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WorktheHOPE retweeted
From breathing and snow-full trees 🌲 around my cabin in the wilderness of the Yukon in -30C/-22F environment, I am sending Christmas greetings and wishing nothing but pure joy to the world 🧡🙏🏽
OK - please value environmental protections, affordable housing with credible leadership...
Great chatting with you Sam. Looking forward to working together to push @St_Catharines forward.
WorktheHOPE retweeted
New report: A new year is on the way but the NIA is looking further ahead to the next 10 years. Today we launch an annual survey of older Canadians that will be the cornerstone of our new initiative, Enabling a Decade of Healthy Ageing in Canada. nia-ryerson.ca/2022-annual-s… 🧵 1/5
...if most pets go out for brief airings on cold days...why must people live the long day without shelter?
"The risk of hypothermia among individuals experiencing homelessness increased with declining temperature; however, most cases occurred during periods of low and moderate cold stress...warmer than −15 °C."
mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/325…
...when I came to understand that my life is my own to direct and cherish, I came to understand that if I am possible, then anything and anyone is possible - ...
We need to reconnect generations to thrive again- elders root families, kids grow, adults feel support of family tree...
calm-abiding, clarity can come with particular practice - thoughts may appear but have less hold -
WorktheHOPE retweeted
"Matt Hancock should ‘hang his head in shame’ for defending Covid failures, bereaved families say"
Family members "absolutely furious" at his account of #COVID19 in care homes
inews.co.uk/news/matt-hancoc…
#aging #ltcjustice #ageism #nursinghomeabuse #eldercare #longtermcare
A great soul - thank you for so much heart poured for others' welfare - enjoy where YOU ARE dear Cathy C - !
Can we please take a minute to appreciate @cathyacrowe as she closes the book on her legendary career? Not only has she served as a street nurse for >35 years but she's been an incredible advocate for people experiencing homelessness. Let's tell her how much we appreciate her! 🙏🏾
With a new year, post holiday, let's see how Ontario wakes up -- Ontario need not be a bad movie on repeat...
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Family/elders without choices cause MORE HARM- the cost is TOO MUCH, as elders lose rights/families lose access as caregivers or decision-makers in Ontario.
"Chance of patients getting LTC home of choice is 'pretty rare'"
guelphtoday.com/local-news/c…
#aging #ltcjustice #ageism #nursinghomeabuse #eldercare #longtermcare #COVID19
WorktheHOPE retweeted
"Concord nursing home agrees to pay $2.3M over claims it abused and neglected patients"
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
#aging #ltcjustice #ageism #nursinghomeabuse #eldercare #longtermcare #COVID19
WorktheHOPE retweeted
100 ERs, ICUs & maternity wards have temporarily closed since the summer. There’ve been 1000+ Code Zeros in Ontario this year (when 0 ambulances are available in a region). Surgeries are being cancelled & sick children are being turned away from ERs. Numbers from @OntarioHealthC
Every community in Ontario needs to know that privatization of services is NOT healthy - OUR health / safety are human / public / worker rights not protected by current @fordnation lack of leadership.
WorktheHOPE retweeted
We have a crisis in pediatric care.
And now, despite the urgency of this situation, Doug Ford has closed the legislature UNTIL FEBRUARY.
Myself and the @OntarioNDP are calling for the legislature to return as soon as possible to fix this health care crisis.
#onpoli