Diagnosing the Crisis: A New Prescription for Canada’s Healthcare System Healthcare in Canada is at a breaking point. An aging population, political instability, and systemic inefficiencies are pushing the system toward collapse. Despite spending more per capita...
Through this work, I’ve learned so much about patience. It is the key to successful caregiving, but it is also something I have been able to incorporate into my personal life, and my academic life. It may sound cheesy—but I genuinely derive joy from spending time with...
Reducing the Risk of Falls: What Can We Do? In Canada, older adults living in the community face a wide range of factors that increase their chance of falling. A previous history of falls, living with a chronic condition or illness, sensory or mobility...
I have worked at SAHN for two years. I know most people can’t truthfully say this, but I absolutely can: I love my job 100%. Management always has my back; they prioritize my safety and can always be counted on to provide support and constructive feedback when needed....
It’s difficult, sometimes, to know when the moment has come to ask for outside help. For many this future planning is accompanied by the difficult realization that a loved one is struggling with activities of day-to-day life. The challenges that accompany...
As we welcome 2025, I find myself reflecting on the profound challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the healthcare sector. At Stay at Home Nursing and CHAH Technology, we believe the next decade represents a critical period—one that will shape the future of...
Time to Break the Silos: Transforming Ontario's Healthcare Future At the Home Care Ontario Symposium in late November, Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health, articulated a profound challenge facing our healthcare system. "We know that funding for preventative...
My journey toward making a meaningful change in Canadian healthcare begins in a very different world—technology. For 18 years, I lived in Singapore, helping to run the Asia-Pacific operations of American software companies. It was a fast-paced and exciting career that...
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we’re so used to them we call them ordinary things. --Hans Christian Andersen Ordinary things: cosy clean bedding on a windy winter night; a quiet conversation over afternoon tea; the springtime glow of your rose...
I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing. ~ Martha Graham Gravity, goes a familiar one-liner, is always bringing me down, a statement that brings a much-needed moment of levity for those of us with mobility issues who are most intimately...
