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Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC
I am on every crisis list to get out of this nursing home, even willing to move away from family for proper care. May 4, 2024 Deb...

Deb Boekestein
May 4, 20241 min read
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Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 20241 min read
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Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes
Media Statement: Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes For-profit Extendicare CEO keynote...

Ontario Nurses' Association
May 1, 20242 min read
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To transform Canadian health care, we must listen to the wisdom of nurses
AMIE ARCHIBALD-VARLEY AND SARA FUNG CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL April 29, 2024 Amie Archibald-Varley and Sara Fung are nurses and...

Amie Archibald-Varley
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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"Confused and isolated in a setting where they do not speak the language."
Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules Bill 7 allows people to be placed in a long-term-care home not of...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 5, 20241 min read
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Seven people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government
Seven people fined for refusing Ont LTC transfers TORONTO - Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a...

Liam Casey
Apr 5, 20241 min read
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Home Care Roundtable
To discuss the current state of home care in Ontario and what needs to be done to fix it, local Ontario Liberals and the Waterloo Region...

Ontario Liberal Party
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 20241 min read
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Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait almost three years to eat solid foods again.
38-year-old is on waitlist for jaw joint replacement surgery in Ontario CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 "I can do pancakes, but I kind of...

Zubina Ahmed
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?
Patients turn to emergency services because they cannot get care elsewhere. About one-fifth of Canada’s population is 65 years or older....

Christian Lopez
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Cash for health care at new Kitchener clinic
Charging for health care: Nurse practitioners bill for service at new Kitchener clinic Phlox Health on Manitou Drive offers many of the...

Catherine Thompson
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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Why Having a Copy of Your Medical Record is Essential: Insights from Medical Experts
CBC News · Posted: Nov 15, 2023 4:00 AM EST Experts say patients will feel more informed, empowered in their care As cyberattacks become...

Jennifer La Grassa
Nov 15, 20231 min read
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How Will Changes to Home Care Affect You and Your Loved Ones?
Ontario Health Coalition Home Care: Privatization and Dismantling of Public Control Briefing Note on the Ford Government’s Changes to...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 12, 20235 min read
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