Posts Tagged ‘mental Health’
Ontario’s mental-health crisis, Part 3: Solving the problem will mean more beds — and more political will
Friday, December 13th, 2019
… on any given day, there are approximately 2,300 patients who are awaiting transfer to a more appropriate bed… Of these 2,300 patients, 9 per cent, or approximately 200 people, are awaiting transfer to a more appropriate care setting for a mental-health issue… The provincial government has pledged to do more for mental health and to expand the long-term-care system generally. But that will take years and sustained political will.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Ontario’s mental-health crisis, Part 2: The good, the bad, and the ugly of OHIP-covered care
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Roughly 2 million Ontarians seek mental-health care each year… And the system is massively skewed by geographical constraints. A study in 2009, for example, found that, while there were 63 psychiatrists per 100,000 residents in the Toronto region, some remote parts of the province had barely four per 100,000 — a whopping fifteenfold difference… And timeliness matters.
Tags: jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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A tricky operation: Finding a place for private health insurance in a public system
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Every health insurance program in the developed world, public and private, is struggling with a daunting triple challenge: An aging population, the soaring cost of new technologies and rising consumer expectations… private sector efficiency is a myth. Private hospitals keep patients longer, order more tests, prescribe more drugs and provide a lot of low-value or no-value care. They overtreat and overcharge… private hospitals are not going to solve the woes of Canadian medicare
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living, tax
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Violence against Ontario elementary teachers shouldn’t be a contract issue — it’s too important
Sunday, December 1st, 2019
Over the last decade, it has become the norm to integrate students with complex special needs into regular classrooms. Some boards still offer small, separate classes with more individual help, but that’s not what most parents demand… Students who can’t manage in a regular classroom even with a full-time educational assistant should be given a different type of help…
Tags: mental Health, standard of living, youth
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New Study Shows Canada Child Benefit Provides Additional Benefit for Food Security
Friday, November 22nd, 2019
CCB has supported a 1/3 reduction in severe food insecurity for low-income families; Modest changes to income can impact food security; If Individuals with low-income receive more money, they spend it on basic necessities like food; Income transfers help people meet their basic needs… If we address food insecurity for children and families, we will give individuals a path out of poverty and reduce costs in other areas.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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How academics can improve their quality of life
Friday, November 22nd, 2019
In this ever-widening climate of financial scarcity and job insecurity, it’s no wonder that early and mid-career researchers are working themselves to the bone just to have a fighting chance of staying in the game. Many scholars are giving up and walking away entirely – and that should worry us. Impoverishing research and education damages our societies and weakens our democracies.
Tags: ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Rape crisis centres call on attorney general to reverse cuts
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
… the province phased out the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, which helped assault victims access services including psychotherapy… Under this program, brought in Oct. 1, an applicant must have visited a “victim service agency” within six months of the crime against them, or within six months of disclosing that crime to authorities. The new system, called the Victim Quick Response Program + (VQRP+), isn’t available to victims of historical crimes.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, women
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OPP have saved more than 100 lives with naloxone
Monday, November 18th, 2019
The OPP say calls regarding overdoses rose 121 per cent between 2016 and 2018. Further, OPP data collected between September 2017 to November 2019 shows: The majority (66 per cent) of naloxone recipients were male and 34 per cent were female; The average age of naloxone recipients was 31.5 for females and 32 for males; Most incidences occurred inside a residence
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Video visits with doctors are a smart idea
Friday, November 15th, 2019
There are three much bigger issues the government needs to tackle to reduce the average wait time to be admitted to hospital from an emergency department. It now tops a sickening 16 hours. Those are a lack of nursing home and long-term health care beds and a shortage of home-care services. And they won’t be solved by the $3 million the province plans to spend on video visits and other digital innovations.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Some harsh lessons on the failings of eldercare from Down Under
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
The 272-page Australian report, in striking contrast, uses blunt language to reflect the frustrations and fears of patients and family members. It also demands immediate action, including an injection of funding for long-term home care services as a way to keep people out of institutional care.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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