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Home-care service initiatives invaluable, clients tell gathering
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Sept 1, 2010
The celebration in Brockville focused on three aging-at-home services, including the Home at Last and Home First programs for patients who would otherwise be waiting in hospital beds for nursing home spaces to become available… however, their praise was for the SMILE program (Seniors Managing Independent Living Easily) delivered by CPHC, Bayshore Home Health and the Red Cross… Last spring’s closure of 15 beds at Brockville General Hospital was a result of the policy, said Thompson, noting the beds were no longer needed after alternate care patients began receiving health care at home.
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