Leaving the Walkman and ICD-9 Behind: Modernizing the Disease Classification System Used by Canadian Physicians [0.03%]
告别随身听和ICD-9：现代化加拿大医师使用的疾病分类系统
Stephanie Garies,Phoebe Ng,James A Dickinson et al.
Stephanie Garies et al.
The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) was released in the 1970s and adopted in Canada for physician billing claims in 1979 (CIHI n.d.b.; WHO & International Conference for the Ninth Revision of the Internation...
Commentary: Burning Platforms, Icebergs and Tipping Points - Canada Needs a Single Socially Accountable Healthcare System [0.03%]
评论：燃平台、冰山和临界点——加拿大需要一个统一的医疗卫生体系
Roger Strasser
Roger Strasser
Leslie et al.'s (2022) article caused me to reflect on the complexities and contradictions that are Canada. Healthcare in Canada is a hodgepodge of different health systems all assembled under the umbrella of the Canada Health Act (1985). C...
Pan-Canadian Registration and Licensure of Health Professionals: A Path Forward Emerging from a Best Brains Exchange Policy Dialogue [0.03%]
加拿大全国卫生专业人员注册及执业许可：最佳智囊政策对话推动路径向前
Kathleen Leslie,Chantal Demers,Richard Steinecke et al.
Kathleen Leslie et al.
The regulation of health professions differs across Canadian provinces and territories, often resulting in an unstandardized approach to licensure and registration. These siloed regulatory frameworks hinder health workforce mobility and vir...
Jason M Sutherland
Jason M Sutherland
Recently, we have all seen myriad articles in the national newspapers announcing that provinces' healthcare systems are imploding, with authors describing systems in states of "crisis" (Laverly 2022), "visibly coming apart" (Tumilty 2022), ...
Rights versus Risks: The Impact of Isolation on Residents and Families in Long-Term Care [0.03%]
权衡与风险：长期护理机构中隔离措施对住户和家庭成员的影响
Andrea Baumann,Mary Crea-Arsenio
Andrea Baumann
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government created directives for long-term care (LTC) homes. As a result, residents were isolated in their rooms and visitors were banned. This commentary examines these practices and their impac...
Mary Crea-Arsenio,Andrea Baumann,Victoria Smith
Mary Crea-Arsenio
Neglect in the Ontario long-term care (LTC) sector is defined under section 5 of O. Reg. 79/10 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007. Allegations are monitored and investigated via inspections. Using an exploratory descriptive design, we an...
Frequency of Neglect and Its Effect on Mortality in Long-Term Care before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic [0.03%]
新冠肺炎大流行之前和期间长期护理中忽视的发生率及其对死亡率的影响
Noori Akhtar-Danesh,Andrea Baumann,Mary Crea-Arsenio et al.
Noori Akhtar-Danesh et al.
Neglect of vulnerable adults living in long-term care (LTC) homes has been well documented. It often presents first in the physical symptoms of decubitus ulcers, dehydration and urinary tract infections (UTIs). A retrospective cohort study ...
Adrian Rohit Dass,Raisa Deber,Audrey Laporte
Adrian Rohit Dass
This paper presents a forecasting model for personal support workers (PSWs) and nurses (registered nurses [RNs] and registered practical nurses [RPNs]) for Ontario's long-term care (LTC) sector. In the base-case scenario, the model projects...
What Is Old Is New Again: Global Issues Influencing Workers and Their Work in Long-Term Care [0.03%]
旧问题 新挑战：全球视角下的长期护理行业从业者及其工作状态分析
Whitney B Berta,Cal Stewart,Andrea Baumann
Whitney B Berta
We offer a broad understanding of contemporary issues relevant to the long-term care (LTC) sector and its workers, globally, and the concurrent evolution and involution of these workers' roles, their work and policy environments. While cont...
David Oldenburger,Andrea Baumann,Mary Crea-Arsenio et al.
David Oldenburger et al.
The COVID-19 crisis in long-term care in Canada has been characterized as a crisis upon a crisis. This study examines recent documents on the crisis in long-term care in Ontario, using document and thematic analysis to synthesize issues and...