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Revolutionizing palliative care: Humber River Health’s Hospice @ Home Initiative

As one of Canada’s largest acute care hospitals, Humber River Health (Humber) is dedicated to empowering its patients, while providing them with comprehensive, quality care closer to home. In the realm of healthcare, especially at the end of life (EOL), the setting in which...

Assessing and treating swallowing disorders

After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his stomach, John Schonewille, then 66, had begun to despair that he might never be able to enjoy the everyday pleasure of eating again. Robbed of his ability to swallow by...

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Caring for our caregivers: The power of social prescriptions

Caregivers are the invisible backbone of our healthcare systems. They contribute three times as...

Transformation project reducing unnecessary emergency department transfers from long-term care homes

William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level...

Remote monitoring tool improve seniors’ care

Humber River Health (Humber) has identified a core priority of delivering comprehensive, quality care...

Revolutionizing geriatric care: Meet Canada’s leading Universal Health Hub (UHH)

Universal Health Hub (UHH) is the only Health Care Organization in Canada which is...

How to achieve accountability in long-term care

Memories of the tragedy in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) homes from the pandemic are...

Restoring trust in long-term care after COVID-19 requires federal and provincial action and leadership

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has released its latest report, Repair and Recovery...

Many older adults receiving home care do not receive palliative care before death

Many older adults receiving home care do not receive any palliative home care before...

Inside Unity Health’s efforts to better understand the care experience

It was around lunchtime and the Geriatric and Medical Rehabilitation unit at Providence was...

Opening the conversation about palliative care

Palliative care is often misunderstood, with many assumptions of what it’s about. In reality,...

First-of-its-kind network supports faster adoption of technology in long-term care

The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, a leading national initiative focused on accelerating...

New healthcare program keeps residents safe at home

Ethel McGuire has lived in the same East Toronto apartment building for 30 years....

Reducing wait times through a collaborative approach

Through the Geri-Hub, wait times for patients have been reduced by up to 50...

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