We all know that caregivers need all the support they can get, and caregivers who care for people living with dementia and other cognitive impairments need it even more in order to keep burnout and emotional overwhelmedness at bay. This is exactly what we talked about with registered nurse Kim Valentine, who sat with us recently for a new episode of the Caring Support Podcast. Keep reading to find out what she told us.
Hospitals are packed across Canada, with healthcare workers often treating patients in hallways and seeing unprecedented surges of illnesses. Experts are calling this season a "multi-demic" as cases of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) combine, stretching hospital staff thin. Amid this situation, they are urging people to protect themselves from ending up in hospitals by getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza, keeping good hand hygiene, and masking when necessary.
A new report is painting a stunning picture of the huge contributions unpaid caregivers are providing to the healthcare system but says they need much more support from all levels of government to keep going. "If every caregiver took a week off, the whole system would collapse by noon on the first day," said Liv Mendelsohn, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, which released the white paper.
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Toronto Public Health (TPH) appears set to cut hundreds of staff as part of a shift away from the influx of resources needed at the height of the pandemic — but several veteran city councillors warn settling on the unit's budget for next year will be complicated because of unknowns surrounding the virus. Coun. Joe Mihevc, the chair of the Board of Health, said the public health unit's preliminary budget submission calls for a cut of more than $9 million and the shedding of 423 jobs overall.
Personal support workers at hospitals across Ontario have been waiting months to receive a wage increase promised by the government, with unions and hospitals saying a delay in instruction from the province had been holding up the payments, even though Premier Doug Ford announced in March that the temporary $2 hourly raise brought in during the pandemic would be made permanent.
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