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2024
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VHA PSWs Help Make Pride Toronto an Inclusive and Accessible Event for All
July 8, 2024
The Pride Toronto Festival Weekend is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity, beauty and progress of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. As the biggest pride event in North America, Pride Toronto is also a chance to acknowledge the ongoing challenges faced by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and to serve as a reminder of the...
2024
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The Importance of Routine in Dementia Caregiving
July 2, 2024
For people living with dementia, short-term memory and the ability to retain new information are usually the first cognitive skills to be affected....
2024
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Canadian HealthCare Technology: “VHA Home HealthCare deploys smartphone management”
June 28, 2024
By improving the management of its large fleet of smartphones, Toronto-based VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) has found a way to make its employees happier and to reduce costs significantly at the same time. Through an alliance with Valet Wireless, a company that manages the distribution of the phones, retrieves them...
2024
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Mealtime Strategies for Children with Sensory Processing Challenges
June 19, 2024
Children who have sensory issues may have an aversion to loud environments, bright lights, smells or different textures. ...
2024
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Dementia Care
A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia-Related Wandering
June 16, 2024
Wandering, or becoming lost or confused, is a common and concerning behaviour for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. ...
2024
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Physiotherapy
Celebrating National Physiotherapy Month at VHA and Champlain Rehab Solutions
May 14, 2024
Each May during National Physiotherapy Month, we recognize and celebrate the immense impact physiotherapists (PTs) and physiotherapy assistants (PTAs) have on the health of Canadians. Physiotherapy plays a vital role in the healthcare system and uses specialized, hands-on skills to diagnose and treat illness, injury and chronic disease. This year,...
2024
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Longwoods: “Focus Lock” on the Ice: A Healthcare Leader’s Secret to Wellness
May 9, 2024
Twenty years ago, I took up hockey. Everyone else in my family played, and I wanted to join in the fun. I never imagined that a recreational hockey league would become central to my health and wellness or contribute significantly to my professional success. Most of my best hockey anecdotes...
2024
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Vacation Planning Tips for Family Caregivers
May 6, 2024
If you are caring for an ill loved one, the idea of a camping trip, cottage vacation or journey abroad can feel impossible with so much responsibility at home....
2024
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Nursing
Celebrating VHA Nurses: Changing Lives and Shaping Tomorrow
May 3, 2024
Held every May around the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, National Nursing Week falls on May 6-12 in 2024. This recognition week is an important opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the countless contributions of registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) across the country. The...
2024
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Business Wire: “VHA Introduces Groundbreaking Pontosense AI Solution, Offering New Innovations for Aging in Place”
May 3, 2024
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) proudly introduces its newest offering for senior care, aimed at facilitating graceful aging in place in the comfort of one’s own home. Alongside Pontosense, a Waterloo-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, VHA is piloting Silver Shield, a millimeter wave (mmWave) AI solution, for wireless fall detection and...
2024
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Speech Language
A Day in the Life of a Speech-Language Pathologist with Annalisa William
May 1, 2024
Every May during Speech and Hearing Month in Canada, we raise awareness around the importance of communication health and celebrate the vital role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists. At VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), our team of 13 speech-language pathologists support people of all ages with swallowing and feeding challenges...
2024
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VHA In-House Pharmacy Program: Another key to Interprofessional Collaboration and Client Safety
April 24, 2024
It has been just over one year since VHA Home Healthcare (VHA) began offering In-House Pharmacy services, and since the program began, VHA’s team of pharmacists have been incredibly successful in achieving their goal of enhancing medication safety in the home, helping clients to remain healthy and safe in the...
2024
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Virtual Care
VHA’s Client Partners, Staff and Service Providers Help Shape New myVHA Client Portal Feature in Design Session
April 23, 2024
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is dedicated to providing high quality care and to partnering with clients and families to continuously improve our care and services. The myVHA client portal is a tool that was co-designed with clients and their family members to give clients greater control over how and when...
2024
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Personal Care
Sharing Your Care Experience: The Value of the Smiley App Feedback
April 16, 2024
By David Fry – VHA’s Vice President, Integrated Client and Community Care Your voice matters, and we’re here to listen. Your experience with our care is VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)’s top priority and we’re committed to making it easier than ever for you to give us feedback. A quick way...
2024
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Every Moment Matters: Celebrating the Volunteers of VHA Home HealthCare
April 15, 2024
Every year during National Volunteer Week, organizations across Canada unite to recognize the over 24 million volunteers who offer their time, energy and experiences to make a positive difference in their communities. For the 2024 Recognition Week this April 14-20, the theme Every Moment Matters highlights the importance of each volunteer and...
2024
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Chronic Disease
How to Protect Your Vision with Diabetes: Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy
April 8, 2024
For people living with diabetes, careful disease management is essential to preventing a number of serious health complications. This can include vision changes or even blindness due to poorly managed blood sugar levels over time. Diabetic retinopathy (DR), is the most common diabetic eye disease and the leading cause of...
2024
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Physiotherapy
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Physical Activity Tips for Older Adults: Movement to Support Healthy Aging
April 1, 2024
As we age, physical activity plays an important role in maintaining and improving overall health and wellbeing. Regular movement has been proven to support the independence, mobility, and mental health of adults over the age of 65, as well as reduce the risk of many chronic diseases. Here’s more on...
2024
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Worklife Pulse: Meeting the Needs of our Team so we can Meet the Needs of our Community
March 25, 2024
As all of us at VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) work to meet and exceed the evolving needs of our clients and our wider healthcare community, we’re committed to ensure our workforce always feels heard and supported. VHA’s Worklife Pulse survey, which is distributed annually, is one important tool for staff...
2024
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Dietetics
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Understanding Gallstones: Causes, Symptoms and Dietary Management
March 18, 2024
Gallstones can occur when hardened deposits of bile form in the gallbladder or bile ducts, which carry bile to the small intestine....
2024
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Inspiring Inclusion: Celebrating International Women’s Day at VHA Home HealthCare
March 7, 2024
“Inclusion is not bringing people into what already exists; it is making a new space, a better space for everyone.” – George Dei, Canadian scholar on race and anti-racism Every year on March 8th, International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of...
2024
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Social Work
Celebrating the Social Workers of VHA
March 6, 2024
March is Social Work Month across Canada and March 4-10 is Social Work Week in Ontario. These events are important opportunities to highlight and recognize the valuable contributions of social workers. This year’s theme #SocialWorkOpensDoors, reflects on how social workers use their unique expertise to find new and empowering pathways...
2024
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VHA launches InnoVHAtion Advisory Committee to fuel Age Tech in the Community
February 28, 2024
Every VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) innovation endeavour aims to bring people together to improve the lives of clients and families and transform how care is delivered in the community. With the launch of VHA’s InnoVHAtion Advisory Council, the organization is taking a concrete step into the Age Tech space. The...
2024
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How to Integrate More Plant-Based Foods Into Your Diet
February 12, 2024
There has been growing interest in the benefits of eating a plant-based diet and these advantages have also been well researched....
2024
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Increasing Black Representation in Leadership: A Key Priority for VHA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team
January 30, 2024
When collecting data for VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)’s second Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Survey in 2022, the organization looked specifically at the experiences of Black, African or Caribbean, East Asian and South East Asian staff and service providers. The findings, highlighted in VHA’s DEI Report published early last year,...
2024
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PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: CEO Dr. Kathryn Nichol Shares VHA’s Priorities for 2024
January 26, 2024
It is an exciting year ahead at VHA as we aim to fully realize the plans we set out in VHA’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Care to Transform and engage broadly to set a new plan to guide us into the future. Alongside strategic planning, we have several key priorities this...
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