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Winnipeg Free Press
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Ontario makes program aimed at keeping seniors out of hospital permanent
Ontario's long-term care minister has announced that the province is making a paramedic program that helps keep patients out of hospital permanent. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta says the Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care program has served more than 81,000 people since launching as a pilot project in 2020 and expanding across the province in 2022. The program sees community paramedics treat seniors who are waiting for long-term care in their homes for non-emergency issues such as help with chronic disease management. The government says community paramedics typically provide care within hours or days, which helps prevent emergency incidents and eases pressures on hospitals. Ontario is putting $89 million toward the program, which includes expanding services offered in First Nations communities. The Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs says the pilot project 'has demonstrated the unique role paramedics play in our health-care system outside of 911 response, by enabling seniors to age at home and reduce emergency room visits.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 5, 2025.
Toronto Star
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- Toronto Star
What to know about Legionnaires' disease, which has sickened dozens in New York City
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Winnipeg Free Press
6 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Free Press Head Start for Aug. 5
A mix of sun and cloud, with wind from the southeast at 30 km/h. High 27 C. Humidex 33. UV index 7 or high. What's happening today Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Kelowna, B.C., for an announcement at a lumber facility on Tuesday after attending the Vancouver Pride parade on the weekend before he toured a Canadian Forces facility on Vancouver Island on Monday. The Canadian Press reports. Today's must-read For Manitoba seniors living in personal-care homes, mealtime should be highlights of the day. Many, however, consider them sources of distress rather than nourishment or comfort. That was the finding of a recent Free Press article that found some of Winnipeg's 37 personal-care homes provide food that is mass-produced in an off-site commercial kitchen, frozen and then reheated and served to residents. The solution would be for every PCH to have its own kitchen where good, healthy and appealing food can be prepared. And that's what happens in the majority of the 24 non-profit and mostly faith-based PCHs that are part of the Manitoba Association of Residential and Community Care Homes for Everyone. For them, it's a matter of food and faith. But it's a challenge because of a lack of funding needed to ensure their residents get the best food to eat. John Longhurst has the story. Gary Ledoux (right), director of Bethania Personal Care Home, and Delroy Clarke, director of food and environmental services, in the kitchen where staff are preparing lunch for care home residents. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press) On the bright side Frank Capasso has an impressive collection of awards for the volunteer work he's done over the last 45 years, but he says recognition is not what motivates him. 'The feeling of giving back to the community makes me tick,' he says. In recent years, Capasso has focused his efforts in Sage Creek, the southeast Winnipeg neighbourhood he moved into 13 years ago. Aaron Epp has more here. Sage Creek Residents' Association president Frank Capasso at the pump track named in his honour. (Brook Jones / Free Press) On this date On Aug. 5, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported in London, the Canadian minister of trade and commerce said that because Russian trading was done through a Soviet government organization, it would not be useful to send a Canadian trade commissioner to Russia. In Ottawa, a report compiled by the department of customs showed a dramatic increase in the volume of motor traffic into Canada; the number of such visits for 1921 was 617,385 compared to 93,300 in 1920. Read the rest of this day's paper here. Search our archives for more here. Today's front page Get the full story: Read today's e-edition of the Free Press .
