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How a ‘pay raise’ turned into a nasty pay cut
It was a dream come true for PSWs, most of whom work long hours and at a job that paid just $12.50 an hour. Only a handful of full-time PSWs earn more than $30,000 a year. But that dream has turned into a nightmare as government health-care agencies force PSWs, who are paid by the hour and are not on a fixed salary, to spend less time with clients and have also reduced the number of clients they see.
The result is that many PSW actually earn less money now than they did before they received the government-mandated “pay raise.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, standard of living
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Shelter system bracing for a ‘tidal wave’
… we’re taking beds out of the system, and we have yet to replace them; and the new standards mean that even more beds will be taken out, all in the name of improvements. The irony: we make things better which makes life will get worse for the men, women and children on the street… “The age of the guys on the street is going up. We have regulars, six of them, who are in their 70s. The average age of our men is 61. The tidal wave is coming.”
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Policing and mental illness: Many questions, no easy answers
… there are somewhere in the vicinity of a million interactions between police and people with mental illnesses each year in Canada and the vast majority end well. Research even tells us that most people with mental illnesses have a fairly favourable opinion of the police… Change will require the right people with the right knowledge and skills in the right organizations in a forward-thinking community with the right supports for people who face mental health challenges.
Tags: crime prevention, disabilities, mental Health, standard of living
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Who Knew the Nordics Were Individualist Romantics? [ The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life ]
Far from being docile servants of nanny states… the Nordics are bloody-minded individualists – because they can afford to be. That personal autonomy… means that no one has to stay in an abusive marriage (and risk death) because they need the abuser’s income. No one has to borrow from the Bank of Mom and Pop for the down payment on a condo, because everyone leaves post-secondary debt-free. And when Mom and Pop grow old, the kids don’t have to bear the brunt of caring for them: the whole society does that.
Tags: child care, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Home care gets $100-million boost from province
Given that the province spends $3 billion a year on home care to keep people out of more-expensive care in hospitals and nursing homes, the additional $100 million is “substantial,”… “Hopefully, it gets right to the front line.” … Some of the new money is intended to help patients with the highest needs for home care get more support… the government is also setting up a panel of experts to examine the levels of home care provided in different parts of Ontario to ensure “consistency”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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It’s time for Canada to lead on brain research
… the problem is so enormous, even a relatively small advancement can have a significant impact. If we can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s by an average of two years, we can reduce the costs to Canada over the next generation by $219-billion. Not to mention the positive difference this can make for patients, families and communities… the Weston Brain Institute is announcing an additional $50-million in funding for Canadian researchers with world-leading projects…
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, philanthropy, standard of living
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What real inclusion for children with autism looks like
… teaching typically developing kids to both mentor and befriend those with autism was “highly effective” at promoting lasting positive social interactions. This was true across genders, age groups, settings and kinds of activities targeted. Interestingly, it was found to be most effective in ‘natural’ play settings versus clinical settings… the results weren’t just temporary… and helped seed the ground for improved language skills, adaptation to other integrated settings and more positive and long-lasting relationships with peers.
Tags: disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Canada’s haphazard support for home care is leaving seniors in the cold
… informal caregivers provide 10 times more hours of home care than paid professionals. They don’t just prop up the system, they are one of its pillars so preventing burnout isn’t just compassionate, it makes good fiscal sense. The CMA also advocates for national legislation that will set standards to address “access, volume, frequency and types of services” in home care. Unfortunately, only lip-service has been paid to the need for a national seniors strategy.
Tags: disabilities, Health, housing, ideology, standard of living
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Ottawa commits $382 million to begin raising services for on-reserve kids
The movement to fill the gap so that all on-reserve children with a disability or a short-term condition in Canada are treated equally is called Jordan’s Principle; and late Tuesday, Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced up to $382 million will go toward fixing that disparity.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Ontario pours $200 million more into autism care in response to parents’ anger
Children of all ages will get treatment for autism as the Ontario government makes changes, worth $200 million over four years, to a controversial revamp of the program that infuriated parents… Under the new measures, children with autism will get treatment involving “the level of intensity they require”… and payouts will be boosted to “successive payments” of $10,000, so kids get the care they need. That will… provide “continuous funding until their child is able to enter the new program.”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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