The provincial government is facing calls to prevent alternative level of care (ALC) patients from being charged if they choose to remain in an acute care bed – a practice that’s used by hospitals as a measure of last resort. Currently, ALC patients and their caregivers have to choose a list of five long-term care homes they would prefer to live in and are charged a co-pay fee – of roughly $62.18 per day – while they wait.
In the face of ongoing stories of patients, nurses and doctors pleading for help for Canada’s ailing health system, Global News is rolling out "Code Blue" a series of stories examining all the factors contributing to the current healthcare crisis. These stories will also delve into who is responsible for fixing the problems plaguing Canada’s hospitals and health systems.
In this episode, we talk about nurse burnout as a critical issue that affects this particular group of healthcare workers across the country, while providing you with information to recognize its signs and symptoms.
The head of Ontario’s healthcare bureaucracy wants more integration between the public and private sectors to prevent hospitals from being “cannibalized” as the Ford government considers introducing more privately delivered care to reduce pressure on the public system. In an interview with Global News, Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health said the private sector has historically operated independently in Ontario and suggested the continuation of that system could lead to additional poaching.
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is expanding a program that allows paramedics to take patients somewhere other than an emergency room, such as a mental health facility, or to treat them on scene. The program is aimed at health system stability and recovery, and it comes as a nursing staffing shortage has seen emergency departments across the province close for hours or days at a time throughout the summer.
Sleep is essential for the body to remain physically and mentally healthy. However, due to multiple factors, such as the pandemic, understaffing, longer shifts, etc., many healthcare workers are getting less and less sleep every week, which is affecting their work performance and personal lives. In this episode, we offer several recommendations that will help workers get more shut-eye.
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