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You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home. NORCs are a Better Way

Health and Well-being Cathrin Bradbury -
Click here to view original web page at thewalrus.ca Like many Canadians who watched news footage of nursing homes during the COVID-19 lockdown—the blurred faces...

MAID and mental health: Does ending the suffering of mental illness mean supporting death or supporting better lives?

Health and Well-being Charmaine C. Williams -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Recent headlines have highlighted debates among federal parties over the proposal to extend Medical Assistance in...

Health care needs to extend to undocumented migrants

Health and Well-being Wendell Block -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Canada is undergoing its human-rights review at the United Nations, a standard peer evaluation all 193...

Missing teeth: Who’s left out of Canada’s dental care plan

Health and Well-being David Macdonald -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca Canada is expanding public health coverage to dental care—but it’s not universal. Executive summary As part of the...

A national school food program would do more than feed students

Health and Well-being Amberley T. Ruetz and Evan Fraser -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org Mothers in particular would also benefit. Families would save money. ...

Oral health is health: Better access to dental care may have potential benefits beyond Canadians’ mouths

Health and Well-being Noha A. Gomaa -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Oral diseases, particularly dental decay and periodontal (gum) diseases, are largely preventable, yet are some of...

The hospital crisis: No capacity, no plan, no end in sight

Health and Well-being Doug Allan -
Click here to view original web page at ochuleftwords.blogspot.com While Canada has achieved universal public healthcare coverage, that does not mean conservative forces have given...

Decolonizing Economics: African and Feminist Perspectives on Post-Growth Futures

Health and Well-being Sonia Tesfaye -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Feminist decolonial discourse helps ensure that progress is more inclusive, just, and transformative for all. An interview...

A person-centred approach to improving mental health

Health and Well-being Sara Cerdas -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The European Union and its member states must accord a ...

The Liberals have a chance to make headway on pharmacare. They should seize the opportunity

Health and Well-being SPON Social Policy in Ontario -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca If all this leads to “foundational” legislation and a road map going forward, ...

Parliamentary Budget officer estimates cost and savings of single-payer pharmacare

Health and Well-being Steven Staples -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca The analysts in the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer sharpened their pencils to estimate the...

Make chemical safety an EU priority

Health and Well-being Giulio Romani -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Tens of thousands of deaths in Europe are caused each year by exposure of workers to...

Politicians come and go, but the clock is now ticking on long-promised pharmacare

Health and Well-being Nav Persaud and Steven G. Morgan -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The sword of Damocles hangs over the Trudeau government as it prepares a pharmacare bill that...

Are seniors being pressured into retirement homes by lack of community services?

Health and Well-being George A. Heckman and Andrew Costa -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Ads for retirement homes often feature an older couple relaxing in comfortable surroundings, playing a board...

Ottawa needs to take a co-operative leadership approach to national health care planning

Health and Well-being David Jones -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org It’s rare to hear the boss admit to a crisis on their watch. So we should...

Make palliative care a priority in health-care funding negotiations

Health and Well-being Rebecca Vachon and Eric Wasylenko -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org News coverage and personal experiences of lengthy wait times and closed emergency rooms have shaken Canadians’...

Ontario’s solution to the health care crisis is to hire nurses through private agencies — at quadruple the cost

Health and Well-being Armine Yalnizyan, Pat Armstrong Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Laurell Ritchie -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca We need more than just money when it comes to our care economy, ...

Closing of Toronto long-COVID rehab program a failure to support patients

Health and Well-being Scott Martin -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca "A pillar of healthcare support ends for a community with decreasing options." A Toronto-based Unity Health Rehabilitation...

Well-being of children with disabilities calls for rights-based policies

Health and Well-being Ananya Chandra, Anna Katalifos and Keiko Shikako -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org As many as 850,000 children in Canada identify as having a disability. Despite this large number,...

Not done yet: $10-a-day child care requires addressing Canada’s child care deserts

Health and Well-being David Macdonald and Martha Friendly -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca Canada has made big progress on child care costs—but has a lot of work ...
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