Decreasing ambulance offload times
Changes to how patients move within hospital are freeing up paramedic partners to be available to respond to new 911 […]
long-term care facilities
Demand for ambulance services up in Ontario over last decade, study finds
Ontarians demand for paramedic and ambulance services has increased almost 40 per cent in the last decade and is exceeding
Nova Scotia’s ambulance service says response times improving in 2024
Emergency response times across Nova Scotia, which had risen steadily in recent years, are improving, says the head of the
Ontario Connecting People to Faster Emergency Care
HASTINGS — The Ontario government is investing over $910 million to increase the availability of ambulances across the province and connect people
Ontario to expand paramedicine services to all eligible seniors
The provincial government is expanding its paramedicine services to all eligible seniors in Ontario to provide intermediate care for those
Neighbours help B.C. senior after frustrating ambulance wait
A senior in Williams Lake, B.C., who dislocated her shoulder Sunday waited an hour for an ambulance before learning there
‘The System Is So Broken’: What It’s Like In Long-Term Care Right Now
Nizi calls her mother’s long-term care facility every night. During each call, she asks someone on staff if Maria, 83,
The Conversation
In July 2020, 26 people died in a single for-profit long-term care home (LTC) in Ontario. These people did not
Five steps for tackling Canada’s long-term care crisis
Canada’s long-term care sector was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapidly climbing patient deaths, a lack of safety provisions
But inside is a social movement
Like many Canadians who watched news footage of nursing homes during the COVID-19 lockdown—the blurred faces looking out at families