The annual celebration, initiated by the Canadian Nursing Association (CNA), happens the week of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Born May 12, 1820, Nightingale is known for pioneering modern nursing. This week marks National Nursing Week in Canada, and in the third year of the pandemic, the theme is #WeAnswerTheCall.
Over the past 10 years, Concerts in Care (CIC), a Toronto-based non-profit, has arranged more than 2,100 concerts for seniors at various care homes in the GTA. When the pandemic hit, the group knew it needed to get back into these spaces quickly and since then they have offered several live Zoom and recorded concerts, reaching audiences in Ontario communities where professional musicians are often harder to come by, such as Cornwall, Peterborough and Thunder Bay.
Doctors across the province are shining a spotlight on some of the most significant needs facing the healthcare sector ahead of the provincial election. In their opinion, there are some key priorities that must be addressed by whichever party forms government next month. "We are experiencing incredible pressure around wait times," says Dr. Rose Zacharias, president-elect of the Ontario Medical Association. "We know wait times are the number one concern of people post-pandemic."
At Caring Support we are all about connecting healthcare employers with talented and experienced candidates as a way to alleviate the healthcare HR crisis. However, we are also open to learning about other potential solutions to this issue, like employee retention as a way to guarantee an organization's return on investment (ROI), which is the main topic of this interesting interview with entrepreneurs Suzanne Schell and Raelynn Douglas.
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Ontario is planning to invest an additional $1 billion into home care over three years. Health Minister Christine Elliott says it will ensure Ontarians can receive the care they need in the comfort of their own home and will alleviate pressure on hospitals. The Ontario Hospital Association says that as of mid-January, there were a record 5,800 alternate-level-of-care patients in hospitals — people who could be cared for in a different setting such as home care or long-term care.
The healthcare sector is currently facing many challenges, and one of them is related to Human Resources and recruitment. Healthcare organizations are understaffed and struggling to find and retain healthcare workers, while workers feel overworked and burned out. It is a complex situation worth discussing in-depth, which is why we chose it as the topic of this second and last part of "A cup of joe with Joe", a special interview series featuring Joseph Jongsma, founder and CEO of Caring Support.
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