Health care services are created with the patients in mind, right? How would your perspective change if you had limited mobility, couldn’t hear properly and had restricted vision? That’s what many seniors experience every day. It’s time for a reality check. The Change Foundation has released two Experiencing Aging videos (also referred to as the Aging Suit videos). Through simulations informed by lived experience and using the Aging Suit to mimic the effects of aging, we’ve crafted a video series that serves as a reality check of the challenges seniors face in differently health care settings, starting with home care and primary care. You can watch a video featuring Kavita Mehta, Executive Director, South East Toronto FHT, who agreed to wear The Aging Suit and be taken through a simulation in a Primary Care setting. She was able “to walk a mile in our patient’s shoes”.
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