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Hospitals in smaller and rural communities across Ontario are making efforts to recruit, train, and carefully manage schedules in order to prevent the recurrence of temporary ER closures during the summer. Despite ongoing efforts, the issue of staffing shortages has persisted.
Today is the first National Reflexology Day here in Canada. National Reflexology Day was started by the Reflexology Association of Canada to raise awareness around the benefits and accessibility of Reflexology in Canada. We are extremely lucky to be joined by four members of the Reflexology Association of Canada to talk about this amazing career and effective, non-invasive, holistic, natural therapy in Canada.
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New study in Ontario suggests that the healthcare system could save roughly $1488 per patient per year by making prescription medications free. This change would also help healthcare patients get access to their prescriptions they would otherwise leave unfilled or go prolonged times between refills.
With us today on the Caring Support Podcast is a nurse by day, film producer by night, author, music producer, renal strategist, and life coach, Robyn Roots! Come along with us to hear all about her song and documentary "2020 Year of The Nurse" and what motivated her to take on this very important project during the height of COVID-19.
Halifax has begun construction for 6 new long-term care homes scheduled to be ready by 2025. The new facilities will open up room for roughly 720 seniors, following this the province is hopeful for the rest of the 34 planned facilities to be completed by 2027.
This week is National Paramedic Services Week here in Canada and we are feeling really lucky to be joined by four awesome paramedics from the Paramedic Association of Canada. We are very excited to learn all about becoming a paramedic and to hear about the struggles facing paramedics right now. Come along with us as we talk to Derek Cassista, Melanie Stephens, Steven Leu and Ashley Chasse, paramedics from across Canada!
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