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Alternate Levels of Care should not be your local hospital

With the reputation of Long Term Care Homes hitting a new low, it comes as no surprise that seniors want to grow older in their own homes.  However our hospitals and our emergency departments have become a temporary holding spot for many seniors, who cannot return home.   The August 25,…

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Crisis in Long Term Care Continued # 3

This blog will address some of the first hand experiences that my clients and I have had when interfacing with the Long Term Care sector. 1.  Younger adults. I worked with a 42 year old gentleman who lived with a degenerative motor disease. He could no longer live on his…

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Alternative Level of Care- Take 2

Our Ontario government is short sighted. We/They have not planned well for the changing and aging of our society. There simply is no place for those of us who need care and are not fortunate enough to either have the funds to pay for it themselves or have the necessary…

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What does ‘Alternative Level of Care’ mean?

Do you know that $2.2 million is spent daily on patients staying in Ontario hospitals who don’t need to be there? These are our ALC patients….

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