Concerned Friends started off 2025 with a submission to Ontario’s Pre-Budget Consultation. This annual event is an opportunity to have input into provincial spending priorities. This year, our submission emphasized the need for improved investments in: Please click this link to download a copy of …
Wow what a banner year! The board of directors of Concerned Friends has been extraordinarily busy in 2024. This year: >>> We participated in the 2024 Ontario Budget Public Consultation – advising the government on priorities for further investment and ways to improve quality, safety …
Lise Cloutier-Steele, a member of Concerned Friends, is an Ottawa writer and the author of There’s No Place Like Home: A guide to help caregivers manage the long-term care experience which is available at www.ottawacaregiver.com. I am 71 years old, and like many seniors in my age group, I …
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf. Why Focus on Nutrition? Proper nutrition is essential for maintaining a strong and healthy body. It provides energy, aids in weight management, and enhances resistance to illness. Additionally, …
Join the Conversation Concerned Friends is pleased to announce the next webinar of a series of one-hour online presentations. Each edition of our Long-Term Care Education Series will bring you a guest speaker on an issue relevant to Long-Term Care in Ontario followed by a …
“6.3 million people in Canada will develop, live with and/or ultimately die with dementia between 2020 and 2050.” – Alzheimer Society of Canada This staggering statistic suggests that within the next thirty years, you will likely know someone who is either showing symptoms or diagnosed with a …
Our spring newsletter is out now! Visit this link to read our latest edition: https://mailchi.mp/concernedfriends/spring-2024-newsletter
At a recent family council meeting for my mom’s long term care home, we were told that a man had inadvertently caused an outbreak by visiting his loved one while he had the flu. Yes, he had symptoms. Yes, he wore a mask during the …
Being a caregiver is one of the hardest, most emotionally and physically draining support role an individual will have to do in their lifetime. Sometimes you may have to do it more than once in your lifetime. Sometimes the role will look completely different each …
The provincial government has faced years of criticism over insufficient inspections of long-term care homes after they allowed LTC homes to hire cheaper and untrained labour in 2020, and LTC inspectors were not allowed to issue fines leading to an increase in deaths during the …
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