Healthcare News Feed

Welcome to Caring Support's news feed. We've compiled some interesting news articles relating to healthcare and written our own abstracts for your enjoyment!

Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of Caring Support.

Hospital beds

Ontario Increasing Construction Funding for Long-Term Care Homes

The Ontario government is increasing its construction funding subsidy to support the cost of developing or redeveloping a long-term care home. This additional funding will help fast-track the construction of new long-term care beds before August 31, 2023. This supports the government’s $6.4 billion commitment to build more than 30,000 net new beds by 2028 and 28,000 upgraded long-term care beds across the province.

December 1, 2022
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CBI Health Podcast

Ask the Employer: A Conversation About Recruitment with CBI Health

Have you ever wanted to sit down with an employer and ask them about their recruitment practices? Well, we did just that! At the Caring Support Podcast, we recently had two talent acquisition specialists from CBI Health, Canada's leading community healthcare provider, and we asked them questions that will help healthcare workers understand recruitment better and find success in their search for new employment opportunities.

November 30, 2022
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Doctor giving vaccine to kid

Ontario Asks Family Medical Clinics to Work Nights and Weekends to Help Overwhelmed Hospitals

Ontario has asked thousands of family healthcare workers to work evenings and weekends to help ease the burden on overwhelmed children's hospitals. In a memo sent by the director of the primary health care branch in the Ministry of Health, they said that due to the "difficult and complex" respiratory illness surge, they request organizations "to offer clinical services 7 days a week, including evening availability, until further notice, to meet the needs of patients."

November 26, 2022
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A Toronto LTC Home Radically Changed the Way It Operates and Residents Say It’s Working

Lakeshore Lodge is part of the CareTO pilot project to improve care in long-term care homes in Toronto. The facility is the first of the city's municipally-run long-term care settings to receive extra funding to make the care more resident-centred and shift away from the traditional task-based care model. This allows residents to have more choices: in what they eat, when they get up in the morning, and even in the colour of the hallways.

November 25, 2022
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Miranda Ferrier Podcast Interview

What Resources Are Available for PSWs in Ontario? A Conversation with Miranda Ferrier of OPSWA

Union and collaboration make all the difference in any profession, but especially in healthcare, and no other group benefits more from sticking together than PSWs, who play such an integral role in the healthcare sector in Ontario and across the country. With that in mind, we recently spoke with Miranda Ferrier, CEO of OPSWA, where she spoke about the resources and opportunities available for those who join the organization and their vision for the future of the PSW profession in the province.

November 23, 2022
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Why Is Physiotherapy for Paralysis a Good Career?

Physiotherapy is a broad field within healthcare, with many sub-specialties dedicated to treating different conditions and illnesses. One of those specialties is physiotherapy for paralysis. This article discusses if this is a good career or not while providing all the details you need to understand what this role is about. Keep reading to find out!

November 21, 2022
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