Home Care

• Unions say better working conditions needed for Nova Scotia’s home care sector

  Union leaders are calling for improvements to working conditions and safety for Nova Scotia's home and community care workers.

  Health

  Nov 14
  
• Manitoba spending $3.3M on new home care program for seniors

  The Manitoba government is spending $3.3 million on a new home care program for seniors, Seniors and Long-term Care Minister Scott Johnston announced on Tuesday.

  Health

  Aug 1
  
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• Winnipeg man raises awareness over problems with home care program

  In an emailed statement on April 19, the health authority said it was looking to fill staffing shortages across its home care program.

  Canada

  Apr 19
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• Manitoba government highlights funding for seniors programs

  Manitoba's Seniors Minister says $4.5 million in funding, part of the government's overall seniors strategy, will go to agencies helping seniors live safely in their own homes.

  Politics

  Mar 16
• Community Care Durham program brings care to patients at home, keeps them out of ERs

   Community Care Durham serves 9,000 clients on average, and 400 of those clients require daily support. The program is helping keep home care patients out of emergency rooms.

  Canada

  Mar 3
• Alberta continuing care budget focuses on aging at home, community care

  Home care and community care, which includes nurses and health-care aides visiting patients at their homes, is a focus of Alberta's budget, according to the province.

  Health

  Mar 3
• Winnipeg man who says home care failed his dying wife plans to speak at Manitoba Legislature

  Eric de Schepper spoke out more than a week ago about the palliative home care he says failed his partner, Katherine Ellis, in her final days.

  Health

  Feb 27
• B.C. seniors’ advocate calls on province to drop fees for home care

  "We need a fundamental restructuring of our home support program if we are going to meet the needs of a growing seniors population," Isobel Mackenzie said.

  Health

  Feb 23
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• N.B. seniors advocate launches review of long-term care system

  Seniors advocate Kelly Lamrock says the time feels right for a review of the system, which has been suffering from chronic recruitment and retention issues for years.

  Health

  Feb 13
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• Doctors share their 2023 wishlist after a year of ‘crisis’ in Canada’s ERs

  Physicians on the front lines of Canada’s ailing health system are taking stock after a challenging year. Here are some of their wishes for change in 2023.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2022