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Posts tagged ministry of Health and Long term care

A health care environment built for patients of the future

Jan 04 2013 Written by Jackie Hickey, RN
A health care environment built for patients of the future

Caring@Home blog welcomes this guest post by Angela Kryhul, business editor, copywriter and principal of Kryhul Media Group. Can a hospital’s architectural and interior design, and its proximity to communities and natural surroundings, be a catalyst to patient recovery and wellness? The administrators at Bridgepoint Health believe so and they’ve integrated this thinking into the [...]

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Posted in Caregivers, Diseases, Events, health care, health tips, seniors, social media Leave a Comment - Tagged Bayshore, bayshore health care, Bayshore Home Health, bayshore.ca, Bridgepoint Hospital, caregivers, Caring@Home, Caring@Home blog, family caregiver, futuristic hospitals, government, hcsmca, health information, healthcare, home care, Jackie Hickey RN, older adult, seniors care

How to stay in the place you call home

Aug 12 2011 Written by Jackie Hickey, RN
How to stay in the place you call home

The Caring@Home blog welcomes ReliAble Independent Living Services guest blog by RONNY WISKIN. In a modern society, most parents find it difficult to accept help from their adult children. A global aging/health care crisis is upon us. In Ontario, 85% of people over the age of 65 want to continue living at home, according to [...]

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Posted in Caregivers, health care, health tips, seniors 1 Comment - Tagged family caregiver, home care, home modification, MOHLTC, nurse

Home care is the cornerstone of an inclusive, turn-key health care system for seniors

Apr 08 2011 Written by Jackie Hickey, RN
Home care is the cornerstone of an inclusive, turn-key health care system for seniors

Often, family caregivers start off thinking they can manage caring for an ailing parent on their own. But as the task becomes overwhelming – especially if they are of the sandwich generation and have jobs and children – their role shifts to that of a health care system navigator. Arranging publicly funded home or institutional [...]

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Posted in Caregivers, health tips, seniors 2 Comments - Tagged baby boomer, care, caregivers, family caregiver, government, health information, healthcare, help, home care, MOHLTC, nurse, older adult, provincial, senior, support

Is there a way to end the pain of families having to decide life or death?

Mar 25 2011 Written by Jackie Hickey, RN
Is there a way to end the pain of families having to decide life or death?

As a family caregiver, how do you prepare for the expected inevitable? Many of us have bolted up out of our beds at 3 a.m. when the phone rings. Or we’ve had that sick feeling in the pit of our stomach when no one answers the phone and they are expected to be at home. [...]

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