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Justin Trudeau needs to keep his EI promise to sick mothers — soon
Thousands of mothers who have been waiting for the Liberals to keep their campaign promise to pay them the Employment Insurance sickness benefits they were entitled to under the law… four years of fighting… has left the government with a hefty and climbing legal bill. You and other taxpayers have spent $2.2 million so far, to prevent women from collecting the EI sickness benefits that they paid for and were legally entitled to.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, rights, standard of living, women
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Canada 150: A year of celebration, a year for mental health
Consider 150 Leading Canadians for Mental Health the continuation of a national conversation about the exciting work being done right now – and right here in Canada – making a difference in mental illness… You will see what real recovery looks like in the lives of those with mental illness. You will learn about exciting breakthroughs – from simple changes in approach to technological advances that revolutionize possibility.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation
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It’s past time to invest in mental health
The inadequacy of the system can be seen through the full continuum of care, from prevention to diagnosis to treatment… A shortage of publicly funded therapists and the high cost of private ones leave many patients without options for talk therapy, in some cases for more than a year… Besides the human toll of this failure, the economic cost is astronomical… about $50 billion per year, or more than 2 per cent of GDP.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, featured, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Find emergency shelters for the homeless
The city has known there is a shortage of shelters for the homeless for years. A 2013 survey found there were 5,000 homeless people in the city, but currently there are only 4,300 beds. And Toronto’s wait list for subsidized housing stands at a stunning 172,087, forcing some people onto the streets… the city’s shelters for women, youth and families [were] all filled past their capacity last Thursday… Shelters for families were completely full.
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, housing, jurisdiction, mental Health, poverty
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Keeping the mentally ill out of solitary, and out of prison
… medical facilities and professionals have been in such short supply in both federal and provincial prisons that those with mental health issues are often held in solitary because prison staff don’t know what else to do with them… it’s welcome news that the province plans to hire 239 more staff for its 26 prisons to care for mentally ill prisoners, as well as taking steps to keep them out of prison, never mind solitary, in the first place.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, mental Health, rights
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One in five of us [Mental Health Funding]
… without an agreement on funding, the federal share of health funding will decline from 21 per cent to 9 per cent by 2024… almost 2,000 people are waiting for intensive case management services post discharge from hospital… Cuts to health spending… will make access to mental-health services more difficult when we should be improving care for the one in five Canadians who experience mental illness each year.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, housing, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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How to get help for mental illness in Ontario
A majority of people connect with mental health services through their family doctor but there are other ways to get mental health care… If your family doctor isn’t on a health team, or you need specialized mental health care beyond what they can provide, you might need your doctor to refer you to a psychiatrist. Or, if you can afford it, you can go through a private clinician like a psychologist or therapist… There are also free community resources available to help people navigate the mental health system and find affordable care.
Tags: disabilities, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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The cost of poverty affects us all
… the biggest barrier to ending poverty is the political orthodoxy we have lived by for the past 40 years: that good government is small government, that social programs must shrink, and that taxes are evil. It is over this period we have seen the most dramatic rise in poverty rates and income inequality… I’d be more than happy to pay more taxes if I knew that money would help my community to be healthier and happier.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Jane Philpott signals support for national dementia strategy
… the number of people with dementia is set to rise to 1.4 million by 2031, with health-care costs expected to soar from $33-billion in 2015 to $293-billion by 2040… The [Senate] committee made 29 recommendations, including a public-awareness campaign, early intervention programs and expanding Employment Insurance benefits for caregivers… $540-million federal infrastructure investment in long-term-care facilities… doubling research funding to $100-million and $3-billion in home-care funding over four years in the next health accord.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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It’s time to make home care part of medicare
Medicare’s key limitation… is that it applies only to services offered by doctors and hospitals. It does not apply to home care… Unlike hospital care, such services are usually neither comprehensive nor universal… they are not even portable… In 2016, it makes sense that [the Canada Health Act] be amended to include home care as a core medicare service. Some provinces may disagree. If so, they won’t have to take any extra money that Ottawa puts on offer.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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