A Health Home for infants who do not have a primary care provider
A new clinic supported by FLA OHT partners, Queen’s University School of Nursing, Kingston Community Health Centres and Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health opened a new well-baby health care to infants who do not have a primary care provider.
In conversation with the Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team
The Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IIPCT) houses a unique format that combines both traditional and westernized modalities to increase and balance the overall wellness of Indigenous People within our catchment area. The IIPCT was a result of one of the many action items from the Truth and Reconciliation Act to provide non-stigmatizing and culturally safe care to Indigenous People.
Access to primary care at the KFL&A Youth Wellness Hub
Interested in what a health home aimed at youth looks like in practice? Look no further than Kingston’s One Roof Youth Wellness Hub to see the immediate and positive impact of this model of care.
Celebrating the power of communities: Message from Executive Lead, Dr. Kim Morrison
It is well understood that people, together with their families, friends, neighbours and caregivers, provide the vast majority of care that keeps them well and healthy in their homes.
How Frontenac Paramedics’ Community Paramedicine program helps vulnerable residents stay well at home
The Frontenac Paramedics’ Community Paramedicine program embodies the FLA OHT People-Centered Health Home concept: It’s one way to support people to stay well by receiving care in the comfort of their homes.
Neighbours helping neighbours age well at home
Dr. Catherine Donnelly is a health services researcher, focused on team-based primary care with an emphasis on understanding how interprofessional primary care teams can support older adults and individuals with chronic conditions to live well in their neighbourhoods and communities.
Running Down the Path Forward for Ontario Health Teams
As short a month as February may be, the FLA OHT has many projects and initiatives moving full steam ahead. February celebrates many things including Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Family Day, and Canadian Heart Month where attention is brought to the importance of cardiovascular health and steps that can be taken to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.
Caring for children with respiratory symptoms this winter season
These are some examples of when to seek care. If you are not sure what to do, Health Connect Ontario has a symptom checker and the option to chat live with a nurse. You can also call 811 to speak with a nurse, available 24 hours a day.
Local program activates the community: Oasis
Most weeks you can find 83-year-old Pearl Larsen teaching an exercise class for her peers in the community room of her Homestead Land Holdings owned apartment building in the Bowling Green Complex in Kingston.
Our first 18 months of success!
It’s been an exhilarating ride as the FLA OHT has evolved over our first 18 months. Our rocket ship has a solid structure and is hurdling towards our North Star of the People-Centered Health Home.
Palliative Care Partnerships: exciting updates
As part of the FLA OHT’s ongoing commitment to working toward a more efficient, integrated and equitable health-care model, the Palliative Care Partnership is striving to have a connected, community-based program for palliative care.
Easing emergency department congestion: can communication help? KHSC teams up on campaign aimed at helping people make the best health-care choices.
In chaotic health-care environments, requests for communication support often happen when a problem needs to be communicated to the public – ‘We need a sign to let people know wait times are long.’