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	Drummond report stresses home-based health care CBC News - Posted February 15, 2012 About a quarter of the 360 recommendations in Ontario's new austerity blueprint are aimed at health-care costs, with economist Don Drummond pushing to move services out of hospitals and toward home-based care.

	Interview with Tyla Jones, Area Director, Bayshore Home Health – Calgary, AB Bayshore Home Health on Herald TV – Calgary, AB – November 29, 2011 For many Canadians, home health care is a better and more cost effective alternative to hospitals and long term care facilities, allowing loved ones to stay at home, preserving their independence and dignity.

	Caring for elderly parents onerous Sarnia Observer – November 8, 2011 Bayshore Home Health is in the midst of a two-month Facebook campaign called Vote to Support Caregivers. The campaign calls for funding to establish temporary paid leave for workers struggling to provide care for elderly relatives.

	Bayshore Home Health Puts Grandparents' Stories Online Marketing Magazine – August 23, 2011 The Vancouver office of Bayshore Home Health, is putting its marketing dollars into social media with the launch of a storytelling Tumblr site at BeforeTheyWereGrandparents.com.

	Bayshore Home Health has made its way to Red Deer Red Deer Advocate – June 13, 2011 Bayshore Home Health’s recently-opened Red Deer, Alta., branch was proud to welcome 94-year old Louise Robertson as its first client. For many seniors like Robertson, home care is the difference between remaining at home or relocating to a long-term care facility.

	Elderly care workers in it for the long-term Vancouver Sun – May 17, 2011 Farah Dokis, a nurse with Bayshore Home Health's Kitchener, Ont., branch, is among a unique group of health care professionals that's chosen to work with the elderly. It's a sector with growing demand for caregivers and many career opportunities.

	Bayshore Home Health provides care to Ottawa-area resident with Alzheimer's who is refused care by two other providers Ottawa Citizen – November 28, 2010 Months after a home-care service walked away from an Alzheimer's patient – citing new provincial rules to prevent workplace violence – a nursing home is refusing to accept him into the facility. The patient is now receiving home care from Bayshore Home Health, seven days a week, for about three hours daily.

	Awards Ceremony to recognize first grads of "60-plus and going strong: Wellness 101" CTV News (Ottawa) – Wednesday November 24, 2010 Bayshore Home Health and Family Physiotherapy Centre in Ottawa awarded certificates to the first graduates of their free eight-week certificate course. The course, called "60-plus and going strong: Wellness 101", is designed for people 60 and older to promote long-term health, wellness and fall prevention in the home.

	Bayshore Home Health's new initiative gives elected officials opportunity for more feedback from seniors EMC (Ottawa East) – Thursday, October 14, 2010 Theresa Thompson, an 85-year-old Ottawa resident invited mayoral candidate Jim Watson to lunch at Wilfred's so that she could share some of the issues that she lives through daily.

	Bayshore Home Health's Bridging the Gap One-on-One events celebrate first National Seniors Day Mississauga News – Friday, October 1, 2010 Seniors lauded nationally – Canada's National Seniors Day was celebrated on Oct 1, bringing awareness to the challenges faced by seniors and to recognize the contributions they make to their families, communities, workplaces and society.

	myNurse brings care to the door. Clients are guaranteed the same nurse. London Free Press – Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Earlier this year, Bayshore Home Health introduced its new myNurse program with the aim of prolonging independent living by allowing seniors or others to access professional health care in the comfort and convenience of their own homes. The program sends specially trained registered nurses into private residences to deliver a comprehensive health management program focusing on monitoring, planning and education.

	Interview with Marie Graham, Area Director, Bayshore Home Health – Guelph Bayshore Home Health on Rogers TV – Inside Guelph – June 17, 2010 A health management program from Bayshore Home Health that sends specially trained registered nurses into private residences to deliver a comprehensive health management program focusing on health monitoring, planning and education.

	Interview with Polina Philip, Registered Nurse, Bayshore Home Health – Toronto Bayshore Home Health on Rogers Daytime TV, Toronto – June 17, 2010 Stressing a proactive approach to personal health. Bayshore Home Health offers a health management program that helps prolong independent living and allows seniors to access professional health care in the comfort and convenience of their own homes.

	Interview with Jackie Hickey, myNurse Health Advisor, Bayshore Home Health, Toronto CTV News (CFTO-TV), Toronto – June 14, 2010 Fall prevention at home for seniors is important to maintaining independence.

	Interview with Diane Moore, Bayshore Home Health Area Director – Oshawa Rogers TV, Daytime Oshawa – June 3, 2010 Stressing a proactive approach to personal health, opposed to a reactive one, the myNurse service sends specially trained registered nurses into private residences to deliver a comprehensive health management program focusing on health monitoring, planning and education.

	Interview with Julie Adams, Bayshore Home Health Area Director – Richmond Hill Rogers TV, Daytime Richmond Hill – June 2010 The goal of myNurse is to give clients the most comfortable service possible in the comfort of their own home.

	Interview with Marie Graham, Bayshore Home Health Area Director – Kitchener Rogers TV, Daytime Kitchener – June 1, 2010 The myNurse health management program from Bayshore Home Health prolongs independent living and allows seniors to access professional health care in the comfort and convenience of their own homes.

	Interview with Sherri Hnatyshyn, Bayshore Home Health Area Director – Hamilton COGECO, Hamilton – May 31, 2010 The new myNurse health management program from Bayshore Home Health prolongs independent living and allows seniors to access professional health care in the comfort and convenience of their own homes.

	Interview with Amanda Wilkinson, Registered Nurse, Bayshore Home Health – Mississauga Rogers TV, Daytime Mississauga – May 19, 2010 Appreciating our seniors - Seniors awareness month. myNurse is a health management program from Bayshore Home Health that allows seniors to prolong their independence as well as access professional health care in the comfort of their own home.

	Nursing offers a world of professional opportunities Kelowna.com – February 20, 2010 Now a manager of clinical practice for Bayshore Home Health in Vancouver, she [Zunobia Shafique] graduated from Kwantlen University College in Surrey, B.C. with a nursing degree and a keen interest in pursuing community work.

	For seniors: home is where the hope is The National Post – January 25, 2010 The myNurse program [from Bayshore Home Health] was launched last year and assigns seniors a personal nurse who helps them plan and access services with the goal of helping them stay healthy and avoid having to move into assisted living or retirement homes.


	Health care at home The Globe and Mail – December 12, 2009 Wendy Starr, primary caregiver for her 86-year-old mother, says that Bayshore’s new myNurse service provides a measure of relief in an otherwise difficult time.


	Legions of unpaid caregivers in Canada need support The Globe and Mail – December 5, 2009 New strategies for health management and risk reduction, such as Bayshore’s new myNurse service, have the potential to dramatically increase wellness among older adults while reducing health care costs.


	Baby boomers willing to provide financial help to aging parents Financial Post – July 6, 2009 Baby boomers have long had a dubious reputation for spawning the "Me" Generation but a survey from Bayshore Home Health finds many boomers more willing to give of their time and money than their aging parents might expect.


	Interview with Donalda Farwell, Bayshore Home Health Area Director, Edmonton Shaw TV Edmonton – June 23, 2009 Ninety-seven percent of seniors are fiercely independent and want to remain in their own homes, but less than half have researched ways how to remain independent.


	Interview with Joan Raphael, Bayshore Home Health Area Director, Ottawa Rogers TV, Daytime Ottawa – June 16, 2009 Seniors aren’t talking to their families and doing the important things they need to do to make sure they can stay at home.


	Interview with Mary Carter, Bayshore Home Health Area Director, London Rogers TV, Daytime London – June 11, 2009 A lot seniors want their independence, don’t want to look at long-term care, and would rather live in their own home with a little bit of assistance.


	Interview with Tyla Jones, Bayshore Home Health Area Director, Calgary Shaw TV Calgary – May 28, 2009 There’s a big difference between what parents and their adult children believe about age-related issues.


	Interview with Holly Quinn, Bayshore Home Health’ Chief Nursing Officer CKWX 1130 Radio, Vancouver – May 20, 2009 Most adult children are worried their aging parents won’t have enough money for retirement, but are wiling to help out. Click 'play' to hear audio file.


	Interview with Holly Quinn, Bayshore Home Health’ Chief Nursing Officer CFAX 1070 Radio, Victoria – May 20, 2009 Boomers and aging parents are not aligned on the care that parents require. Click 'play' to hear audio file.

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