Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Moira Wyton writes about the growing chorus of experts warning that we’re on the verge of another deadly wave of COVID-19. Shira Lurie laments the epidemic of individualism that’s standing in the way of needed collective responses. And Alexander Quon reports on the
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: National Caregivers Month in a Year Like No Other
This morning I looked at all my posts from early November since I began writing this blog (eleven years ago). At this time annually, to mark the beginning of National Caregivers Month, I would pen something I thought would help caregivers feel seen and valued. This year I think we
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On negative contributions
I’ve previously noted how the Saskatchewan Party’s platform diverts money to the people who need it least. But it’s worth taking a closer look to see exactly how little Scott Moe is willing to put into even his supposed priorities when one examines how much of the Sask Party’s plan
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Asher Schecter interviews Emmanuel Saez about the realities of growing inequality – and the denialists looking to exacerbate it. And Chris Hayes talks to Gabriel Zucman about the benefits of a wealth tax. – Laurie Monsebraaten reports on a new study showing how
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Gowan and Thomas Hanna write about the urgent need to free people from the market forces which currently trap them in precarity and debt: A flourishing and prosperous society that works for all, not just a privileged few, requires a foundation
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabrien Zucman write about the developing movement toward an economic discipline which recognizes the importance of human well-being, rather than being bound by neoliberal ideology and an assumption that GDP is the only end to be pursued. –
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: POST-ACUTE CARE FOR CAREGIVERS: MANAGING THE CHALLENGES
–> I am very excited to host this guest post about managing post-acute care in our loved ones. In my family, we’ve had to learn about options the hard way. This is a great roundup of information to make decision-making about post-hospital supports a whole lot easier – DonnaPost-Acute Care
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: DO FAMILIES BELONG IN HEALTH CARE?
If you have ever been in the same room with your loved one and a health care professional, you’ll know that it’s disorienting. I say that because it’s like going to the principal’s office, or having a business meeting when what you really want to do is have tea and
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: INNOVATION: USING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT WORKING CAREGIVERS
A couple of weeks ago, an article about a new caregiving technology for families caught my eye. BookJane is a Toronto based app available across Canada. It’s a platform that enables families to book both child care and senior care on a single site. Such a whole family life-lens is
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Canada-NL Health Deal: Warning Signs #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Late Friday evening, the provincial government announced it had signed a deal with the federal government on health funding. We don’t know what the arrangement is on the annual increase in funds but if it looks like what New Brunswick bought into, Newfoundland and Labrador won;t see anything significant. Once
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Terry Pedwell reports that young workers who were apparently expected to provide Justin Trudeau with a public relations backdrop instead delivered an important dose of reality by protesting his appearance. And Angella MacEwen points out that contrary to the Libs’ spin, there’s in
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Andrew Leach’s after-the-fact addendum to his review of Alberta’s climate change policy offers an important reminder as to the costs of inaction on climate change – and the message is one which applies equall…
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: THE PROBLEM WITH HOME CARE
Let me tell you a story. I have a friend who has a graduate degree, who loves her privacy but also dinner with friends and who loves to read as much as she loves going to the theatre. My friend is a wheelchair user. She needs help…
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: THE PROBLEM WITH HOME CARE
Let me tell you a story. I have a friend who has a graduate degree, who loves her privacy but also dinner with friends and who loves to read as much as she loves going to the theatre. My friend is a wheelchair user. She needs help…
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: “Care as a relationship” is key to good long-term care: research
What are long-term care residences around the world doing right? That’s the question an international research team travelled across North America and Europe to find out. Led by Pat Armstrong and Donna Baines, researchers visited nursing homes in C…
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Sick of Caregiving?
I was surprised to see this question as the title of an email I received this morning. “Sick of Caregiving?” isn’t the sort of thing I usually receive. My inbox is normally filled with things like “Latest stats on why caregivers live longer” or “…
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: A Fight Between PSWs, Clients and Agency Service Providers Spells Trouble For All
Over the years, our family has relied on the help, friendship and dedication of personal support workers, both for our son Nicholas and more recently for my mother who needs assistance due to her age. These support workers worked part-time for low wages. More often than not, they were women
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – In a theme all too familiar based on Brad Wall’s use of millions of public dollars to pay for access to U.S. lawmakers, Simon Enoch discusses the connections between Wall and ALEC: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is both a member and State corporate
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Home Care: Giving and taking away
The government gives, the home care agencies take away. Many of OPSEU’s home care agencies are presently at the bargaining table. You’d think this would be the best of times for the professional and support staff that conducts the often … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Tory health platform review: Direct promise to scrap LHINs, CCACs missing
Curiously after months of saying they’ll do away with both the Local Health Integration Networks and the Community Care Access Centres, both direct promises are conspicuously absent from the formal Tory election platform. That doesn’t mean they will stay in … Continue reading →
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