Where is the #care in Health Care? "Blue Cross had stranded many of the center’s patients with high bills, amounts that it had absorbed over the years. On several occasions, though, Blue Cross executives had signed special one-time deals with the center, known as single case agreements, to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment."
More foster parents needed in the Edmonton area: ‘Some of these kids have nobody’
McMan Foster Care is looking for more foster parents to take on 75 kids in care but said the need is great across all of Alberta, in order for children to stay closer to home.
#foster #parents #children #care #Edmonton #Alberta
https://globalnews.ca/news/11127835/alberta-foster-parents-needed/
The interaction between the NHS & the care system is so difficult to navigate that its harming carers & those who need care; its exhausting carers (who often have to retell their medical histories again & again) to the point of burnout.
Although as yet only partly exposed to this (as the primary carer for my wife) I have already experienced the exhaustion of constantly having to go back to square one to explain to a new specialist what is going on....
#health #care
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/10/englands-complex-health-and-care-system-harming-patients-report-says
The #UN University published their #InterconnectedRisks Report: It's a theory about how we can #change our world for sustainable living (and why it is possible): https://interconnectedrisks.org/
When I had the idea for my podcast about #ReconnectingWithNature, a lot of people laughed at it. Now I find this #mindshift again and even some #solarpunk ideas like #care, #humility, #sufficiency https://interconnectedrisks.org/2025/theory-of-deep-change Well, let's start to work on a better world, and fight this minority of destroyers! 1/2
Operating rooms (ORs) use three to six times more energy per occupied space than other hospital areas and generate approximately one-third of hospital waste. But simple changes in surgical practice can cut waste, reduce energy-intensive sterilization, and lower greenhouse gas emissions without compromising patient care
https://www.cma.ca/get-involved/events/climate-rounds-sustainable-surgery
"Publishing #diamond #OpenAccess is a noblesse oblige for us. Let everyone benefit from research, so that we contribute together to appropriate care and improve the quality of life for people with #intellectual #disabilities."
Read the interview with Alain Dekker, editor of an open access book on #psychosocial #support #methods:
The book, published in 2024, has been downloaded >10,000 times by now.
#research #care #psychology #SocialWork
by Silvio Zangarini
Coucou Mastodon,
Je migre doucement de mon Instagram jusqu'à vous, en profond désaccord avec les politiques d'utilisation Méta et les idéologies de ses détenteurs.
Jeune maman d'un petit mammifère auprès duquel j'apprends chaque jour et suite à notre déménagement de Dijon vers la Vallée, je prends le temps de redécouvrir mon corps, mon monde intérieur, la vie de campagne, ses cycles et ses saisons...
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."
"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."
"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/07/australia-is-in-an-extinction-crisis-why-isnt-it-an-issue-at-this-election
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels
But Russian anarchist and scientist Pëtr Kropotkin had a different idea. After years observing wildlife in Siberia, he argued that mutual aid—not competition—is what ensures survival, resilience, and evolution.
This post kicks off my mutual aid series, exploring how solidarity and reciprocity can help us build equitable, sustainable communities outside capitalist logic.
Adherence to #Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic #Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in #Dementia
"...Of all newly started prescriptions, 17% were evaluated within the recommended 7 days after starting..."
#Geriatrics #Care #Alzheimers #Deprescribing #MedMastodon
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(24)00897-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
#Smartphone and social media harms: why we failed in our duty of #care
"...Why has it taken a #Netflix show to focus minds and ignite interest in the serious consequences of social #media...?"
#SocialMedia #Health #Adolescents #Adolescence #Life #Tech #Technology
The circular plastics #economy: from #bakery #waste to #curlers with a #care effect
The #CircularEconomy is a key building block for a #sustainable #future. 
This is precisely where the “TechCirclePolymers” #technology #transfer project of the Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers (ibp) at Hof University comes in: It aims to improve the #recycling of #plastics and #biopolymers. 
Read more: https://t1p.de/3r8tq
A quotation from Josh Billings
The time tew be karefullest iz when we hav a hand full ov trumps.
[The time to be most careful is when we have a hand full of trumps.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/75899/
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Getting a little radical around here.
I mean, really? I'm getting old (fed up) enough to put (political?) bumper stickers on my car?
My mom is still all "politics are private." And she's very proud of being an independent - with implied criticism that I'm not.
Well, I am. I have voted different parties. However, I refuse to back people who are anti-science, anti-democracy, anti-free speech, anti-human rights, and anti-rule of law.
It's past time to speak out.
In the last 10 years the number of people in the over-65 age group has risen by 20%, while the number of care home beds has risen by less than 3%.
The former figure is a testament to rising life expectancy & better health care, the latter figure is the context in which there is a crisis in the availability of place if care homes (driving up prices & locking many unpaid carers into care for relatives, while being kicked by the DWP).
We need a solution for everyone's sake!
Mercredi 26 mars 2025 rencontre avec Floriane Chinsky à l’occasion de la sortie de son livre "En finir avec les idées fausses sur le judaïsme, les Juives et les Juifs"
- https://www.instagram.com/p/DHLBN8hNEvG/
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Alors que les actes et propos antisémites ne faiblissent pas en France, ce livre vient tordre le cou aux préjugés à l’encontre des juifs.
Il présente sous la forme d’une quarantaine d’idées fausses décortiquées un propos extrêmement fécond sur la judéité et le judaïsme.
Une opportunité rare de se questionner – croyant ou non, juif ou pas – sur son rapport à l’autre, à la spiritualité ; que l’on soit dans sa cage d’escalier, dans un diner de famille ou dans une recherche personnelle plus avancée.
Je souhaite qu'il contribue à un souffle de dialogue, de sororité, d'engagement réel pour le courage de la paix.
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