Mental health
Feature
by: Madison Hietkamp
When leZlie lee kam went to visit Alf Roberts at his long-term care (LTC) home a couple of days after his 91st birthday, lee kam was devastated to learn Roberts had died the day before and no one from the home shared the news.
“There was this wall between anyone who cared for Alf and (the LTC home where he lived),” lee kam re...
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
Ontario is now in the throes of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by an aggressive Delta variant with unvaccinated or partially vaccinated persons, often younger, being hospitalized and admitted to ICUs.
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
RN Aaliyah Hoo Kim-Baker finds purpose in advocating for less privileged communities.
Feature
by: Madison Hietkamp
Nurses have been called heroes throughout COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean they have superpowers to mitigate the harsh realities of stress and burnout that come with working on the frontlines of a pandemic. The impact of that strain reverberated through the profession earlier this year, when nurses across the province grieved the...
Column
by: Jane Letton
Taking another look at some common legal questions during COVID-19 (see the first column on this in our Summer 2020 issue)
News
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The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Hope program began in August 2020 to help provide culturally-appropriate mental health support to all NAN citizens. The number of active clients in the program is 317 (as of March 3), and continues to increase each week.
Feature
by: Madison Hietkamp
It’s no secret that nurses across Ontario are facing tremendous physical and emotional burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And because of their commitment to caring for others, they have less time to devote to their own health and wellbeing.
As RNAO continues its unrelenting call on the federal and provincial governme...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Reta, 95, lives in a retirement home across the street from Newmarket’s Southlake Regional Health Centre. Judy Smith, her daughter-in-law, is not her substitute decision-maker, but the person Reta wants all health decisions to go through. Smith has seen first-hand the impact and value of person...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Systemic neglect and archaic staffing and funding policies in long-term care (LTC) have put thousands of older adults at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ontario, more than 1,800 LTC residents have died from COVID-19. In a few short months, more than half of the province’s 626 LTC faciliti...
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders
Death and grief can be intense topics of discussion for anyone, but they can be especially challenging conversations to have with children. Whether it’s a family member or friend, breaking the news about death to a child, or helping a child through the grieving process can be difficult, even for...