68 Calgary families participated in a special shopping spree at Toys R Us thanks to a joint initiative by the Starlight Foundation and Toys R Us. Check out this CTV news article to read more about this event.
Tag Archives: patient experience
Gamer role in hospital?
One of the things people experience when they are a patient in a hospital is boredom. This is especially true for children. Check out this video and see how a hospital in Scotland has addressed this issue. Will other hospitals do the same?
Safe consumption site – Stay or go?
There is much debate about whether safe consumption sites should exist and if so where. The site at in Calgary at Sheldon Chumier Center is the center of one of these debates. Here is an article by the CBC that looks at this very important issue.
Coming November 1st
In case you missed it, Primary Care will be split from Alberta Health Services beginning November 1st, 2024.
Waiting for a response?
If you have not yet heard from the medical office where you have been referred, like thousands of others, your referral may not have been processed correctly. The question now being asked is, “Why did this occur?” This is the something the Health Quality Council of Alberta is going to investigate.
A must-read story from Global News Toronto.
If you have not yet heard about Joshua Morven and Sarah Bright and the very special day they had thanks to members of the Vancouver General Hospital, you can read about it here. Be warned, you may want to have some Kleenex nearby.
Thoughts about Alberta’s Healthcare
In this TikTok video, “Boots on the Ground” looks at the state of healthcare in Alberta as the provincial government privatizes healthcare. He describes what is happening in Alberta as “playing politics with healthcare” and notes that the outcome can be people getting hurt and/or dying.
Healthcare in Rural Canada
“Community hospitals across remote parts of Canada are facing challenges from staffing to funding.”
Here is a news story by CTV that highlights some of the realities associated healthcare in rural communities in Canada.
Has COVID been worse this summer?
Have you been thinking that COVID seems to be worse this summer than ever before? Have you or people you know been sicker this summer than previous summers? If you answered, “Yes,” to these questions, you may find this article of interest.
Disability Inclusion in health research?
If you’re interested in learning how and why it is important to make health research more inclusive, the following webinar might be of interest to you.
