Town Square is a working replica of a 1950s downtown, built and operated by the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Centers in Southern California. The imitation town is the biggest U.S. investment so far in what eldercare specialists call reminiscence…
Health in the News
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- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Sustainability
In a report from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), it's proposed that the federal government introduce legislation that would put mental…
- NBHC Care Experience
Beginning in the new year, the Nova Scotia government is placing newly-designed youth health centres in four of the province's high schools to see if an integrated care model improves access to medical services. The province's health and wellness…
- NBHC Care Experience
The executive director of Pain BC notes that Ontario and Quebec are funding province-wide pain management initiatives that include primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and social workers…
- NBHC News
A Brunswick News survey found healthcare was picked as the number one election issue in the province. Taking into consideration the province is home to the oldest, most obese and one of the unhealthiest populations in the country, Brunswick News…
- NBHC Care Experience
The system of copying patients into letters sent between doctors and specialists has forced patients to then visit their GP to have the contents of the letter explained to them in terms they understand. This is part of the reason whey the Academy…
- NBHC News
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says that, if he wins, he’ll go much further than the governing Liberals in rolling back a ban on chocolate milk and junk food at school fundraisers. Higgs says he will scrap the nutrition policy…
- NBHC Sustainability
The province is adding 15 specialist residency seats to the Dalhousie University medical school, bringing the total number at the university to 65. These new spaces will be in place next July. The province is willing to spend $1.5 million a year…
- NBHC Engagement
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control launched a promotional campaign with the B.C. Dental Association to bring attention to the rate of antibiotic prescribing by the province's dentists. The initiative is…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA) plans for phase two of the Healing our Health System program revolve around consolidating mental health services and a surgery program. Mental health…
- NBHC Sustainability
A study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy outlines two options considered…
- NBHC Population Health
The No Fixed Address program, piloted at London’s Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, helps patients who are homeless find housing and financial support. The program started in the summer of this year and helped 17 people so far. It’s…
- NBHC Care Experience
To understand a disease through the eyes of patients and help bridge a gap between the classroom and the hospital, medical students at McMaster University created an online platform, Stories of…
- NBHC Sustainability
Public drug plan expenditures increased by an additional 1.9% in fiscal year 2016-17, following growth of 10.8% the previous year, reaching a total of $10.7 billion, according to a Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB)…
- NBHC Care Experience
Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) streamlined the multidisciplinary assessment form for its ER so that it has 70% fewer questions. The centre expects the shorter form will counteract the increase in adults visiting its…
- NBHC Engagement
The $3.1-million digital TalkHealthandCare platform will allow millions of frontline healthcare staff to post ideas, questions and challenges for government. The online tool was launched following feedback from staff that say they too often don't…