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Close your eyes and imagine what a best-in-class LTC system looks like… then build it
Saturday, April 25th, 2020
It has fewer and larger LTC facilities. We have too many now… a proper ratio of personal support workers (PSWs) to residents, as with regulated daycare centres… Each resident of the new LTC system has his or her own room, with a personal washroom… PSWs are prohibited from working in multiple locations. That widespread practice, rooted in PSWs’ low pay, is believed to have caused much of the COVID-19 spread.
Tags: Health, housing, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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The COVID-19 pandemic shines a light on our failing: We need paid, respected community health workers
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The virus has exposed the need for a public-health system that more strongly integrates community-level responsiveness with the needs of vulnerable populations as part of its daily practice, as well as in times of crisis… we have no excuse not to invest in the human capital and community supports that would allow core public-health activities to be fully effective year-round.
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s senior-care crisis has been long in the works
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
As a country, we need to rethink how we approach long-term care from top to bottom. And we don’t have a lot of time to do it. A 2017 Conference Board study estimated that, to meet demand, Canada needs to nearly double the number of long-term care beds available to about 450,000 by 2035. We can’t afford to do it on the cheap.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, Health, housing, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Activists fear for safety of people with disabilities after funding for mobility and medical devices deemed non-essential
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
Those living in the community who need mobility equipment repairs, upgrades or new equipment will be put at increased risk of falls, pressure injuries and other loss of independence if they can’t access ADP financial support… the ministry has been working to ensure “expedited” funding approval for patients being discharged from hospital who need seating and mobility equipment.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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The forgotten sector in the COVID-19 fight
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Across Ontario, there are more than 100 Community Living organizations serving 12,000 people with intellectual disabilities… Unlike workers in hospitals and health clinics, though, Community Living staff are not considered health-care workers. That means they have to scramble for protective gloves, masks and extra help for their clients.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, participation
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Innovations in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
The now viral Twitter-based #caremongering campaign is a great example of how Canadians come together during times of crisis to look after one another… one of the most striking examples of virtual #caremongering is displayed by OpenLab’s Friendly Neighbour Hotline… the unbelievably rapid response to creating new international randomized trials of different therapies for COVID-19 is like none we have ever seen before.
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, mental Health, participation, philanthropy
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Are Canadians Ready to Ditch GDP as a Key Prosperity Indicator?
Monday, March 16th, 2020
In 1968, the late Robert F. Kennedy… pointed out in a famous speech that gross domestic product “measures everything… except that which makes life worthwhile.” More than 50 years have passed since that speech, and even though several pundits have noted the limitations of GDP as an indicator of human well-being, most countries and politicians are still fixated with GDP growth as a primary indicator of progress. But change seems to be coming.
Tags: economy, globalization, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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A tale of two public health crises — science is being used to stem coronavirus but not opioid deaths
Saturday, March 14th, 2020
The scientific evidence derived from the evaluation of these facilities is both comprehensive and clear: they save lives. Yet despite the mountains of evidence that’s been compiled about their effectiveness, this health intervention continues to be controversial for those who don’t know, or willingly choose to ignore, the science. Not a single death has been reported in a supervised consumption site.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Sanders’ ‘Medicare for all’ plan isn’t Canadian-style. It’s much more radical
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
Total health-care spending here in 2019 was $264.4 billion. The public share was about $184 billion. A Sanderian-style approach would thus bring about $80 billion in annual private spending — namely, private insurance and out-of-pocket spending — on to government balance sheets… Medicare for all may be a popular slogan among left-wing activists in the U.S, but it… goes far beyond the public insurance model in Canada and elsewhere…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical
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On mental health, words come easily. Action less so
Sunday, March 8th, 2020
It’s been almost exactly 10 years… since a select committee report on mental health titled “Navigating the Journey to Wellness: The Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Plan for Ontarians” was issued… Chief among the committee’s eventual recommendations… was creation of Mental Health and Addictions Ontario, an umbrella organization to ensure that a single body was responsible for designing, managing and co-ordinating the system, as well as a “core basket of services in all regions” and “access to a system of navigators.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health
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