In early February I attended an interRAI (short for International Residential Assessment Instrument) event at the Best Western …
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Finding the balance between public and private healthcare in Ontario
This past fall I attended conferences examining the right balance between public health services and private/for-profit health …
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Everybody’s talking AI. Is Stratford homecare talking AI?
Artificial intelligence is dominating discussion in all walks of life. AI’s excitement comes from a source of scientific discovery …
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Saving Medicare Part 2: How Shakey Is Canada’s Universal Healthcare System?
Medicare’s challenges have been building for many years. Almost from its beginnings, universal health care in Canada has been …
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Who advocates for caregivers in Ontario’s health system?
There have long been societies, trade unions, associations, corporations, political parties, organizations, activists, etc. that …
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Smart renovating for homecare.
Many of Stratford’s old two story brick homes are beautiful and will probably last another 100 years. But eventually a time will …
You have to have a home to have homecare!
Along with other Ontario communities Stratford has found itself with a housing problem. People working and contributing to the …
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Where is Ontario homecare going?
Three developments are shaking Ontario’s home care model which rests on a decades old design from a different era. A lumbering …
How can we save Medicare in Canada if we don’t know it’s foundation?
The five pillars of Medicare emerged from two laws: the 1957 HospitalInsurance and Diagnostic Services Act along with the 1966 …
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Forgive me if the Ontario government’s September 11th, 2023 homecare announcement sounds like “Déja Vu all over again.”
Homecare services in Stratford have been on a starvation diet for several years. Just read OneCare’s annual reports. And while …