Canadians are often called "nice" but it isn't true - we're not nice, we're kind hearted & care for each other. That's different. We're tough. We don't tolerate bullies. We're not doormats. We fight for our values. We stick together. Most of us abhor Trump & will fight his lunacy

A reflection of how low our society has fallen - President Jimmy Carter died this weekend & in virtually every condolence posting by a politician on X, they all have comments that are crass, mean-spirited, foul views about the politics of the poster & unrelated to the goodness of Jimmy Carter

Sad, but true. I’m glad I’m Canadian (you know, a sovereign nation and historically good neighbour)

Unbelievable Vaccines save innumerable lives

Check out CAHSPR Connects to learn about our planning for #CAHSPR25! We can't wait to welcome you to Ottawa where we'll explore "Charting the Course for Health System Transformation" together. Mark your calendar (May 27-29, 2025) and get your abstracts in! cahspr.ca/cc-cahspr2025/

The words “care” & “cure” are differentiated by a single vowel, but differences for #patients & #caregivers are vast. Let’s put the “care” back in #healthcare instead of our singular focus on cure. Care doesn’t always include cure but when cure is our only goal, care takes a backseat

Life is nothing if not interesting (to say the least). As we've struggled to explain my "complicated" course with #LongCovid, I asked my doc to humour me & test for Lyme Disease - guess what? I'm positive & they think I've had it the entire time. Now, a flurry of specialists & treatment initiated 😮

Being a #patient & #caregiver, I’ve learned that pursuing connected, locally delivered care is the only answer to the issues many families face every day. Being a pt & caregiver has brought me more meaningful insights into how we deliver #healthcare, than more than 20 years of a career in healthcare

Peer support for #caregivers is a lifeline. With sharing, we support each other & we give each other hope; hope to believe anything is possible. Everything is possible. Talk to your patient’s caregivers to make sure they know about peer resources – help connect them if they don’t

Murdered because they were women. #femicide Geneviève Bergeron Maryse Laganière Hélène Colgan Maryse Leclair Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Lemay Barbara Daigneault Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Annie StArneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Annie Turcotte

Having #LongCovid has made it crystal clear that we do not have a robust, systematic way to support caregivers. We need a co-designed person-centred system where supports are built in Q: What happens when a #caregiver becomes a #Patient in Canada? A: Nothing....absolutely nothing

I believe that the only way to achieve a truly person centred #healthcare system is to dismantle power imbalances by shifting power to #community, which will advance the goal of health and care being equitably provided to all Canadians. www.longwoods.com/publications...

Our health system is in peril. The future of Canadian #healthcare is in home & #communities, not institutions; but too many people in our #HealthSystem remain obsessed with protecting the past. They need to start clearing the way for the future, rather than continuing to obstruct it

The perception of #caregivers being unpleasant when they advocate for the people they are caring for means being labeled as bossy, obnoxious, unpleasant. I have been called all of these & more instead of being seen as decisive, persistent & committed member of the team. Still, we persevere

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Let's stop trying to fix symptoms of #HealthSystem problems; instead we should be carefully considering what exactly should be addressed at the root. Political expedience & 4 yr election cycles make us jump to inelegant policies that have unintended, often negative consequences.

As a #caregiver, it’s essential that you become an expert in setting boundaries. Boundaries are the flip side of asking for help. If you can do both; if you can learn to say “no” and “I need help,” you’ve found the secret sauce for surviving, or even thriving, in this experience

“Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.” Audre Lorde

Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and Norway have all been named among the countries with the most freedom.

#Doctors, #Nurses & other #HCWs carry their patients’ stories, the triumphs & the tragedies, home with them every day. I’m glad they have the courage to be vulnerable, allowing themselves to be touched by lives of people they care for. It matters to #patients & #caregivers.

Dear #HCW, please remember to see/hear/speak to me as a #caregiver. My spouse faced the possibility of pain, disability, & ultimately, death with his diagnosis. As his partner & #caregiver I faced possibility of going through life with only half my heart intact. We both needed you #Empathy

#Caregivers provide countless hours of care. We rely on help from family, friends & community srvcs & if even one of those falls through it can be crippling. It's no surprise that our physical & mental health is suffering. I worry abt things like H5N1 when caregivers are already on brink of despair.

I've been here for 2 days now, and not a single person has threatened me with death/execution/imprisonment/a beating if I enter the U.S. or if I keep posting about wearing masks. #BlueSkies are indeed a balm for this weary soul

For anyone who doesn't know me, here is my sidekick, my desk mate, my little three legged Boston :)

At hospital recently I heard someone correct a #patient, saying the person he was talking to was “just a nurse.” We use the word “just” to diminish people & their roles. That qualifier is used to describe #caregivers, other #HCPs including family physicians & more. Let’s stop it now.

Today is the anniversary of my husband's death - I miss you Ara today and every day. The pain doesn't go away; it just changes cadence as life goes on

My sister’s 2 simultaneous cancer diagnoses & tx were delayed a yr because her symptoms were dealt with in multi-disciplinary way, instead of interdisciplinary way. No one was connecting the dots. There was a disjointed constellation of care, but no circle of care around her. #Integratedcare matters

This is a ward full of kids in iron lungs because they had polio. Vaccines saved future generations from this tragedy. RFKs determination to ban vaccines shakes me to the core because this picture from 1955 would once again become our reality.