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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.
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.’