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Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be able to call 988 to be connected to a mental health crisis or suicide prevention service, free of charge. The Public Health Agency of Canada will decide which group will provide the service, along with the scope of care it will offer. The move will bring Canada in line with the United States, which launched its 988 service last month.
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation
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Ontario is going to lean on private health facilities. Here’s what that could mean for our system
Saturday, August 20th, 2022
“What happens when you inject private money into the health-care system, there is a short term boost in capital … but that doesn’t last very long, and the costs will go up… systems with higher rates of private financing are negatively associated with universality, equity, accessibility and quality of care, as has previously been found in international literature reviews”
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Doug Ford hasn’t revealed a plan to dismantle public health care — or one to fix it
Saturday, August 20th, 2022
It’s too easy to get bogged down on jurisdictional and ideological debates. Federal transfer payments are a chimera, just as privatization is a panacea if not done judiciously… Medicare never proscribed the private delivery of services — whether by doctors, pharmacies or clinics — it merely prescribed the public accessibility of medically necessary services without extra billing. Rather than fixate over privatization, let’s focus on innovation.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Ford government plans more low wages for women health care workers
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
We are facing a major staffing crisis in health care and nowhere more so than in home care. Yet this government continues to pursue a low-wage strategy for the female health care workforce, a strategy that is quickly demolishing health care in Ontario. We need to end the war on women health care workers. We need a government that can help make home care an attractive place to work — not a worse place to work.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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‘On the cusp of collapsing’: The crisis in our emergency departments is a consequence of poor public policy
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
For several years, Ontario has been facing parallel compounding issues of funding cuts to health care, especially in the community, and devaluation of health-care workers, the largest group of which are nurses. It seems these issues have finally converged to create the perfect storm of our present crisis. We need a systemic solution that focuses less on infrastructure and more on the people working within it; more beds are no longer the answer.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Time for Doug Ford government to act on health care crisis
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
In times of crisis, leadership carries a particular responsibility. It is about showing up, demonstrating competence and shoring up confidence. It’s about accountability, being seen to be in charge, about restoring trust when trust is wavering… It’s time the Ford government gave evidence of being appropriately seized by the urgency of the health-care crisis and with taking responsibility for addressing public anxiety about it.
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An unhealthy shortage of family doctor
Monday, August 1st, 2022
There is no single fix to the stresses Canada’s health-care system is facing. But efforts that bolster the ranks of family doctors — such as easing the administrative burdens that detract from patient care and encouraging the expansion of family medicine teams — hold the promise of improving our collective health.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Flattening Ontario’s mental-health curve
Monday, July 25th, 2022
A navigator is someone who guides a patient through the system. The system is incredibly complex and not intuitive. There are also cultural barriers, language barriers; you might be dealing with ableism. It might just mean connecting them to the right professionals in the community to keep them out of hospital. Mental health and substance issues are best handled in the community, with supports. The hospitals are not the best place for this kind of care.
Tags: Health, mental Health
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On a mission to save seniors from nursing home horrors
Friday, June 17th, 2022
… there “is no magic bullet” or “a one-size-fits-all solution,” she sees the potential benefits of PSW-owned co-ops. “This is one among multiple solutions we’ll be able to put in place,” she says. “I’m a fan of aging in place, providing options for seniors to avoid going into long-term care, but let’s not forget that it is still required. At some point, people will need long-term care facilities. But we need to provide other options to delay the time where they have to go into an LTC.”
Tags: Health, housing, mental Health, Seniors, standard of living
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New website aims to improve access to counselling services
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Family Service Ontario, with the help of Caredove, an Orillia-based software company, has launched the Ontario Counselling Finder website using Caredove’s WebBuilder, where members of the public can enter their home address to find the nearest Family Service Ontario member agency. Member agencies can optionally allow the public to request an intake appointment through the secure e-referral platform… “Our hope is to increase awareness that these services are available, and to reduce the barriers in accessing them,”
Tags: jurisdiction, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation
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