is deconstructing religious beliefs 🙂 #deconstruction #ageism
You might be seeing more talk about deconstruction of belief systems, from Christian church leaders or from ppl who are deconstructing themselves. I’ve seen church leaders recently attribute the mvmt to millennials, centering it as a gen. issue from the ‘social justice warriors’
I cannot speak for everyone who is deconstructing and give it a single definition, but I can tell you what it is NOT. It is not millennials getting angry at the church just because we are the “social justice gen” and we believe everything we see on social media
1/ This thread reflects on a recurring problem in discussing the history of #animalstudies, critical animal studies, & human-animal studies. It’s #misogyny. Here’s the jist: feminists & feminist ideas are devalued or ignored only to see our ideas appropriated while we disappear.
2/ This reflects on a recurring problem in animal studies. I will try later to add another thread w/ many citations of impt writings. So this is the first of more to come
#Citationanxiety
#Misogyny
#Talesofthefathers
#GenderStudies
#AnimalStudies
#citationmisogyny
#womenstudies
#Citationanxiety
#Misogyny
#Talesofthefathers
#GenderStudies
#AnimalStudies
#citationmisogyny
#womenstudies
3/ In Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth, @last1000chimps & I described how reflections on the development of the animal protection movement usually tell the story of its beginning w/ the publication of @PeterSinger’s Animal Liberation in 1975
OK folks, here we go. Today, off and on (because work and chores) I'll be conducting my annual ritual of live-tweeting my reading of the @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue. And I'll be bringing to it the same lens I have in previous years + a 2020 one. Follow this thread:
Anyone following this thread might also like to watch my @BoF conversation with @imranamed from June featuring my four must-dos for the fashion industry to have a future post-pandemic: I'll be echoing those themes @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue
The first thing to note about this year's @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue, beyond its theme #VogueHope, is that for the first year in a VERY LONG TIME, it is not a gigantic doorstopper of an issue. Pandemic = less advertising and editorial.
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day #WEAAD2020 #WEAAD. We can all help in raising awareness of this violation of human rights. I have devoted the past few years of PhD to researching #ElderAbuse and I can tell you some things I have learnt: 1/14
Elder abuse is the abuse of older people by those in a position of trust, frequently family members, but also friends, carers, etc. It can be financial, physical, psychological, sexual, or neglect, and frequently older adults experience several of these types. #WEAAD2020 2/14
Elder abuse is not a minor problem. A systematic review and meta-analysis published in 2017 estimated a pooled prevalence rate of 15.7% for adults aged 60 or older living in the community. #WEAAD2020 bit.ly/37r4B6M 3/14
The #GeorgeFloydMurder is the latest in a long history of #racist atrocities visited on Black people & minorities in the US & elsewhere.
If u are in some position of authority, power, privilege & have a public platform you need to speak up and be counted. A v personal #thread
If u are in some position of authority, power, privilege & have a public platform you need to speak up and be counted. A v personal #thread
I am brown of Indian origin, but when asked, I always say I don't really know what #racism looks like, I have almost never experienced it, and I am in a position of power and privilege so I don't think its appropriate for me to speak about it. But today, I write about it here ...
1) B.C. made this critical, life-saving change to staffing in #LongTermCare on Mar. 31.
@AndrewRankinCB @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-govern…
@AndrewRankinCB @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-govern…
2) policy came into effect in Nova Scotia on April 23.
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasn’t adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasn’t adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
3) As early as March 13, Nova Scotia healthcare unions were united in their call to @nshealth for PPE’s - #N95masks specifically - for all frontline workers.
Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
nsnu.ca/sites/default/…
Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
nsnu.ca/sites/default/…
Again last night there was #BoomerBashing on Twitter. So here is some #BoomerLife reality for the bashers.
1. Many of us, especially woman including me, do not own homes (see 11).
2. We don't get cheaper rent than you do.
3. MANY of us are unemployed due to #ageism
1. Many of us, especially woman including me, do not own homes (see 11).
2. We don't get cheaper rent than you do.
3. MANY of us are unemployed due to #ageism
4. Many of us may not speak to or touch another human for days on end. Reality.
5. Many of us have no or very little superannuation - that wasn't the system when we started out.
6. We get up, as I have this morning, put on the lipstick, pop in the earrings - for WHAT? Hope?
5. Many of us have no or very little superannuation - that wasn't the system when we started out.
6. We get up, as I have this morning, put on the lipstick, pop in the earrings - for WHAT? Hope?
7. The mental strength required to battle on against seemingly insurmountable barriers is huge. Many don't have that sort of strength.
8. #BoomerBashers need to consider how many suicides their hatred may be contributing to. Studies are needed on this.
8. #BoomerBashers need to consider how many suicides their hatred may be contributing to. Studies are needed on this.
IBM is accused of firing older workers. This is really about money - and doesn't just apply to IBM. Many companies sneakily create practices, communications & policies (like not subsidizing family health coverage)to discourage hiring older workers.
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Age discrimination is especially common in #tech, where appearing "cool" carries a premium for recruiting top grads & younger talent.
In most careers, there comes an inflection point where junior employees can do the same job (or ~80% of it) for way less.
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In most careers, there comes an inflection point where junior employees can do the same job (or ~80% of it) for way less.
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Sadly, to companies we're no more than "human resources," so employees must make themselves indispensable, esp. as their salaries creep up.
How?
1) Develop a unique expertise: be known for it. Could be anything from a coding language to ideas generation to great #design.
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How?
1) Develop a unique expertise: be known for it. Could be anything from a coding language to ideas generation to great #design.
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#Medical rant 1: I went to the #doctor today for neck pain. My former primary care physician left the practice and they assigned me to this new guy. He is not great.
#Medical 2: This #doctor was running an hour behind, despite having a number of appointment times available when I scheduled last night. After meeting him, I'm not surprised he had a ton of openings; I suspect he doesn't have many patients.
#Medical 3: I told him my symptoms (stiff neck & limited range of motion for 3 days), and said that I couldn't think of anything I had done in the past few weeks that would have brought this on.
