Ontario Supporting Seniors, Caregivers and Families with 5,000 New Beds Across the Province by 2022 Premier Kathleen Wynne was at Kensington Gardens in Toronto today to announce that Ontario has allocated 5,000 new long-term care (LTC) beds in communities across the province. This is part of the [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The government should identify hospice palliative care as a defined medical service to be covered under the Canada Health Act, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes delivered a petition on the subject in the House of Commons Tuesday, making the case [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – As of January 1st, 2015, the Hospice Northwest – Manitouwadge program is up and running, ready to match it’s volunteers with clients. The program is being hosted by the Manitouwadge Family Health Team with Program Coordinators Treena Roberts and Amanda [Read more]
Parliament saw welcome moments of agreement this week which amounts to good news for Canadians as we passed a New Democrat motion on a pan-Canadian palliative and end-of-life care strategy and got down to work on a government bill for drug safety. The motion should jump-start the government [Read more]
