Our governments like to paint a rosy picture of our Canadian health systems. But it’s everybody else that’s ringing the alarm …
Safe Work Environments are the Backbone of Healthcare Retention
One cannot ignore the fatigue etched on the faces of home care nurses, nor the heavy toll exacted by a system that too often asks …
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Re-Imagining Patient Safety Starts at Home
Permanent disfigurement, chronic pain, and lives forever altered—these are not distant headlines, but realities playing out when …
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Invitation: Public Review Info Session on Dementia-Inclusive Home and Community Care Standard
Healthnext is sharing this important message from: The CSA Group Dear Interested Parties, We are pleased to invite you to a …
Primary Care For All
Ever since reading Dr. Jane Philpott’s 2024 book, Health for All, I have been struck by one of the features of her “primary care …
HealthNext Connects at “Aging with Optimism”!
What an incredible day it was at the Stratford Agriplex for the "Aging with Optimism" Open House, Wellness and Multicultural Fair …
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Discover The Future of Homecare
PLEASE NOTE: This event starts at 9:30 am sharp. Please arrive early for seating designations. This event will explore the …
ONTARIO’S 2025 PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION – NOW MORE THAN EVER
In January I wrote a submission to MPP Ernie Hardeman, Chair of Ontario’s 2025 Pre-Budget Consultations. Dear Mr. Hardeman: My …
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Medicare’s Missing Pillar
We might be led to believe that homecare was an oversight when Canada’s universal health insurance program (Medicare) was …
Medicare Memory
While we may not remember it, there was a time before Medicare in Canada. Most Canadians living today were born after 1966, the …