Élizabeth Côté-Boileau, Ashnoor Rahim, Brenda Vollmer, Nichola Harrilall, Suellen Robertson
{"title":"Mapping the Newcomer Journey for More Equitable Population Health: Insights from an Ontario Health Team.","authors":"Élizabeth Côté-Boileau, Ashnoor Rahim, Brenda Vollmer, Nichola Harrilall, Suellen Robertson","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2023.27021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2023.27021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified systemic vulnerabilities and made the global and Canadian newcomer experience even more fragile. In 2022, the Kitchener, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich (KW4) Ontario Health Team launched a journey-mapping initiative with the aim to better understand newcomers' lived experiences with regard to their health and wellness within the first two years of their arrival in the region. We interviewed 17 newcomers from 11 different countries. The outcomes of this project are helping to inform a people-centred integrated health system approach toward service redesign and the creation of technological solutions to improve newcomers' abilities to self-navigate local services toward more equitable population health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 4","pages":"23-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10775098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Childhood Mental Health of One.","authors":"Neil Seeman","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2023.27023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2023.27023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the interdependence of children's schooling and their mental health, with each child being unique in response to pandemic-related disruptions. There is a will and a financial path forward to work across sectors to promote a mental healthcare model that champions the unique challenges facing each child. This model requires individualized care plans and proactive outreach to children who are reluctant to disclose their suffering.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 4","pages":"13-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10782895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kate Mulligan, Sonia Hsiung, Gary Bloch, Grace Park, Abby Richter, Lisa Stebbins, Samina Talat
{"title":"Social Prescribing in Canada: A Tool for Integrating Health and Social Care for Underserved Communities.","authors":"Kate Mulligan, Sonia Hsiung, Gary Bloch, Grace Park, Abby Richter, Lisa Stebbins, Samina Talat","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2023.27022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2023.27022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social prescribing is a practical tool for addressing the social determinants of health through supported referrals to community services. This globally spreading intervention aims to meet the needs of underserved populations and to better link health and social care organizations by supporting self-management and connecting participants to non-clinical supports in their communities, such as food and income support, parks and walking groups, arts activities and friendly visiting. This paper describes the current state of social prescribing in Canada, provides an overview of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing and offers an introduction to processes and resources for initiating social prescribing interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 4","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9139280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Essential Care Partners during the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Pauline Johnston, Margaret Keatings, Allan Monk","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Visitor restrictions in long-term care (LTC) have had many consequences for residents, their families and care providers. The value of family presence in LTC was obscured during the COVID-19 pandemic until the designation of essential care partners (ECPs) was introduced to support the re-entry of family caregivers into LTC. Three ECPs share their personal experiences of caring for a loved one in LTC before and during the pandemic. Partnerships with LTC homes, residents, families and ECPs are identified as a unifying way forward to bolster future pandemic preparedness and ensure that current and future residents receive safe and high-quality care.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"41-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10422792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Long-Term Care: Where Do We Go Next?","authors":"Neil Stuart","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, I would often hear colleagues who are intimately familiar with our health and social care system remark that they would never allow themselves or those closest to them to end up in long-term care. Sadly, the conversation often progressed to an acknowledgment that more desirable alternatives to long-term care for the most part lie outside our publicly supported care system and are only accessible to those with the means. And then we had the pandemic. For too many it turned what was often dreary and uninspiring care into a modern hell - so awful that two Canadian provinces called in the military to restore care in their worst-hit homes (Howlett 2021). There can be no doubt that the challenges that we face in providing dignified, respectful care to all our seniors have been decades in the making. It would be wrong to simply blame the long-term care homes, and it would be a travesty to lay the blame on individual care providers. On the contrary, those working in long-term care have continued to do their best, against the odds. In the early stages of the pandemic, they were not given the support that they deserved, and many paid a high personal price for their service.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10422794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy T Hsu, Geetha Mukerji, Anne-Marie Levy, Andrea Iaboni
{"title":"Pandemic Preparedness and Beyond: Person-Centred Care for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Amy T Hsu, Geetha Mukerji, Anne-Marie Levy, Andrea Iaboni","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing complexity of residents' needs, emphasis on social distancing and limited access to high-quality support presented challenges to patient-centred care during the pandemic. Yet the pandemic created an opportunity to explore novel approaches to achieving person-centred care within long-term care (LTC). We share three projects designed to enhance care delivery in the context of the pandemic: to address personhood needs during outbreaks, to improve the quality of medical care and to deliver personalized palliative and end-of-life care using a prediction algorithm. These projects enabled better care during the pandemic and will continue to advance person-centred care beyond the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"13-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10422795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflecting on the Journey to Develop New National Long-Term Care Standards.","authors":"Samir K Sinha","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26978","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Samir K. Sinha - Implementation Science Team lead and chair of the Health Standards Organization's National Long-Term Care Services Standard Technical Committee - sheds light on the development of the long-term care national standards. Sinha also discusses what the standards hope to achieve for improved quality of care and quality of life across the sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"48-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10431801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natasha L Gallant, Marie-Soleil Hardy, Idrissa Beogo, James Conklin, Denise Connelly, Sharon Kaasalainen, Janice Keefe, Annie Robitaille, Marie-Lee Yous, Chaimaa Fanaki, Courtney Cameron
{"title":"Improving Family Presence in Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Natasha L Gallant, Marie-Soleil Hardy, Idrissa Beogo, James Conklin, Denise Connelly, Sharon Kaasalainen, Janice Keefe, Annie Robitaille, Marie-Lee Yous, Chaimaa Fanaki, Courtney Cameron","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26980","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Family caregivers play a vital role in supporting the physical and mental health of long-term care (LTC) residents. Due to LTC visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, residents (as well as family caregivers) showed significant adverse health outcomes due to a lack of family presence. To respond to these outcomes, eight implementation science teams led research projects in conjunction with Canadian LTC homes to promote the implementation of interventions to improve family presence. Overall, technological and virtual innovations, increased funding to the sector and partnerships with family caregivers were deemed effective methods to promote stronger family presence within LTC.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"34-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10422796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Canadian Long-Term Care Sector Collapse from COVID-19: Innovations to Support People in the Workforce.","authors":"Britney J Glowinski, Shirin Vellani, Mona Aboumrad, Idrissa Beogo, Thea Franke, Farinaz Havaei, Sharon Kaasalainen, Bonnie Lashewicz, Anne-Marie Levy, Katherine S McGilton, Josephine McMurray, Joanie Sims-Gould","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic rattled Canada's long-term care (LTC) sector by exacerbating the ingrained systemic and structural issues, resulting in tragic consequences for the residents, family members and LTC staff. At the core of LTC's challenges is chronic under-staffing, leading to lower quality of care for residents and higher degrees of moral distress among staff. A rejuvenation of the LTC sector to support its workforce is overdue. A group of diverse and renowned researchers from across Canada set out to implement innovative evidence-informed solutions in various LTC homes. Their findings call for immediate action from policy makers and LTC decision makers.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"20-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10422797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erin Thompson, Meghan McMahon, Kirstin Loates, Lindsay Yarrow, Jane Rylett, Richard H Glazier, Jennifer Zelmer
{"title":"What We Have Heard: Next Steps for Long-Term Care Pandemic Preparedness in Canada.","authors":"Erin Thompson, Meghan McMahon, Kirstin Loates, Lindsay Yarrow, Jane Rylett, Richard H Glazier, Jennifer Zelmer","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2022.26977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2022.26977","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this concluding article, Healthcare Excellence Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research reflect upon and respond to the lessons learned from the contributing articles in the special issue and summarize key takeaways for the next steps in evidence-informed pandemic preparedness in long-term care in Canada. The implications of their cross-organizational partnership for achieving collective impact now and in the future are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":39763,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"25 SP","pages":"53-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10431800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}