{"id":5088,"date":"2024-02-23T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:36:43","slug":"article-by-bsw-student-dahlia-belfer-in-ottawa-citizen-incontinence-isolation-and-inequity-we-can-do-better-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/2024\/article-by-bsw-student-dahlia-belfer-in-ottawa-citizen-incontinence-isolation-and-inequity-we-can-do-better-for-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Article by BSW Student Dahlia Belfer in Ottawa Citizen &#8220;Incontinence, isolation and inequity \u2014 we can do better for older adults&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Third year BSW student, Dahlia Belfer, has published an article in the Ottawa Citizen addressing the inequities experienced by the elderly population, especially &#8220;the disconnect between provincial and federal social supports when it comes to the dignity of older adults.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>There is a lack of consideration for disabled older people, who are often marginalized in policy discussions. This area of support is but one example&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The removal of support structures impacts more than immediate mental health; it can also be harmful to the physical health of older adults in the long term. Untreated or inadequately managed health conditions may increase infections, discomfort and other comorbidities.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more of the article written by Dahlia Belfer at <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/belfer-incontinence-isolation-and-inequity-we-can-do-better-for-older-adults\">Incontinence, isolation and inequity plague older adults | Ottawa Citizen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third year BSW student, Dahlia Belfer, has published an article in the Ottawa Citizen addressing the inequities experienced by the elderly population, especially &#8220;the disconnect between provincial and federal social supports when it comes to the dignity of older adults.&#8221; &#8220;There is a lack of consideration for disabled older people, who are often marginalized in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5088"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5267,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions\/5267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}