Blog | Cathy Summers

Long Term Care: Understanding the Past, and Looking to the Future

Working through the Philosophical Foundations of Health Systems course has provided an invaluable opportunity to learn the basics of a...

Protecting our Seniors From Isolation.

What is the best thing we can do for our aging parents and grandparents? Spend time with them. Can it be that simple? Can it be that...

Applying the Social Ecological Model to Patients Suffering From HIV and AIDS

Interpersonal, social and organizational factors have been shown to contribute to a person’s behaviours and attitudes toward human...

Multilevel Model of Health

Social ecological models (SEM) were developed to further enhance the understanding of the relationship between various personal and...

Determinants of Health

Pictured here are the 12 core determinants of health. They are all interconnected, and one cannot be affected without causing a ripple...

The Vital Role of Chaplains in Outpatient Palliative Care

Palliative care has been making significant changes over the last few years. No longer are we sending everyone to the hospital to spend...

Definition of Health

Many years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a definition of health – “health is a state of complete physical, mental,...

Professionalism

What kind of professional identity do you want to have? Professional identity is defined as including both personal and professional...

Best practice guidelines: The RNAO led initiative to improve resident care.

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) has developed a program called Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) for Long Term Care...

Who Are the Personal Support Workers Caring for our Loved Ones?

In a study covering long term care homes in the prairie provinces, it was found that personal support workers (PSW's) suffer both high b