Home palliative care doubles home deaths….
Through meta-analysis, a Cochrane review found that receiving home palliative care doubles the odds of dying at home and that people have less symptom burden. Cochrane reviews are “recognised as providing the highest standard in evidence-based health care”. Receiving in home care, personal care, support for medications, interprofessional team approach, not only supports the dying […]
And the iPAD winnner is……????
Martina Jol, from Hamilton Ontario won the iPAD!! Martina is an instructor in the Personal Support Worker (PSW) program at Everest College. Congratulations Martina! Thank you to everyone that completed the survey. The feedback you provided will guide us as we revise the Essentials Resources. Are you interested in completing an interview? We would like […]
The greatest threat to our economy…
“The chair is the greatest threat to our economy”… based on the cost of illness associated with too much sitting! Dr Doug Gross, Physical Therapist, Professor at University of Alberta. Doug Gross delivered the CLPNA keynote “Staying Well…Despite the Health Care System: An Evidence-Informed Approach for Maintaining Health”. Referencing “The Cure for Everything” he sited […]
Self Care because LIFE matters too!
Last month when our son Geordie moved home for a few months I did not expect he would have such a positive impact on our health! Geordie introduced us to a fascinating routine… daily visits to the gym at 0630! Like more than a few others I feared going to the gym, I preferred fresh […]
