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...

Comprehensive Winter Home Care Services in Ontario The change of seasons can be one of life’s great joys.  But it can also offer a greater set of challenges for our loved ones ageing in place or recovering from a medical issue while at home.   With a...

We all face the inevitable cycle of life.  But within this, for ourselves, for our loved ones, we need to make informed decisions around our lifestyle and quality of life.     How and where we age gracefully is a major decision.  Recovery...

In the healthcare industry, no one joins without a deep sense of caring and a genuine desire to help others. The challenges of long hours, low wages, and both emotional and physical stress quickly weed out those not committed to making a real difference for their...

In today's noisy, contentious world, there's a lot of concern about Canada's healthcare system. Not surprising given we are the top spender on healthcare among the 38 OECD countries but rank 31st in healthcare outcomes. Policymakers and our fragmented healthcare...

Tomorrow is today, and we are facing the coming silver tsunami with a fractured system designed in the 1950’s that has been patched with duct tape for the past 70 years.  There is only one solution to this problem – We must build and integrate Comprehensive Healthcare at Home into our healthcare supply-chain. 

What Direction Should We Take? “We are all in this together”... could not be a more appropriate phrase for our healthcare situation.  Whether it is our partner, our parents, our child, or ourselves, we will eventually be faced with ageing, or a chronic condition,...