The Ontario government plans to provide $673 million to long-term care homes this year to support staffing across the province. The money is intended to help to hire and retain up to 10,000 staff members and will lead to “more direct care for residents.” According to the government, this initiative is part of the province’s $4.9 billion commitment to hiring more than 27,000 long-term care staff over four years.
More than 450 new postsecondary positions will be added to all six of Ontario's medical schools, including 160 undergraduate and 295 postgraduate seats. The announcement was made by Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott, and Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop. “With this investment, we're supporting more students to take the path to become a doctor and creating the family doctors and specialists that will take care of us in the years to come,” Ford said.
In honour of Certified Nurses Day, we sat down with Ashley Fox, a registered practical nurse (RPN), community outreach coordinator, and nurse case manager with a decade of experience in nursing and supervisory management, to discuss how she found success in her nursing career.
Nearly 40 health-worker organizations met for an emergency summit and concluded that "Canada’s ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic." “The real shared experience across health-care workers and professionals is that the level of burnout is to a point now where it’s really starting to threaten the sustainability of the system,” said Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Katharine Smart.
The Ontario government is investing $763 million to provide eligible full-time, part-time and casual nursing staff across the province with a lump sum retention incentive of up to $5,000. The payment is intended to help stabilize the current nursing workforce during this critical time to ensure patients continue to access the health care they need. Nurses eligible to receive the payment include the ones that work in hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes, community care, and more.
We sat down with Pam Stoikopoulos, founder and CEO of Big Eye Innovation, a consulting firm focused on innovation in relation to health and wellness. She gave us an interesting interview for the Caring Support Podcast where we talked about the top 5 healthcare trends we're seeing in healthcare right now including the staffing shortage, in-home health, virtual care, crowdsourcing, and NFT health records.
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