Stress, quality of life and disability for Canadians with arthritis are addressed in the Public Health Agency of Canada’s second national surveillance report on arthritis. The recently released report provides an overview of the disease and discussion of its impact in Canada. The chapter on disability and quality of life provides information about how arthritis […]Continue readingPublic Health Agency of Canada releases Life with Arthritis Report
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Ombudsman will not investigate North East Local Health Integration Network
The Ontario Ombudsman’s office has ruled that it will not investigate the decision by the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) to transfer 31 mental health beds from North Bay to Sudbury. In July 2010, the Concerned Citizens’ Committee of North Bay and Area filed a complaint with the Ontario Ombudsman that the […]Continue readingOmbudsman will not investigate North East Local Health Integration Network
CAMH Bill of Client Rights DVD and discussion guide available
A new learning package is now available to promote greater understanding of the civil rights of people who use mental health and addictions services in Ontario. The package, which includes a 42-minute DVD and discussion guide, was developed by the Empowerment Council and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Client Relations Office. The […]Continue readingCAMH Bill of Client Rights DVD and discussion guide available
APA releases new guidelines for treatment of depression (USA)
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released a new clinical practice guideline that summarizes specific approaches to treatment for people with major depressive disorder. The updated guideline includes new evidence-based recommendations on treatment decisions and addresses other topics, such as alternative and complementary therapies, treating depression during pregnancy and approaches to treating treatment-resistant depression. The […]Continue readingAPA releases new guidelines for treatment of depression (USA)
Training can improve eating skills of older people with dementia (Taiwan)
Eating skills and nutritional status of those with dementia can improve with training, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. The study involved 82 older adults from dementia special care units at three long-term care facilities in Taiwan. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: spaced retrieval training, Montessori […]Continue readingTraining can improve eating skills of older people with dementia (Taiwan)
New anti-oppression training resources for health providers
The Training for Change project, a partnership of the Rainbow Health Network, Rainbow Health Ontario and Springtide Resources, has developed two resources to be used when training health and social service providers. The resources promote an intersectional approach to sexual and gender diversity that integrates understandings of class, ability, sex, racialization and more. The resources […]Continue readingNew anti-oppression training resources for health providers
Resiliency and schools forum call for abstracts
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition is requesting presentation and poster submissions for its tenth annual forum, “Resiliency and the School Community.” The forum, hosted by Sudbury and District Health Unit, will take place May 12-13, 2011 in Sudbury and will bring together individuals who work to create resilient youth and school communities. Presentations should address […]Continue readingResiliency and schools forum call for abstracts
Age Friendly Communities website launched
A new website that supports individuals, groups and communities to become more age friendly has been launched as a partnership of the Kenneth G. Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP), the Alzheimer Society of Ontario, the University of Waterloo and the Research Institute for Aging. The website presents the guiding principles of an age […]Continue readingAge Friendly Communities website launched
Creating Together releases web survey
Creating Together: Developing a Mental Health and Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario is an OMHAKEN-initiated, province-wide process to jointly develop a research agenda for mental health and addictions in Ontario. The results of the process will help guide health systems and services, and population and public health research investments and knowledge exchange activity over the […]Continue readingCreating Together releases web survey
Ontario higher court dismisses appeal on ODSP eligibility ruling
The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently upheld a 2006 ruling that it is discriminatory to deny benefits to claimants of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) if their disability is caused solely by substance abuse. In a 51-page ruling, the Court of Appeal dismissed the ODSP’s appeal to overturn a 2006 Social Benefit Tribunal […]Continue readingOntario higher court dismisses appeal on ODSP eligibility ruling