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Two
media articles featuring a PACE 2000 Videoconference program have
been produced. The first was a TV news article on the ongoing
physio-therapy Videoconference sessions between the residence
of Ms. E. Shore and the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Centre.
The second was a newspaper
article featuring the same session.
Since
August the Inter-PACE 2000 network has been active featuring inter-cultural
encounter, interactive games and physio-therapy sessions between
residents of the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Center,
the Catholic Immigration Center. Also participating are residence
of a seniors apartment block on Wakley Rd. Ottawa. The PACE 2000
intergenerational activities coordinator, Cindy Thibodeau, has
written a report,
(in French) on these activities
A scene from a physio-therapy session via video conference at the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Centre
On
Aug. 31, PACE 2000 submitted its proposal to the Canada Health
Infostructure Partnerships Program (CHIPP) for a project entitled
Tele-home care and Intergenerational Support for People with
Diabetes. The project includes over 13 local and national
partners. Response from the Office
of Health and the Information Highway.
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On
June 1, PACE 2000 delivered a presentation to the 17th
Annual McMaster Summer Institute on Gerontology.
from the conference abstract....
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| Emerging telecommunications technologies can help break down some of the barriers that prevent seniors and students from communicating on a regular basis. These technologies are also a means to help seniors remain longer in their homes, to monitor patients who are discharged form hospital earlier and perhaps to shorten the overall hospital stay. | ||
| Authors... Marie-Madeleine Bernard M.D., President PACE 2000 International Foundation, Ottawa, Mathias Fruhwirth P.Eng., board director PACE 2000 International Foundation, Ottawa |
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| delivered at the McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario |
The presentation featured the recreational and Tele-health programs of the Inter-PACE 2000 Videoconferencing Network. A live Videoconference between the conference attendees and Ms. E. Shore, an Ottawa based senior was also held.
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